International Review of Business Research Papers
Vol. 5 No. 1 January 2009
Content Page
1. Effective Management Performance A Competency-Based Perspective:
Ali Shirazi and Saeed Mortazavi
2. Litigious Paranoia: Confronting And Controlling Abusive
Litigation In The United States, The United Kingdom, And
Australia: Alvin Stauber
3. Public Expenditure on Higher Education. Case Study: Romanian
Universities: Anca Gabriela Ilie, Dan Dumitriu, Rodica Milena Zaharia, Oana
Antonia Colibasanu
4. The Evolution of Leveraged Buyouts
and Recent Overheated LBO Market:
Binbin Cui
5. Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Performance in Cameroon:
Njimanted Godfrey Forgha
6.Pre-Post Performance Assessment Of Privatization Process In Pakistan :
Ahmed
7.Convergence, Divergence or ‘A Middle Way’? The influence of Culture on Internet
Recruitment: Helen Verhoeven, Bal Chansarkar, Sue Williams
8. The Effects of Competency Based Career Development and Performance Management
Practices on Service Quality: Some Evidence From Malaysian Public Organizations :
Ilhaamie Abdul Ghani Azmi, Zainal Ariffin Ahmad & Yuserrie Zainuddin
9. Estimating Technical and Scale Efficiency of Malaysian Commercial Banks: A NonParametric Approach : Izah Mohd Tahir, Nor Mazlina Abu Bakar & Sudin Haron
10. Empirical Analysis on Emerging Issues of Malaysia Outward FDI From
Macroeconomic Perspective: Jerome Swee-Hong Puah and Shazali
Abu Mansor
11. Australian and Chinese in Commercial Ventures China’s Arbitration Legislation Finding Solutions: John F. Bourke and Rosemary Lucadou-Wells
12. The Influence of Personality And Socio-Economic Factors on Female
Entrepreneurship Motivations in Malaysia: Kamisan Gadar and Nek Kamal Yeop Yunus
13. The Relationship Between Executives’ Remuneration and Corporate Financial
Performance: Elizabeth Krauter and Ferreira de Sousa
14. Do Teachers of Management “Practice What They Preach”?: John McElvaney
15. Market Making Signals for CNX Nifty Futures :Prasanna Kumar Barik and M V
Supriya
16. Pricing of New Securities: Is it Accounting or Finance that Matters?:Nakiran
Rajangam and Sheela Devi D. Sundarasen
17. Importance of Info Security at Pakistani Hospitals: Mohamed Nasr
18. Effective e-Governance for Good Governance in India: N. S. Kalsi, Ravi Kiran and
S. C. Vaidya
19. Economics Of Islamic Trade Financing Instruments: Rosita Chong, Raihana Firdaus
Seah Abdullah, Alex Anderson and Hanudin Amin
20. Risk Management Practices and Risk Management Processes of Islamic Banks: A
Proposed Framework : Romzie Rosman
21. Impact of Culture On Mergers and Acquisitions: A Theoretical Framework:
Mohibullah
22. Consumption and Its Function: Exploring the Time-Series “Consumption Function”
in Australia 1959-60 to 2005-06: James Doughney and Jo Vu
23. Corporate Governance : Western and Islamic Perspectives: Z
24. The Practice of Shariah Review as Undertaken by Islamic Banking Sector in
Malaysia: Mohd Hairul Azrin Haji Besar, Mohd Edil Abd Sukor, Nuraishah Abdul
Muthalib and Alwin Yogaswara Gunawa
25. Towards Understanding the Relationship Between Information and Communication
Technology and Competitive Advantage in a Developing Economy:
Fairouz Mosleh Aldhmour
26. Islamic Banking: Theories, Practices and Insights For Nigeria: Uhomoibhi Toni
Aburime and Felix Alio
27. Why Poor Regions Remain Poor: Evidence from Malaysia: Hasnah Ali and Sanep
Ahmad
28. Supervisory Power Bases and Job Satisfaction: Influence of Organization Size, Age
Difference and Job Tenure: Lee Kim Lian and lLow Guan Tui
29. Revisiting the Link Between Product and Industry:Diversification and Corporate
Performance :Willem Burgers, Dan Padgett, Brian Bourdeau and Andy Sun
30. Volatility of Money Market Interest Rates Under the Inflation Targeting:
Karel Brun
31. Calendar Effects in Pakistani Stock Market:Shahid Ali and Muhammad Akbar
32. Corporate liability and Internal Supervisory Body: An Italian Evidence:
Giuseppina Gandini and Francesca Gennari