European Business & Management

Volume 2, Issue 2, November 2016

  • The Relationship between Ethical Leadership, Leadership Effectiveness and Organizational Performance: A Review of Literature in SMEs Context

    Mitra Madanchian, Norashikin Hussein, Fauziah Noordin, Hamed Taherdoost

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 2, November 2016
    Pages: 17-21
    Received: 6 September 2016
    Accepted: 20 October 2016
    Published: 21 November 2016
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ebm.20160202.11
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    Abstract: Nowadays, the purpose of any organizations is to survive and maintain its entity by improving their performance. Organizations must always increase their performance to be highly competitive in markets. Nowadays, ethical leadership and leadership effectiveness are two of the significant motivations for improving an organizational performance. There... Show More
  • Social Responsibility as a Driver of Breweries’ Corporate Reputation

    Janis Strautmanis

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 2, November 2016
    Pages: 22-31
    Received: 29 September 2016
    Accepted: 5 November 2016
    Published: 5 December 2016
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ebm.20160202.12
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    Abstract: One of the most efficient instruments in the hands of management is a corporate social responsibility program carried out by companies. By exercising different social responsibility activities, the company is demonstrating to society that it is not just ‘a money making machine’ and that the company is fully aware of its responsibility for productio... Show More
  • An Analysis of the Factors that Have Reduced Tax Revenue Collectability in Zimbabwe Between 2009 and 2015

    Bongani Ngwenya, Thando Siziba

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 2, November 2016
    Pages: 32-39
    Received: 5 September 2016
    Accepted: 20 October 2016
    Published: 12 December 2016
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ebm.20160202.13
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    Abstract: Zimbabwe solely depends on revenue targets formulated by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development for the measurement of performance of the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority. The trend for this development is to rely on estimating the tax gap which is the difference between potential and actual collections. The study employed a quantitative resear... Show More
  • Effect of Foreign Direct Investment on Economic Growth in Nigeria

    Emmanuel Isaac John

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 2, November 2016
    Pages: 40-46
    Received: 13 August 2016
    Accepted: 19 November 2016
    Published: 20 December 2016
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ebm.20160202.14
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    Abstract: There have been controversies regarding the effect of foreign direct investment on the growth of the host country’s economy. While some researchers suggest a positive effect, others found a negative effect. It is against this backdrop that this study examined the effect of foreign direct investment on economic growth in Nigeria. The study covered t... Show More
  • Key Relational Competencies and Business Performance: Evidences for Spanish Companies

    Lidia García-Zambrano, Arturo Rodríguez-Castellanos

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 2, November 2016
    Pages: 47-53
    Received: 11 September 2016
    Accepted: 23 November 2016
    Published: 27 December 2016
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ebm.20160202.15
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    Abstract: This paper seeks to test the existence of links between key relational competencies and business performance. With information from a survey conducted among business managers from Spain, and business performance data for 2009-2011 obtained from the Intertel database, non-parametric contrasts were performed in order to verify such links. The results... Show More
  • Impact of Corporate Earnings on the Cost of Equity: An Empirical Study of Pakistani Textile Sector

    Muhammad Ateeq ur Rehman, Awais Raoof, Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah, Ramiz ur Rehman, Sajjad Ahmed

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 2, November 2016
    Pages: 54-59
    Received: 31 August 2016
    Accepted: 24 November 2016
    Published: 30 December 2016
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ebm.20160202.16
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    Abstract: The main purpose of this study is to investigate the relation between corporate earnings and cost of equity capital. Panel regression model is used to investigate the relation while Hausman test is applied to check the fixed and random effect. The study finds negative but weak relation between earnings and cost of equity capital. The study examines... Show More
  • Design and Implementation of Management System of Performance Related Pay Based on Cross-Efficiency Evaluation

    Xiaoqing Zhang, Meng Xu, Zonghui Zhang, Yimin Li, Chi Zhou

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 2, November 2016
    Pages: 60-65
    Received: 29 October 2016
    Accepted: 28 November 2016
    Published: 5 January 2017
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ebm.20160202.17
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    Abstract: Modern enterprises lack a reasonable and effective compensation management, the traditional manual management model has been difficult to meet the modern enterprise’s gradually increasingly large salary management system. In order to achieve the rationalization of enterprise resource configuration, this paper adopts top-down approach to system desi... Show More
  • Configuration of Interactions in Leadership Practices

    Linda Yun Dong, Charles Liu, Tony Peng-Hao Dong, Raymond Pyan Shaw

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 2, November 2016
    Pages: 66-72
    Received: 31 October 2016
    Accepted: 30 December 2016
    Published: 20 January 2017
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ebm.20160202.18
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    Abstract: Recent trending always consider that astute leadership practice requires followership - they are Yin and Yen of successful leadership practice. However, a successful leadership practice can't isolated from leadership traits and behaviors, leadership personal factors such as identity construct, gender, narcissism level, aesthetic, ethic and justice ... Show More
  • Decision-Making Analysis of Enterprises’ Adopting Innovation Technology

    Guozhong Yang

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 2, November 2016
    Pages: 73-79
    Received: 7 October 2016
    Accepted: 29 October 2016
    Published: 21 January 2017
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ebm.20160202.19
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    Abstract: After analyzing the uncertainty of technology innovation diffusion (TID), this paper proposes the model of enterprises’ TID based on geometric Brownian motion with jump, and analyzes the optional timing and influence of adopting innovation technology on TID by each parameter. The results show that enterprise should immediately adopts the technology... Show More
  • A Proposed Cropping Pattern in the Light of Policies of Water Management in the Northwest Coast, Egypt

    Rabee M. A. Belal, Said A. F. Hawash

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 2, November 2016
    Pages: 80-98
    Received: 19 September 2016
    Accepted: 24 November 2016
    Published: 21 January 2017
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ebm.20160202.20
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    Abstract: Previous related studies confirmed that Egypt falls under the "water poverty" line or the "water scarcity limit" estimated at around 1000 m3 annually per capita of the renewal water resources and need the local needs in agriculture, industry, energy and the other necessary needs for the process of socio-economic development. Accordingly, "an increa... Show More