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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[An Empirical Study on Organizational Infusion of Green An Empirical Study on Organizational Infusion of Green Practices in Chinese Logistics Companies    ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[As environmental considerations have become a fundamental part of business strategies, there is a challenge for managers and academicians to explore the integration of environmental concepts and business operations. Although a number of studies on green practice adoption can be found in the literature, few of them analyzed the infusion of green practices in organizations. Furthermore, most prior research of green management focused on manufacturing sectors; scarce attention was paid on research in service sectors. This paper focuses on the green practice infusion in logistics companies because many logistics operations often lead to several environmental impacts. The main purpose of this paper is to explore the factors that affect organizational infusion of green practices in Chinese logistics companies. Drawing on the innovation diffusion theory, this paper groups the determinant factors into technological, organizational and environmental dimensions. We explored the influences of determinant factors on green practice infusion by conducting a questionnaire survey on logistics companies in China. The regression analysis is used to test proposed research hypotheses in the study Research findings reveal that complexity, compatibility and relative advantage of green practices, quality of human resources, organizational support, governmental support and regulatory pressure exhibit significantly influences on green practice infusion for the logistics companies in China. The influences of adoption cost, company size, environmental uncertainty and customer pressure on logistics companies’ green behavior are not significant. This paper can extend the scope of research on green management in service industries and green practice infusion.  ]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2014-07-15]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2410]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Combating Poverty towards Actualizing the Millennium Development Goals and Beyond: Do Cash Transfer Programmes add up to the Agenda?]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The Millennium Development Goals (MDG) among other things have not only brought poverty reduction onto the global development agenda but have also urged countries to help halve poverty by 2015. Various policy initiatives have been implemented towards actualizing the first MDG. Ghana, through its policy programmes is at the verge of meeting MDG 1 well before 2015. One of such programmes is the Livelihood Empowerment against Poverty (LEAP) which provides direct cash transfers to extreme poor and vulnerable. Do cash transfers add up to the agenda? By invoking a non-parametric chi-square test, we find evidence of the contribution of the cash transfer programme in LEAP-ing beneficiaries out of poverty by supplementing their income levels as well as improving their livelihoods. At least in our study area, we found a 29% decrease in the number of beneficiaries earning below the lower poverty line while 61% have been able to meet part of their basic needs. To ensure a continual reduction in poverty, we argue for the need to fundamentally go beyond short-term gains through co-ordinated, purposeful social and complementary services that will create opportunity for empowerment among the poor and vulnerable households. ]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2014-07-15]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2408]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[20 Years of Research on Product Placement in Movie, Television and Video Game Media]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The popularity of product placement as a viable alternative to traditional commercials has been increasing rapidly. Latest PQ Media report (2012) noted that global spending on product placement has already reached $8.25 billion. However, despite its popularity, extant academic research on product placement lags behind its practice. The aim of this paper is to review, categorize and analyze exhaustively the existing product placement literature with the purpose of identifying possible research gaps for academics and guidelines of effective product placements for practitioners interested in the field. 73 academic studies that in particular focus on product placements within movies, television (TV) programmes and video games were examined. The exhaustive review revealed that studies in the US investigating product placement effectiveness through memory related measures and consumer attitudes dominate the product placement literature. However, studies investigating effects of product placement on measures other than memory related and attitudinal ones are extremely scarce. Based on the identified research gaps, an agenda for future studies is suggested. Also, factors that were evidenced to trigger product placement effects throughout the literature are revealed and outlined for practitioners use.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2014-07-15]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2413]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Impact of Related Acquisition Strategy on Bidding Company Performance]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[: Strategy researchers believe that the better the strategic fit or relatedness between the bidding and acquired firms, the greater should be the economic gain from the merger. Although merger performance has been widely researched we recognized that empirical results on merger performance are inconclusive and that there are research gaps related to geographical settings, time frame and methodological approach. Thus, the research question examined in our study was to find out if acquisition strategy or relatedness of merging companies increases performance of the bidding company. Also we considered moderating effect of premerger bidder profitability on the performance of the merger. Our study predicts that relatedness between merging companies has a positive impact on the merger’s performance. Results of 49 mergers completed in 2008 in EU member countries and Switzerland show that related mergers have better merger scores than unrelated mergers. We also predict that the impact of the related acquisition strategy becomes more positive as bidder premerger performance decreases.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2014-07-15]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2405]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Capital Market in Bosnia and Herzegovina:  Unused Potential as Alternative Source of Financing  ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[One of the most important factors of conducting business successfully and also in achieving the interests of the owner of entity is adequate structuring of source of financing of company or institution. Debt as a source of financing has its advantages in terms of potential of increasing of wealth for the owner of capital. On the other side, debt alone as source of finance can be realized on a several ways, where plenty of factors influence that choice. In the past few years in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), the possibility of finance big infrastructural projects through emission of debt securities has been often mentioned. Until now neither of these projects has been financed in this way. About this problematic can be spoken from many aspects such as: strategic decisions, limits concerning budget deficit, technical conductions, efficient managing of public debt and so further. These are the facts that we want to consider when we speak about capital market as alternative source of financing trying to reach the advantages and disadvantages of emission of debt securities including the possibilities, techniques and benefits of financing of infrastructural projects through bonds.