Job Localization policy in Saudi Arabia (commonly known as ‘Saudization’) has passed its fourteenth year aiming at replacing foreign employees in the private sector with local employees. This research attempts to identify the determinants of localization success within Multi-National...

Among policy circles, as well as the research community, a lot of heated debate has been generated regarding the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the domestic banking sector of developing and transition economies. While there are many plausible arguments in favour of a policy of...

Among policy circles, as well as the research community, a lot of heated debate has been generated regarding the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the domestic banking sector of developing and transition economies. While there are many plausible arguments in favour of a policy of...

In Punjab, the influx of migrant labour particularly in agriculture sector started with the green revolution and picked up subsequently. Due to monoculture in the cropping pattern, the state has become largely dependent on migrant labourers for various agricultural operations. The influx of...

We conjecture that the Research and Development (R&D) subsidiary of a Multinational Enterprise (MNE) can be potentially embedded in three different networks viz. the science base of the home country, the science base of the host country, and/or the internal knowledge network of sister...

This study has been undertaken to make cotton production in the state of Punjab globally competitive by reducing the cost of production at farmer’s level through adoption of new pest management technologies, namely Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and Insecticides Resistant Management...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to test empirically the relationship between the strategic involvement and the devolvement of human resource functions with organisational performance. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is based on the primary data collected from the population...

Modern farming has become very energy intensive. Nowadays cropping pattern, farm activities and level of technology define the energy requirements. Energy needs are not only increasing in the agricultural sector, but in all sectors involving human activities. There is a great need to balance the...