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Volume 1 Number 1
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Ethics and Decision Making in Journal Publishing: An Emerging Issue
to Be Addressed
MNCs, Global Innovation Networks and Developing
Countries: Insights from Motorola in China
This paper
aims at complementing the existing literature on globalization of
innovations. More specifically, the paper contributes to the
literature on the role of developing countries in MNCs global
innovation networks (GINs). The bulk of the existing literature has
proven useful in explaining process of concentration of MNCs GINs in
OECD countries and thus implicitly explaining why developing
countries play a marginal role only. A new and smaller stream of
literature has started to identify why developing countries
nevertheless have started to emerge as marginal yet important
players in MNCs GINs. This paper extents our understanding of the
evolutionary processes in MNCs GINs in developing countries and
introduces intra-country spatial dynamics. The insights are based on
an in-depth case study on Motorola’s GIN where special attention is
paid to China’s changing role and how and why Motorola includes
‘new’ Chinese city-regions in its GIN.
Assessing Production
Efficiency of Islamic Banks and
Conventional Bank Islamic Windows in
Malaysia
This
study presents new perspectives on performance evaluation of Islamic
banking operations in Malaysia, by investigating for the first time,
both cost and profit efficiency of full-fledged Islamic banks and
Islamic window operations of domestic and foreign banks. The
application of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) technique has
provided several efficiency measures such as allocative, pure
technical and scale efficiency that explain cost and profit
efficiency differentials among banks. The findings of the study show
that Islamic banking operators are relatively more efficient at
controlling costs than at generating profits. The main contributor
for cost efficiency of domestic and foreign banks comes from
resource management and economies of scale respectively. These
findings have implications on the reform process carried out in the
aftermath of Asian financial crisis, particularly the Financial
Sector Master Plan (FSMP).
Female Entrepreneurship
in Kosova: Does Gender Difference
Hypothesis Hold?
The topic of
female entrepreneurship is considered by many scholars as separate
field of inquiry, within broad domain of entrepreneurship research.
Despite a growing interest in researching this topic, in transition
countries, it remains a neglected area of study. Hence, this paper
aims to fulfill the gap by bringing some empirical evidence from
transitional perspective. We aim to test gender difference
hypothesis across four dimensions: individual, organizational, and
environmental dimension. First results indicate that the unfavorable
position of women in the Kosovar society, deeply rooted in
traditional behaviors is also reflected in entrepreneurial
developments. Extremely low female entrepreneurial participation
(8.4) and female entrepreneurial activity (3.7) prove imbalanced
position of female entrepreneurs. However, it is encouraging that
female business sector in Kosova is continuously growing hence this
should be supported by adequate policies. With respect to gender
differences we revealed that only in terms of organizational
dimension the gender difference hypothesis holds.
Interactional
Justice between Pay Level, Job
Satisfaction and Job Performance within
Malaysian Institutions of Higher
Learning
This study was conducted to examine the mediating role of
interactional
justice in the relationship between pay level, job satisfaction and
job performance using 917 usable questionnaires that were collected
from employees who have worked in Malaysian institutions of higher
learning. The outcomes of stepwise regression analysis showed that
the inclusion of interactional justice in the analysis had increased
the effect of pay level on both job satisfaction and job
performance. This result confirms that interactional justice does
act as a full mediating variable in the pay level models of the
organizational sector sample. In addition, implications of this
study to pay system theory and practice, conceptual and
methodological limitations, as well as directions for future
research are also discussed.
Internet Piracy among Business Students: An
Application of Triandis Mode
This paper
reports the findings from a survey of 116 Business Students
intention towards Internet piracy. This study was based on the
Triandis (1980) model which proposed six factors that influence
intention to perform a behavior but only four factors are discussed
in this paper. Results from the study shows that habit has a
positive relationship with affect towards internet piracy. Perceived
consequences and social factors were positively related to intention
towards internet piracy. Besides that, affect was found not to be a
significant predictor of intention towards internet piracy. The
awareness from the individual is the most important thing in order
to prevent the widespread problem of internet piracy. Implications
of the study are discussed and recommendations for future research
are provided.
Relationship between Learning Organization and
Transformational Leadership: Banking Organizations in India
The study
identifies the relationship between transformational leadership and
learning organization in the banking sector in India and concludes
that transformational leadership plays a vital role in the
development of learning organization. It further contends that two
major characteristics of the transformational leader, i.e.,
articulate vision and intellectual stimulation tend to provide the
members of an organization with a sense of direction and creative
thinking which in turn enhance organizational learning in turbulent
environment.
Government Inclusion in Porter’s
Diamond: The Case of Argentina
Porter’s
Determinates of International Country Attractiveness model (diamond
model) has been the standard used to determine “where” firms should
expand internationally. Porter’s (1990) determinants include (1)
demand conditions, (2) related and supporting industries, (3)
strategy, structure, and rivalry and (4) factor conditions. Porter
makes the assumption that industries within international markets
are privatized. However, in some countries, industries remain state
owned. This limits the model’s applicability. This paper adds
value to the literature by presenting the impact of government on
Porter’s diamond; particularly in countries where state ownership
still exists. Argentina was selected for this analysis and to
develop a revised model since many industries within Argentina are
owned by the state. |