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2014-07-15]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2406]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Stock Selection Based on Discriminant Analysis: Case of Capital Market of Bosnia and Herzegovina ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The main goal of this paper is to scientifically examine and propose new approach of stock selection and analysis based on multivariate technique, i.e. discriminant analysis, in order to help investors, individual and institutional, in their decision making process, especially in case of underdeveloped capital markets. Therefore, in this paper we investigate the cross—sectional relation between the independent variables of the model, comprised of beta coefficient and some fundamental variables as well as the average stock returns on the underdeveloped capital market of Bosnia and Herzegovina. We concluded that discriminant analysis is a useful quantitative tool that can help investors in shaping their investment strategies. We also found that the beta coefficient, market capitalization and realized historical return have discriminatory capabilities in case of the capital market of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The real implications of this research can be seen in the shaping of investment strategies of potential investors looking to diversify their portfolios. The main limitations of this study are to be found in the shorter available financial time series in newly formed capitalistic economy, missing data due to the lack of collective records on levels of securities offerings issues.   ]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2014-07-15]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2404]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/511">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Technological Progress as a Generator of Economic Growth and Development]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&amp;H), as well as many other countries in transition, was faced with inadequate and insufficient technological progress, which is the result of years of neglect of investment in science, research, and new technology. This paper attempts to present the actual situation in B&amp;H in terms of technological progress, innovation and investment in scientific research, as well as to offer basic guidelines for getting out of this difficult situation. B&amp;H is located at the bottom of the all European countries when it comes to innovation, research and new technologies, and consequently it is not surprising that the B&amp;H economy consistently recorded poor results. Investment in research and development and employee education is the primary goal of any successful company, whether it is a small, medium-sized enterprise or oligopoly. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to determine the guidelines i.e. strategic objectives, which will constitute the basis for future progress of B&amp;H in the field of technological progress. Empirical research, which was conducted in order to determine the strategic objectives, has been carried out by using a questionnaire built on a sample of the leading experts in this field in B&amp;H.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2014-07-15]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2407]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/512">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Farmers Inclination to Adoption of Mobile Phone Agriculture Information and Trade Systems in Pakistan  ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[This research studies three aspects relating to farmers readiness for the proposed mobile phone information and trade system (MAITS) namely (a) farmer readiness to adopt newly proposed mobile information and trade system (b) key factors that affect farmers mobile decision support systems (c) farmers readiness to connect with mobile enterprise networks. These were investigated using a qualitative research method. After a careful selection of a set of questions, interviews were conducted with selected farmers from four cities of Pakistan including Lahore, Faisalabad, Vehari and Khanewal. The analysis revealed that farmers readiness to embrace new mobile phone information systems requires maximum level of optimism and innovativeness along with deal of the inhibiting factors which affect the readiness state; inhibiting factors in MAITS adoption comprised of uncertainty factors and current faulty existing system services; and there has been a complete consensus among the farmers to practice MAITS along with mobile decision support system because it can help them in crop planning, farm inputs (seeds, fertilizer, sprays etc), harvesting, transporting and trading. The findings of this study will provide guidance to the relevant organizations when considering readiness and barriers towards implementing of MAITS. The results of the study will give insight to many extension service and policy makers to understand what farmers actually need.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2014-07-15]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2411]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Evaluation on Security of Energy Supply for  Macedonia]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[In this study energy circumstance of Macedonia was analized in order to  evaluation for security of energy supply. Firstly, energy resources and power plants were  investigated.and tabulated. SWOT analysis applied with strengths, weaknesses,  opportunities and threats (SWOT) concepts which were written for the country regarding  geographical and strategical position, energy resources and economical situation of the  country. As known that, SWOT analysis may be used in decision-making situation when a  desired end-state (objective) has been defined. Internal and external analysis applied and  some suggessions composed as the conclude evaluation of SWOT analysis for Macedonia  energy analysis.  Keywords: energy supply, energy demand, macedonia, swot analysis]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2014-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2762]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2233 - 0054     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Microalgae for Renewable Energy: Biodiesel  Production and other Practies]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Sustainable production of renewable energy is being frequently debated globally  since it is increasingly understood that first generation biofuels, primarily produced from  food crops and mostly oil seeds are limited in their ability to achieve targets for biofuel  production, climate change mitigation and economic growth. Currently, biodiesel is made  from a variety of feedstocks, including pure vegetable oils, waste cooking oils, and animal  fat; however, the limited supply of these feedstocks impedes the further expansion of  biodiesel production.  Microalgae have been recognized as potentially good sources for biofuel production because  of their high oil content and rapid biomass production. In recent years, use of microalgae as  an alternative biodiesel feedstock has gained renewed interest from researchers,  entrepreneurs, and the general public. Food sourced feedstocks biodiesel concerns have  increased the interest in developing second generation biofuels produced from non-food  feedstocks such as microalgae, which potentially offer greatest opportunities in the longer  term. Using algae as a feedstock for biodiesel has been considered for a number of years, but  it has always had limitations, due mainly to the production methods used to grow and  harvest the algae.  This paper reviews the current status of microalgae use for biodiesel production, including  their cultivation, harvesting, and processing. The microalgae species most used for biodiesel  production are presented and their main advantages described in comparison with other  available biodiesel feedstocks. The various aspects associated with the design of microalgae  production units are described, giving an overview of the current state of development of  algae cultivation systems (photo-bioreactors and open ponds). Other potential applications and products from microalgae are also presented such as for biological sequestration of  CO2, wastewater treatment, in human health, as food additive, and for aquaculture.  Keywords: Sustainable energy, biodiesel, algae, biomass.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2014-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2759]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2233 - 0054     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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