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2011

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Planned Behavior Entrepreneurship And Intention To Create A New Venture Among Young Graduates, H. Mushtaq Ahmad, G. S K. Niazi, Ahmed Imran Hunjra, Kashif Ur Rehman, Rauf I. Azam Sep 2011

Planned Behavior Entrepreneurship And Intention To Create A New Venture Among Young Graduates, H. Mushtaq Ahmad, G. S K. Niazi, Ahmed Imran Hunjra, Kashif Ur Rehman, Rauf I. Azam

Ahmed Imran Hunjra (PhD)

This paper attempts to investigate whether young graduates possess the leadership style that is pre-requisite to become entrepreneur. The paper further examines the role of higher education towards the desire of new venture creation among young graduates in developing economies specially. This study analyzed the response of 225 final-semester students at different universities in Islamabad, Rawalpindi and Lahore. A questionnaire based survey instrument was used. Result of the present study shows that education and new venture creation are positively and significantly correlated. The results further indicate that all variables used in this study are significantly correlated with intention to create …

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Critical Success Factors Of Projects, Fida Hussain Hussain, Ahmed Imran Hunjra, Majed Rashid Sep 2011

Critical Success Factors Of Projects, Fida Hussain Hussain, Ahmed Imran Hunjra, Majed Rashid

Ahmed Imran Hunjra (PhD)

This study can be employed by the governmental organizations for the implementation of their infrastructure development to make the projects successful. It benefits the government for infrastructure development that ultimately has the positive impacts on the income, education & health of the communities with improvement in quality of life. Through the application of such factors in the projects execution, the people of Pakistan can be more benefited with respect to their social assistance & poverty reduction. Moreover, economic benefits such as increased income, employment, yield increase, and enhanced earnings etc. are achieved by successful & sustainable infrastructure which is only …

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Relationship Between Customer Satisfaction And Service Quality Of Islamic Banks, Muhammad Naeem Akhtar, Ahmed Imran Hunjra, Syed Waqar Akbar, Kashif Ur Rehman, Ghulam Shabbir Khan Niazi Jun 2011

Relationship Between Customer Satisfaction And Service Quality Of Islamic Banks, Muhammad Naeem Akhtar, Ahmed Imran Hunjra, Syed Waqar Akbar, Kashif Ur Rehman, Ghulam Shabbir Khan Niazi

Ahmed Imran Hunjra (PhD)

This study highlights the level of customer awareness about Islamic banks and determines the relationship between service quality and customer satisfaction with respect to Islamic banks. The survey based approach is used to collect the necessary data. 167 questionnaires were processed for the study. SPSS was used to analyze the data and the model was tested through AMOS. The study finds that there is a positive and significant relationship between customer satisfaction and constructs of service quality like compliance, assurance, empathy and representativeness. This study further concludes that compliance and representativeness influence more on customer satisfaction in Pakistani Islamic banks.

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Refocusing Corporate Strategy: Creating A Profit Orientation, Alan Preston, Stephen Kelly Feb 2011

Refocusing Corporate Strategy: Creating A Profit Orientation, Alan Preston, Stephen Kelly

Adjunct Professor Stephen J Kelly

The structure and effectiveness of a profit segmentation method designed to enhance a business’ understanding of the profit impact of strategic plans is investigated in this study. It is argued that a profit-centric segmentation-orientation is more effective in aligning organization resources for profit optimization than a simplistic fixation on market share, as it provides insight and direct correlation with two critical dimensions of organizational performance; the complex relationship between sales revenue and profitability and the architecture of market share and corporate profitability. Results from research that examined outcomes from the broad based adoption of this method by a large industrial …

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Redefining Medical Tourism, Arcot Desai Narasimhalu Jan 2011

Redefining Medical Tourism, Arcot Desai Narasimhalu

Arcot Desai NARASIMHALU

No abstract provided.

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Creditor Rights And Corporate Risk-Taking, Lubomir Litov, Yakov Amihud, Viral Acharya Dec 2010

Creditor Rights And Corporate Risk-Taking, Lubomir Litov, Yakov Amihud, Viral Acharya

Lubomir P. Litov

No abstract provided.

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