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The Myth of Japanese Buyer-Supplier Relationships
Dellana, Scott A.; Hauser, Richard D. - In: American Journal of Business 15 (2000) 1, pp. 9-20
approach to quality, as embodied in Malcolm Baldrige Quality award criteria. To accomplish this, a questionnaire was developed … for a postal survey. The questionnaire was based upon the Competing Values Model of Culture and the Baldrige Award … that higher Baldrige scores tend to be significantly related to the Adhocracy and Group cultural types. …
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Using the fuzzy-analytic-hierarchical-process to select the optimum mechanism for developing accounting standards
Bayou, Mohamed E.; Korvin, Andre de; Reinstein, Alan - In: Review of Accounting and Finance 6 (2007) May, pp. 109-130
Purpose – Recent corporate failures such as Enron, WorldCom, Global Crossing and K-Mart and auditing failures such as Arthur Andersen have sparked great public concern, including the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. This paper aims to address the development of accounting standards....
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A hybrid MCDM approach to supplier selection
Ilangkumaran, M.; Sasirekha, V.; Dinesh, M.; Jegan, M.M.; … - In: International Journal of Engineering Management and … 3 (2012) 4, pp. 279-304
An organisation's progress strongly depends on the selection of an appropriate supplier. The selection of suitable supplier is a multi criteria decision making (MCDM) problem, which is based on several qualitative, quantitative and even conflicting criteria. This paper aims to propose a hybrid...
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A model of the assessment and optimisation of production process quality using the fuzzy sets and genetic algorithm approach
Nestic, Snezana; Stefanovic, Miladin; Djordjevic, Aleksandar - In: European Journal of Industrial Engineering 9 (2015) 1, pp. 77-99
In this paper, the production process is decomposed for typical manufacturing small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and the metrics of the defined sub processes, based on the requirements of ISO 9001:2008, are developed. The weight values of production process performance indicators are...
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On the feasibility of monetary union among Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries: does the symmetry of shocks extend to the non-oil sector?
Louis, Rosmy Jean; Balli, Faruk; Osman, Mohamed - In: Journal of Economics and Finance 36 (2012) 2, pp. 319-334
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Technical Efficiency of Takaful Industry- A Comparative Study of Malaysia and GCC Countries
Miniaoui, Hela; Chaibi, Anissa - Institut de Préparation à l'Administration et à la … - 2014
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) was employed to estimate the technical efficiency … reveals that takaful companies operating in GCC countries are more efficient than Malaysian operators that are encouraged to …
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The Effects of Multilateral Trade Liberalization on Agriculture: The Case of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries
Boughanmi, Houcine; Zekri, S.; Opara, L. U.; Al-Hassani, M. - In: Agricultural Economics Review 08 (2007) 2
unilateral and WTO multilateral trade liberalization in the GCC countries. The analysis focused on the specific effects of the … effects on the GCC region in terms of trade and economic welfare will be positive. However, multilateral trade liberalization … covering all the goods offered the greatest benefit to the GCC economies. Also, the study showed that changes in economic …
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The MENA Region - an Optimal Currency Area? Evaluating its Stability by Taylor-Rule derived Stress Tests
Karara, Mouchera - Faculty of Management Technology, German University - 2013
The introduction of the European currency union and the EURO as common currency was an unprecedented experiment in monetary history. Not surprisingly, it has attracted a lot of attention to the concept of monetary unions, and it has the potential to be a role model for other parts of the world....
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On the Influence of Oil Prices on Stock Markets: Evidence from Panel Analysis in GCC Countries
AROURI, Mohamed; RAULT, Christophe - Laboratoire d'Économie d'Orléans (LEO), Faculté de … - 2009
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Dhows to Planes: Trade Relations between the Arabian Gulf and Africa and their Impacts on Development
Githinji, Mwangi wa - In: Journal of African Development 12 (2010) 1
The relationship between the Arabian Gulf and the African continent is a long standing one. In this paper we will examine the recent history of trade between the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council and African countries and its potential impact on industrialization. We will briefly discuss...
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