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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[R&amp;D Investment, Governance and Management Entrenchment in French Companies Listed in SBF250]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[This study seeks to explain the management entrenchment by investment of free  cash flow (FCF) in research and development (R&amp;D), debt, market structure  (internal or external), the multinational nature of firms and the characteristics of  the board of directors using a sample of 128 groups of French companies listed on  the SBF250 between 2003 and 2008. The results show that investment in R&amp;D  helps the managers to enhance their authority with respect to the shareholders. The  multinational nature of the firm exerts a significant effect on the entrenchment  strategy. Manager replaces the internal capital market to the outside market to  avoid scrutiny by creditors. We also find an insignificant effect exerted by the debt  on the management entrenchment. Finally, we find the absence of a significant  relationship between management entrenchment, as measured by discretionary accruals  and seniority of the officers, and the characteristics of the board of directors.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2011-01]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1062]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/2889">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Measuring the Level of International Capital Mobility for MENA Countries]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[To achieve sustainable development, it is vitally important to sustain macroeconomic stability,  which is closely related to the extent of capital mobility allowed by a country. This paper  attempts to measure the level of international capital mobility empirically by estimating the  Feldstein-Horioka coefficients employing the panel data for the MENA countries over the  period 1963-2007. In empirical analysis, time series properties of the data are examined using  recently developed techniques of panel unit root. Having obtained that variables of the model  are stationary variables, we use the fixed effect panel model in the analysis of data.The results  indicate that capital mobility has always been high in MENA countries but this is particularly  obvious for the period 1980-2007, which corresponds to the liberalization period. For the subperiod  of 1963-1980, the estimated coefficients are relatively higher, implying the presence of  a relatively lower level of capital mobility.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2011-01]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1053]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 1986 – 8502     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Paradigm Shift for Sustainable Development:  The Contribution of Islamic Economics]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Sustainable development is a common concept of the 21st century. However, the expected  changes towards sustainable development are slow. We believe every change starts with changes  in understanding of the subject matter. If sustainable development is the aim, it should start  with changes in understanding. This paper aims to explain the necessary paradigm shift for  sustainable development by the contribution of Islamic economics. While doing this, the  reasons of paradigm shift, the content of such a paradigm shift, and the possible contributions  of Islamic economics will be analyzed.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2011-01]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1059]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/2891">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[CONFERENCE NOTES AND REPORTS  Symposium Notes on Ethics and Social  Responsibility, 14th and 15th of April 2011  ISCTE – Lisbon University Institute]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[This much awaited symposium brought together practitioners and scholars involved  in some aspect of the broad concept of social responsibility. Although not necessarily  limited to, the symposium mainly focused on the individual and corporate  responsibility in different organizational settings. The symposium was roughly divided  in panel and poster sessions covering a wide range of topics, such as: corporate  misconduct, individual ethics in organizations, ethical decision making, business  ethics, ethics and organizational performance etc.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2011-01]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1076]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/2892">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Day-of-the-Week Effect in the Saudi Stock Exchange: A Non-Linear Garch Analysis]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[It is a well-known fact that the day-of-the-week effect in stock markets is one of the most  prominent puzzling seasonal anomalies in finance and has been increasingly attracting attention  from researchers and practitioners, as well as academics. This paper scrutinizes the day-of-theweek effect in the emerging equity market of Saudi Arabia, TADAWUL. By using a non-linear GARCH model and covering the data from January 2001 to December 2009, the findings of the study reveal that the returns on the five trading days follow different process. This confirms that mean daily returns are  ignificantly different from each other and validates the day-of-the-week effect in TADAWUL.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2011-01]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1051]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 1986 – 8502     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/2893">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Econometric Analysis of Import  and Inflation Relationship  in Turkey between 1995 and 2010]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[In economics, the relation between import volume and inflation rate has been  discussed several times for different countries. This study investigates the relationship  between inflation and import volume by using monthly time series data for  the Turkish economy over the period 1995-2010. The study applies a number of  econometric techniques: Augmented Dickey-Fuller unit root test, univariate cointegration  test, error correction model, and Granger causality test. The results of this  dissertation show that there is long term and short term co-integration relation  between inflation and import volume. Indeed, there is one-way Granger-causality  from import to inflation.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2011-01]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1068]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/2894">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Financial Determinants of Investment for Turkey]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[One of the fundamental aims of economic policies is to increase capital accumulation in terms of  investment that is necessary to maintain a desirable and sustainable growth rate in the developing  countries. The majority of empirical studies show that per capita GDP growth, foreign trade,  capital flows, external debt, public sector borrowing requirements, inflation and interest rate  are the main determinants of investment rate. Recently, there is an increasing emphasis on  the role of the financial sector in this process, since a financial system, in essence, mobilizes  saving to investment. In particular, it can be argued that a well-functioning and developed  financial system may efficiently mobilize available resources for investment. Therefore, the aim  of this study is to investigate whether financial development has contributed to an increase  in investment in Turkey. To reach an empirical and firm conclusion, an investment function,  including the traditional potential determinants along with financial development, is estimated  by utilizing the developments in the time series econometrics in terms of unit root tests that  allow structural breaks and co-integration for the period 1970-2009 in Turkey.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2011-01]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1060]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/2895">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[A comparison of ANFIS and ARIMA  techniques in the forecasting of electric energy  consumption of Tokat province in Turkey]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[In this study, the electric energy demand of Tokat province was estimated by means of  ANFIS and ARIMA techniques. Seven different forecasting experiments were implemented  for the subscriber groups and the consumption of electric energy which is the  dependent variable. The electric energy demand of the province for the first six months  of the year 2011 was estimated by means of ANFIS and ARIMA techniques. The  obtained results were compared and interpreted in order to illustrate the forecasting  success of these techniques. We showed that the ANFIS is more appropriate than the  ARIMA in point of the forecasting of electric consumption.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2011-01]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1070]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/2896">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Construction of Multi Dimensional Performance  Measurement Model in Business Organizations:  An Empirical Study]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The studies of performance measurement in firms have been conducted for a long period of  time. However, the performance models and methods used in previous studies were limited.  The purpose of this study is to test a performance based model that uses a modified approach  in firms’ performance measurement. The new performance model used in this study is based on  expectations in terms of performance measurement and evaluation of the firms with multiple  dimensions. Different from the conventional gap models, the method used in this study is  “Performance Measurement Method Based on Gap Percentages” developed by Eleren (2009).  This method allows the researcher to use quantitative and qualitative data together. The model  was tested with data collected from 42 firms engaged in business activities in marble industry  in the Turkish province of Afyonkarahisar.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2011-01]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1057]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/2897">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[RFID Technology in Business Systems and  Supply Chain Management]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[In today’s fast-changing competition environment, companies and organizations need to renew  their services and products, and change and replace their business processes with new ones  continuously to benefit more from time and resources. Therefore, data capturing, gathering and  management technologies are always needed by companies and organizations to support their  decision-making and plans, and develop their strategies. One of the technologies that could  help companies to handle data is RFID (Radio Frequency Identification). Many organizations  are slow in warming up to the idea of using RFID to conduct more effective and efficient  business processes, data mining applications, and cost savings. In this study, RFID technology  and its system structure are proposed. The paper introduces a middleware for business models  including RFID technology. Information about the advantages of RFID over today’s data  gathering and Auto-ID (Automatic Identification) technologies is given. The impacts of RFID  technology on business systems, especially supply chain management, are presented.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2011-01]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1058]]></dcterms:extent>
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