Globalization has opened new doors of business opportunities for organizations, but at the same time it has transformed the working environment into a highly multicultural setup. Accordingly the issue of understanding and handling multi-culturalism effectively is gaining importance in...

It is proposed that Islamic banking does not merely imply the interest-free banking system; rather, it is the banking in consonance with the ethos and value system of Islam and governed by the principles and rules laid down by Islamic Shariah. The question arises as to why the Islamic financing...

This paper presents a brief of development of knowledge-based organisations (KBOs) and thus the emergence of knowledge economies in the global arena. The purpose of the discussion is to highlight the theme of knowledge-based economies in the emerging future, and to bring this critical topic in...

The importance of corporate philanthropy and its related philosophy of corporate social responsibility have captured the attention of researchers and humanitarian groups in WTO era. Corporate donations have been considered as a critical tool to improve corporate image in a highly competitive...

Natural resources in the form of oil, gas, minerals and forests are an asset in the countries where they are found. A number of countries depend largely on exports of their natural resources, earning major portion of their foreign exchange from these exports. It is very easy for the countries to...

Knowledge has become prime source of economic production in modern enterprises; conceptualized by many researchers as the only source of sustainable competitive advantage. Therefore many organizations are restructuring themselves to gain maximum value from their knowledge sources. The paper...

Coordination in trauma teams to cope with the challenges of new emerging situations on site and in emergency wards require aligning teams' actions to plans, schedules, targets, etc. Performance of trauma teams in such critical situations needs improvement to save lives. Implicit coordination...