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Front Matter Of Volume 1 Number 1, Danishmand .
Front Matter Of Volume 1 Number 1, Danishmand .
Business Review
Front matter, Contents, Director's Note and Editorial Perspective
Socioeconomic Status As A Predictor Of Marital Adjustment In Working Women, Zeenat Ismail, Kausar Ansari
Socioeconomic Status As A Predictor Of Marital Adjustment In Working Women, Zeenat Ismail, Kausar Ansari
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The purpose of the present research was to determine the extent to which Socioeconomic Status in Pakistani scenario can predict Marital Adjustment with special reference to working women. After detailed literature review it was hypothesized that Marital Adjustment would be more among working women of high Socioeconomic Status as compared to working women of low and middle Socioeconomic Status. Sample of the present research consisted of 150 married working women divided into three groups of subjects each consisting of fifty women. These groups comprised of low, middle and high socioeconomic classes. Dyadic Adjustment Scale was administered in order to measure …
Corporate Social Responsibility, Akbar Abdul Ali
Corporate Social Responsibility, Akbar Abdul Ali
Business Review
This paper addresses fundamental questions of corporate governance that, why corporations need to accept responsibility for the social problems that plague our nation? Discussion of corporate actions (i.e., mass layoffs, high CEO payoffs, discrimination in the work force) and how they are ultimately responsible for many of our social disorder (i.e., crime, suicide, alcoholism, domestic violence etc.). Article examines the corporate ethics and international business and how corporate law inhibits corporate social responsibility. I also discuss the philanthropic role of corporations to examine different perceptions of corporate ethics and its social responsibility which is generally lacking in Pakistan.
Mechanisms Underlying The Phenomenon Of Cluster Formation In The Textile/Apparel Industry In Pakistan, Khadija Bari
Mechanisms Underlying The Phenomenon Of Cluster Formation In The Textile/Apparel Industry In Pakistan, Khadija Bari
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The objective of this study is to analyze the ability of Pakistan’s textile industry to broaden and upgrade its competitive positions in the face of increasing international competition. It suggests a conceptual framework of organisational characteristics influencing the process and formation of clusters. Clusters are a driving force in increasing exports and magnets for attracting foreign investment. The cluster concept represents a new way of thinking about national, state, and city economies, and points to new roles for companies, governments, and other institutions striving to enhance competitiveness. The paper is based on empirical analysis of the organizational characteristics and intra-cluster …
Language And The Structuring Of The Intellect: Towards The Realization Of The Total Man, D.U. Opata
Language And The Structuring Of The Intellect: Towards The Realization Of The Total Man, D.U. Opata
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The critical definition of the concept, “the total man”, is encumbered by lot of difficulties – epistemic and pragmatic. First, a man qua man because he is a total entity, a complete homo sapein. However, the phrase “the total man” is used here in a stipulative sense to distinguish the liberally educated person from the pure specialist. Second, even in this contextual sense, the concept of the liberal-minded person is still a problematic. Is liberal-mindedness predicated on a person’s breadth of knowledge, even if in the process the person becomes the proverbial “rolling stone that gathers no mass”? Or is …
Have We Missed The Rally?, Talib Haider
Have We Missed The Rally?, Talib Haider
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Capital Markets across the world have made many rich and many poor. Though the number of people losing money appears to be somewhat more, this notion simply becomes relative if one looks at it from stock investment perspective, where one loses one day and gains on another.
Why Is A New Index Needed?, Shama Ahmed
Why Is A New Index Needed?, Shama Ahmed
Business Review
Stock Market, Indices, Finance
Perceptions And Attitudes Of University-Going Young Adult Males About Metrosexuality – An Exploratory Study, Farheen Faiyaz, Carissa P.S. D’Souza, Nasir Ahmed Syed
Perceptions And Attitudes Of University-Going Young Adult Males About Metrosexuality – An Exploratory Study, Farheen Faiyaz, Carissa P.S. D’Souza, Nasir Ahmed Syed
Business Review
The present research explores the awareness, acceptability, perceptions and attitudes of university going students towards Metrosexuality. The participants were university going young adult males residing in Karachi. Data was collected through in-depth interviews. The findings revealed that though awareness is high, acceptability is relatively low. Metrosexuals are perceived as being professionally successful. Main factors influencing perceptions and attitudes were Media, Peer, Work Associates and Culture. Work associates were important in developing attitudes where as cultural norms acted as major deterrent in changing attitudes towards metrosexuality. Opening up of attitudes towards metrosexuality has provided an opportunity for marketers.
