Vol 7, No 2 (2016)

Vol. 7, No. 2, April, 2016

Table of Contents

Articles

Linking Quality Management Practices and Effective Knowledge Integration to New Product Development (NPD): An Empirical Study of Saudi-firms
Abdullah Mohammed Aldakhil
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The Monthly Effect and the Day of the Week Effect in the American Stock Market
Bing Xiao
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Comparison of the Effectiveness of Audit Committees in the UK and Turkish Banks
Nizamulmulk Gunes, M. Serkan Atilgan
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The Importance of Being Steve: An Econometric Analysis of the Contribution of Steve Jobs’s Patents to Apple’s Market Valuation
Daniel K.N. Johnson, Sylvie Scowcroft
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Are Institutional Investors Beneficial to Family Firm Performance? Evidence from the French Stock Exchange
Olivier Colot, Jonathan Bauweraerts
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Relationship between Bank Credit and Economic Growth: Evidence from Jordan
Izz Eddien N. Ananzeh
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Managing Risk in Livestock Farming: The Role of Insurance Companies
Sanam Jokhio, Muhammad Moinuddin Qazi Abro, Lamya Alaali
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Will the Information Disclosure Quality Reduce the Executives’ Excess Perks? - Evidence from China
Han Li
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Is ‘Excess’ Board Independence Good for Firm Performance? An Empirical Investigation of Non-financial Listed Firms in Saudi Arabia
Basmah Altuwaijri, Lakshmi Kalyanaraman
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Testing Explanatory Power of Two Behavioral Models for Price Continuation
Hsiao-Peng Fu
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Forecasting Portfolio Balance Using Return Mean, Standard Deviation and Spending
Jeffry Haber, Andrew Braunstein
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Hysteresis Effect on Unemployment for Men and Women: A Panel Unit Root Test for OECD Countries
Selahattin Bekmez, Asli Ozpolat
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The Effects of Tariff Policy under the Fixed Exchange Rate Regime
Chung-Fu Lai
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Predicting Bankruptcy in Private Firms: Towards a Stepwise Regression Procedure
Jonathan Bauweraerts
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The Impact of External Debt and Foreign Direct Investment on Economic Growth: Empirical Evidence from Tanzania
Moga Tano Jilenga, Helian Xu, Igor-Mathieu Gondje-Dacka
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“Impact of EXPO 2020 on Dubai Financial Market” – An Event Study on Banks, Investment and Insurance Sectors
Ganga Bhavani, Sai Geetha Kukunuru
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An Empirical Research on Investor Biases in Financial Decision-Making, Financial Risk Tolerance and Financial Personality
Bilgehan Kubilay, Ali Bayrakdaroglu
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The Role of Industry Effect and Market States in Taiwanese Momentum
Hsiao-Peng Fu
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Emerging Equity Markets Connectedness, Portfolio Hedging Strategies and Effectiveness
Nizar Harrathi, Chaker Aloui, Mohamed Ali Houfi, Jihed Majdoub
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p189
The Effects of Foreign and Illegal Labourers Phenomenon on the Availability of Employment Opportunities for the Saudi Youth in the City of Jeddah
Nayef Al-Ghamri
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The Teaching of Financial Services Regulation: A Contextual View
John. A. Consiglio
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Does Size Favor Dividends or Retained Earnings?
Bashar K Abu khalaf
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Investigating the Determinants of Inflation: A Panel Data Analysis
Pinar Deniz, Mahmut Tekce, Ahmet Yilmaz
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Relationship between Board Remuneration and Financial Performance in the Kenyan Financial Services Industry
Rita Ruparelia, Amos Njuguna
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