After a period of decline, security ties between the U.S. and Japan have been revitalized by both the countries in response to the threats of terrorism and a nuclear North Korea. The invigorated all ... Read More
Stock traders and potential and smart investors closely watch track-record of all listed companies on stock exchanges to make sure if future rate of return could be predicted on the basis of past da ... Read More
This paper will attempt to explore the processes of development of educational cultures and the impact of such education on the intellectual development and socio-economic fabric. Educational cultur ... Read More
Generally, calendar effects takes place when the returns of financial assets exhibit particular characteristics over specific days, weeks, months or even years. This research report uses dummy varia ... Read More
Islamic banking is interest-free banking which makes it necessary for Islamic banks to take active part in the operations of the business, i.e. share profits as well as losses. Banks including Islam ... Read More
State and policy vacuum is an unimaginable combination. State is anyhow concerned with policy making one way or another, even if it pretends to take the form of minimum or non-government interventio ... Read More
This research was carried out with 150 working people of Karachi in order to investigate their attitudes towards money. The questionnaire was given to respondents from different organizations. Both ... Read More
In today's competitive business environment, organizations are constantly struggling to improve productivity, which ultimately leads to better performance of the organizations as a whole. It is, at ... Read More
A star performer in an organization is a person that exceeds general expectations of performance and becomes a role model in the organization. It is vital for the success of organization that the at ... Read More
The issues associated with balancing work and family are of paramount importance to individuals, the organizations that employ them and the families that care for them. The research attempts to expl ... Read More
Flexible work arrangement provides employees with some limited discretion as to the starting and stopping for their work day, while requiring some core hours. Thus according to many prominent resear ... Read More
This study examines the dynamics and determinants of dividend payout policy of 320 nonfinancial firms listed in the Karachi Stock Exchange during the period of 2001 to 2006. It is also one of the ver ... Read More
Research on gender poverty accentuates that the earning gap that occurs due to gender gap and mother gap is mainly responsible for poverty among elderly women. Besides, women’s low preference for th ... Read More
One of the major challenges facing Pakistan is the mounting boom in the country’s population. It is expected that if the same pace of population growth continues, the population of country would inc ... Read More
This paper examines the tradeoff between equity price risk and returns obtained through various approaches. Capital asset pricing model (CAPM) and arbitrage pricing model (APT) are considered to be ... Read More
This paper analyzes the dividend policy of 18 banks listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) during the period 2001-2007. The study outlines the main determinants that may drive the dividend polic ... Read More
The purpose of the study is to forecast inflation in Pakistan from January to June 2008. This study set out to redress the deficiency and explicitly use of time series techniques solely for forecast ... Read More
Performance evaluation is one of the fundamental tasks that have to be accomplished by an organization. It is a process through which the employee’s performance is evaluated and on the basis of whic ... Read More
This research report aims at analyzing the trend of using animations in advertisement of products specifically targeting children with special focus on selected brand examples. The researchers have ... Read More
Compulsive buying is one of the negative consumer behaviors. It is repetitive, consistent buying that is a behavioral addiction. It is related to poor self-esteem, psychological disorders like depre ... Read More
Job stress is a common workplace problem experienced by all professionals irrespective of their nature of work; however, this phenomenon is more common in situations that are deadline driven. Softwa ... Read More
The concept of information communication technology (ICT) in supply chain management (SCM) is a new development that is being successfully implemented by many large companies in developed countries. ... Read More
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