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The Development Of Informal Sector Small And Medium Scale Enterprises Through Formation Of Cluster And Networking: A Case Study Based On Sri Lanka And Pakistan, S.W.S.B. Dasanayaka

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In recent years Pakistan has faced a rapidly growing services sector which has lead some observers to believe that there is a transfer of resources occurring in Pakistan from the tradable to the non-tradable sector, hence causing the Dutch Disease in the economy. However no precise response has been offered on this subject. This paper seeks to provide empirical evidence on the question of the existence of Dutch Disease in Pakistan by using Linda Kamas's model on Dutch Disease. The percentage change in the growth of the tradable and the non-tradable sectors in Pakistan is calculated by using data from …

Front Matter Of Volume 4 Number 2, Tufail A. Qureshi

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Front Matter, Contents, Editorial Perspective

Back Matter Of Volume 4 Number 2, Tufail A. Qureshi

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A word about the IBA, Note for contributors

Role Of Project Manager In Design Management, Shamas-Ur-Rehman Toor, Faisal Manzoor Arain, Rubi Lai-Chua Suat Hong

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A project manager wears many hats including project leader, project facilitator, project mediator, project coordinator, project communicator, project promoter, project motivator and project controller. Complying with all these roles and sometimes reconciling with the competing demands of project stakeholders is not easy. Hence, for construction work, project managers must develop necessary skills to cater to the intricate and tricky situations for different construction projects. Many project managers pay a lot of focus on keeping the project on time and within budget – leaving design problems to the architect. Managing design is a challenging job which tests technical, personal, interpersonal, team …

Foreign Direct Investment And Labour Productivity In Nigeria's Manufacturing Sector, Nasiru Musa Yauri

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This paper investigates the relationship between Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and labour productivity. The paper is able to clarify whether employees of foreign firms record significantly higher productivity levels than their counterparts in domestic firms in Nigeria’s manufacturing sector. Using data from the World Bank Nigerian Manufacturing Survey 2001, employing an Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression model run on STATA, the paper finds that employees in foreign firms exhibit higher levels of productivity than their counterparts in domestic manufacturing firms. On the basis of this finding, the paper speculates on whether the differential is as a result of better training …

The Impact Of Manager's Orientation On The Job Satisfaction Of Their Subordinates, Sarwat Sultan, Afia Hanif

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The present research was designed to explore the impact of manager’s orientation on the job satisfaction of their subordinates. The sample consisted of 120 employees; 20 managers and 100 of their subordinates ranging in age from 23 to 54 taken from different organizations of Multan. Motivator’s Orientation Questionnaire (Deci, Connell, & Ryan 1989) and Job Satisfaction Questionnaire (Hackman & Oldham, 1975) were used to collect the information. Results indicated that subordinates working under autonomy oriented managers are more satisfied with their jobs as compared to the subordinates working under controlled oriented managers. Findings pertaining to gender differences suggested that female …

Call For Papers: International Conference On Management And Valuation Of Intangibles Icmvi 2009, Prof. R. C. Sobti

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December 22-23, 2009

Venue: Panjab University, Chandigarh-160014 India

Organized by: University Business School Panjab University Chandigarh India

Factors Affecting Business Success Of Small And Medium Enterprises (Smes) In Bangladesh, Muhammad Aminul Islam, Ejaz Ahmad Mian, Muhammad Hasmat Ali

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The concepts of cluster and networking emerged in 1960s in Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) literature but the formation of SME clusters and networking is a very new strategy for Sri Lanka started in 2001 and Pakistan started in 2003. But it shows some positive sign of growth by increasing competitiveness of SMEs by opening-up new opportunities due to good innovative networking, common facility usage and collective efficiency of economies of scale, scopes and synergies, etc. The problem of many SMEs in both countries is not their size, but being isolated and working in enclave nature, therefore SMEs individually …

Total Quality Management And Hoshin Kanri For Construction Organizations, Low Sui Pheng, Liu Jun Ying, Amos Cheong

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Quality trends in construction projects have advanced from quality assurance to quality management under the ISO 9000 standards. Having achieved ISO 9000 certification and established a systematic approach to operations, the journey towards Total Quality Management (TQM) seems to weigh significantly on the ability of an organization to translate, integrate and institutionalize TQM behaviour into its business culture. More importantly, there is a need for organizational-wide management and a need to provide alignment of processes and people in the TQM environment. The Japanese concept of Hoshin Kanri, a form of policy management which prescribes a participative way of quality management, …

Back Matter Of Volume 4 Number 1, Tufail A. Qureshi

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Call for Papers: the Third International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies (ICICT'09) August 15-16, 2009, A word about the IBA, About our Authors, Back Matter

Asian Financial Crisis 1997: An Empirical Investigation, Khurshid M. Kiani

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Multinomial Asian Financial Crises are said to happen because of financial mismanagement due to post Bretton Woods era financial liberalization, enhancement in private sector debt, currency crises, investor panic as well as inept attitude of the governments in these countries after start of the crises. Since Taiwan is the only country that was not hit as hard as the other countries in the region due to the brunt of these crises we decided to analyze its firm structure to unfold the causes of its survival. Our analysis reveal evidence that manager operated firms finances their growth through external finance without …

Front Matter, Contents And Editorial Perspective, Tufail A. Qureshi

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Foreign Direct Investment (Fdi) - Destination India, Muhammad Shakil Khan

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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is becoming more and more revolutionary and happening phenomenon across the globe. The FDI is giving new hope and height to the economy of the nations across the frontiers of the countries. It is adding extra pace of economic growth and sustainability in terms of capital, human skills, machineries and equipment. FDI is not only enriching the Balance of Payments (BOP) but at the same time helping the nations in establishing the social bonds with other nations. The recent approval made on March7’2008 by the Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India, clearing 18 FDI proposals worth …

Customer Perception Of The Commercial Banks’ Services In Kano Metropolis, Ahmed Audu Maiyaki

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It is a general belief that business is changing and will continue to change the way we work and live in the twenty- first century. For instance, technology shrinks time and space, customers can be anywhere in the globe and they can transact business at anytime of the day. The business environment in the present time is practically undergoing a major revolution in the way customers buy, shop, and decide to come back or to take their business elsewhere. Companies are increasingly realising that the balance of power is shifting from sellers to buyers. The customers need exactly what they …

A Panel Data Analysis Of Working Capital Management Policies, Mian Sajid Nazir, Talat Afza

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The present study investigates into the traditional relationship of working capital management and firm’s profitability. Using panel data set for the period of 1998- 2005, the impact of aggressiveness of working capital investment and financing policies have been evaluated on return on assets as well as Tobin’s q. Managers can create value if they are adopting for a conservative approach towards working capital investment and working capital financing policies. However, if firms are having aggressive approach to manage the short term liabilities, investors give more value to those firms in stock markets.

Panel Data Models: An Appraisal Of Lead-Lag Relation In The Kse-30, Muhammad Ayub Siddiqui

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The lead-lag relation between index futures and the underlying index has been at the core of discussion of the researchers in the developing and the developed world. This study examines the lead-lag relationship between spot and future prices of 21 companies from the KSE-30 Index for the monthly data of the period from October 2004 to February 2008. It applies panel data estimation techniques of common constants, fixed effects and random effects. These estimations are considered to be the most recent and efficient analytical methods in handling econometric data. The data is balanced; therefore, no additional assumption has been employed. …

A Word About The Iba, About Our Authors, Back Matter, Tufail A. Qureshi

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