Purpose: purpose of this study is to present a Lean Readiness Assessment Model (LRAM) for assessing the readiness of Humanitarian Organizations (HO) for adopting Lean Management (LM) (Johanson et al.) practices. Literature reveals that implementation of LM itself is a cost and most...

This book discusses applied life cycle and supply chain management approaches for the sustainable development of tourism in Asian countries. The book describes the current state of the tourism industry in Asia from a perspective of sustainability, and analyzes the trade-offs between the three...

Purpose: This study aims to explore the impact of monetary policy on house prices in Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach: This study uses monthly time-series data of house prices, monetary policy, inflation and stock market index ranging from January 2011 to December 2016. All the series were...

The world has been waging a fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) since December 2019. The current coronavirus crisis is a catastrophe affecting billions of families worldwide. So far, COVID-19 has wreaked havoc across the globe: by slowing down economic growth; decreasing global trade;...

The growth of the cultural diversity has been increasing both internationally and domestically which as a result has affected the performance and the behaviour of the individuals in the workplace. Employees’ performance and attitudes are affected due to working with people who have different...

This research aims to examine the effect of organization cynicism on employee’s workplace deviance behavior and organization citizenship behavior and to assess role of Islamic (servant) leadership as a moderator. Current study is empirical in nature and study executes cross sectional survey...

This research studies the relationship between financial distress (FD) and usage of discretion by employing earning management practices in twenty commercial banks of Pakistan, listed at Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX). The study utilizes the data spread over from the year 2010 to 2015. Altman...

This study explores the asymmetric impact of oil supply and demand shocks on the sectoral stock market returns of Pakistan. For this purpose, the study uses the non-linear autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach based on monthly time series data for four sectors in the Pakistan Stock...

Flexible manufacturing system (FMS) readily addresses the dynamic needs of the customers in terms of variety and quality. At present, there is a need to produce a wide range of quality products in limited time span. On-time delivery of customers' orders is critical in make-to-order (MTO)...