Influence Of Foreign Media On Fashion In Young Adults In Pakistan, Arif Hasan, Shaza Bari
Influence Of Foreign Media On Fashion In Young Adults In Pakistan, Arif Hasan, Shaza Bari
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The extent of the influence of Indian media on fashion choices is studied by finding the underlying feelings and motives behind fashion product purchase decisions for young female adults. The results showed that the influence of Indian media on fashion choices is minimal and does not lead to an active search for a particular product. Rather, the exposure is used to make a decision when they are faced with a choice between a product seen on the media versus another product. Accessories are more easily adapted than clothes, which are too glamorized. The soap dramas are more popular among the …
Back Matter Of Volume 1 Number 1, Tufail A. Qureshi
Back Matter Of Volume 1 Number 1, Tufail A. Qureshi
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About our authors, A word about the IBA, Note for Contributors
Knowledge Entrepreneurship: A New Paradigm For Organizational Performance, S.M Taha
Knowledge Entrepreneurship: A New Paradigm For Organizational Performance, S.M Taha
Business Review
Last decade of the twentieth century experienced cataclysmic changes in organizations’ structure and their performance. Organizations are now considered as sentient being. They think through their systems; they plan through their functionaries; they perform through their resources (human and capital assets). Now they have become a basic building bloc of our today’s corporate world. We can list several themes that brought changes in culture, design and environment of contemporary organizations all over the world. These include: globalization, interdependence and free markets economy. These trends forced countries and organizations to reshape their economic and business strategies. One factor, however that can …
Book Review Of: Barbara D. Metcalf, Islamic Contestations: Essays On Muslims In India And Pakistan, Bettina Robotka
Book Review Of: Barbara D. Metcalf, Islamic Contestations: Essays On Muslims In India And Pakistan, Bettina Robotka
Business Review
Book review, Islam, Sub-continent
Why Do Firms Manage Their Earnings?, Zeeshan Ahmed
Why Do Firms Manage Their Earnings?, Zeeshan Ahmed
Business Review
The topic of corporate earnings management has not only generated a great deal of media attention but it also has become a source of serious concern to regulators and policymakers. In the wake of the events that shook investors’ confidence in the American financial reporting system in late 2001 and early 2002, the earnings management practices of firms have come under fire by shareholders groups, institutional investors and the financial press alike. To some extent, regulators have responded by proposing and enacting new rules and regulations1. Likewise, accounting and financial researchers are increasingly probing into this topic. Prior studies identify …
The Influence Of Children On Family Purchase Decisions: A Phenomenological Approach, Usman Majeed, Nadia S. Banoori
The Influence Of Children On Family Purchase Decisions: A Phenomenological Approach, Usman Majeed, Nadia S. Banoori
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This study was conducted to understand the influence of school-going children between seven to ten years of age on family’s buying decision-making in the area of North Nazimabad. A sample of three children was chosen to be interviewed and were asked a number of questions related to their influence on purchase. Later, their parents were interviewed to counter-check their perceptions about their children’s influence. The results showed that children did exert some influence on decisions, especially in cases where the product was for their own use. Another result was that the level of understanding of the children was high enough …
Wavelet Based Sarima Models For Forecasting Natural Gas Demand, S.M. Aqil Burney, Afzal Saleemi, Syed Akhter Raza
Wavelet Based Sarima Models For Forecasting Natural Gas Demand, S.M. Aqil Burney, Afzal Saleemi, Syed Akhter Raza
Business Review
Time series analysis has attracted a lot of attention of researchers in recent times due to availability of sophisticated computing facilities. In this paper wavelet transformation and seasonal ARIMA methodology have been used to analyze and forecast time series. First we analyze time series data for gas demand of Sui southern Gas Company (SSGC) of Pakistan and forecast with Box-Jenkins SARIMA models then we look at waveletbased multiresolution analysis (MRA) and SARIMA models predictions using the compressed and de-noised signals. With the right choice of mother wavelets, this method is very successful in analyzing and forecasting time series. In the …
Training Impact Analysis - Applying The Modified Combined Model Of Kirkpatrick’S And Phillips’ Training Evaluation To Measure The Training Impact, Toshio Fujita
Business Review
The most difficult area in practicing the effective training has been the establishment of practical model to enable to quantify the impact of training. No doubt, without the relevant evaluation of the Training Impact, the implementation of effective training, on which the organizational sustainability and success depend, would be totally unfeasible. Author has long been concerned with the lasting consequences of its effect. Significance of it is multiplied in the Public Sector which has even wider social ramifications. The concern was culminated when author encountered the comment made by Mr. Hamdi Al-Taba’a, Chairman of the Jordanian Business Association on January …
Random Walk Tests For Kse-100 Index: Evidence And Implications, Abdul Rashid
Random Walk Tests For Kse-100 Index: Evidence And Implications, Abdul Rashid
Business Review
The variance-ratio tests are used to test the random walk hypothesis for Pakistan’s stock exchange. The evidence indicates that the stock prices generally do not follow random walk over the entire examined period. This piece of evidence is robust during the second sub-period. During the first sub-period, however, the stock prices do not behave non-randomly. The absence of a random walk is implying that profitable trading rules can be devised. The findings also show that the Karachi Stock Exchange falls back to normal after being dramatically affected by a shock.