Journal of Academy of Business and Economics articles from January 2008

Journal of Academy of Business and Economics archives from January 2008

The influences of market professionalism and new product development on market performance of electronics manufacturings in Thailand.
January 1, 2008... ABSTRACT This study investigates the relationships between market professionalism, new product development, and market performance, base on social cognitive perspective by using Thai Electronic Manufacturing Firm as a sample. The results...

Developing creative themes for integrated marketing communiciaton: subjective experiences as dimensions of value in offerings.
January 1, 2008... ABSTRACT There are important conceptual and practical problems faced by researchers in developing creative themes for integrated marketing communications for new experiential offerings. The authors present two major streams of theory, and...

The impact of the new pension accounting rules (FAS 158) on financial statement analyses.(Report)
January 1, 2008... ABSTRACT In this paper we examine the effect of FAS 158 on some key financial ratios that are used for financial statement analyses. FAS 158 changes only the presentation of a company's pension obligations--not the substance. However, most...

Modeling of international positioning process for new trade endeavors: a radically succinct approach.
January 1, 2008... ABSTRACT The article aims to present a model for effective international positioning process (IPP). The objective of this paper is to radically redesign the methodology of IPP and to develop four phase model. The first phase assesses the...

The optimum boardroom composition and the limitations of the agency theory.
January 1, 2008... ABSTRACT I examine the extent of the linkage between the percent independent directors in the boardroom (measured by the ratio of independent directors over total directors) and the market returns of firms belonging to the technology,...

Corporate social responsibility and operating performance.
January 1, 2008... ABSTRACT We examine the effects of internal and external corporate governance and monitoring mechanisms on the firms' choice of corporate social responsibility (CSR) engagement and operating performance engaging in CSR activities....

Differences between land-based and online gamblers.
January 1, 2008... ABSTRACT Gambling is acknowledged as a compulsive pathological disorder that has potential for negative socioeconomic impacts in personal work, social legal and financial arenas. Online gambling has rapidly grown into a US$12 billion...

Corporate governance and incentive contract designing.
January 1, 2008... ABSTRACT This paper mainly discusses the governance issues from the contract arrangement perspective, which explores the relations among the agents' residual claim parameters, effort variables, incentive variables, effort cost variable and...

Online consumers' perceived risk analysis: a graphical modeling approach.
January 1, 2008... ABSTRACT The research was designed to directly test how consumers' perceived risks from the previous store environment and the Internet are related to the Internet purchasing intention. The results of the research clearly suggested that...

Subordinate customer roles and satisfaction in medical services sector.
January 1, 2008... ABSTRACT This paper explores factors that would positively affect customer satisfaction in medical service industries where customers are known to have a high rate of dissatisfaction due to a power imbalance in favor of the service...

Sovereign credit ratings and macroeconomic variables: an application of bounds testing approach to Malaysia.(Case study)
January 1, 2008... ABSTRACT This paper aims to investigate the short--and long--run macroeconomic determinants of sovereign credit ratings in developing countries. Malaysia is used as a case study. This study employed quarterly data from 1991 to 2004. We...

The Federal Reserve and the American business cycles.
January 1, 2008... ABSTRACT This paper attempts to explain the Fed's behavior of increasing and decreasing the federal funds rate. A Veblenian approach is developed and used to explain such a behavior. The paper argues that since 1968 every recession was...

Satisfaction and customer perceived need in adopting an entrepreneurial innovation.
January 1, 2008... ABSTRACT This study explores the effects of consumer satisfaction with existing options of a high involvement service as it shapes perceived need for an alternative and likelihood to try a new entrepreneurial offering. Especially in...

Determinants of audit fees in Kuwait.
January 1, 2008... ABSTRACT Many studies have been conducted on the market for audit services in developed countries, but to date very few have focused on developing countries in general and Middle Eastern countries in particular. This study investigates the...

Determining earnings quality: a multi-factor model approach.
January 1, 2008... ABSTRACT We develop an econometric model of earnings quality determination, based on objective and publicly-available data, for assisting auditors and researchers interested in detecting the effects of earnings management. We choose a...

Developing and measuring dimensions of supply chain capabilities.
January 1, 2008... ABSTRACT This research paper develops and empirically validates the construct of Supply Chain Capabilities (SCC). Using data from 96 buyer-supplier dyads, we develop and empirically validate two dimensions of SCC Capabilities of...

Dividend reductions and the pecking order theory.
January 1, 2008... ABSTRACT Fama and French (2001) discovered that over the last several decades there has been a marked reduction in the proportion of firms paying dividends. One possible explanation for the reduction in the propensity of firms to pay...

The impact of structural empowerment on project manager's organizational commitment.
January 1, 2008... ABSTRACT Using Rosabeth Moss Kanter's Structural Theory of Organizational Behavior (1977) as the theoretical foundation, this study examined the influence of structural empowerment on organizational commitment among 79 project managers....