The purpose of the paper is to present a conceptual model of linking the perceptions of reference group, perceived value and students' decision making in selecting a vocational institution for their study. A set of Propositions is developed based on a review of conceptual and empirical works....

Cities increasingly compete with each other in an affort to attract tourists, investors, companies, new citizens and most of all qualified workforce (Anholt, 2004; Kavaratzis, 2005; Zenker, 2009; Sebastian, 2011). This created the growing interest in the development of the concept of city marketing. it also...

This paper presents and explicates one of the weaknesses of Utama’s (2012) study in presenting the results of his study in corporate visual identity (CVI). It also fills the gap that appears from his empirical study by explaining comprehensively the development of a CVI scale (CVIS) that could...

This thesis seeks to examine the determinants of bank profitability in Indonesia. The sample used is a panel data of 25 publicly traded Indonesian commercial banks in 2007-2012 period. This research used Return on Assets (ROA) and Return on Equity (ROE) as proxies of profitability and analyze...

The acceleration of global competition has brought very important changes in the working environment. Some of these changes, such as increasing part-time, temporary or self- employment (either virtual or true), intensification of labour productivity, etc. have a significant impact on workplace...

This paper is to analyze if the EU-Africa Joint Action Plan 2011-2013 can be realized and it will be a win-win game. If it would prove to be functional, the Joint Action Plan will be a step forward towards other kind of alliances for security, which will not be necessarily military alliances,...

Our paper focuses on corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosures made by 98 listed companies, across industries. Content analysis methodology was used. The purpose of our study is to examine the incidence of CSR disclosures in annual reports. Studies on CSR disclosures in developing...

In today’s globalized economy, firms often consider offshoring when confronted by rising costs and fierce competition. One mode of offshoring has continued to grow despite the current global economic turmoil: the captive center. Captive centers are offshore subsidiaries or branch offices that...

The ability to manage knowledge has become increasingly important in today’s knowledge economy. Knowledge is considered a valuable commodity, embedded in products and in the tacit knowledge of highly mobile individual employees. Knowledge management (KM) represents a deliberate and systematic...