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The influence of attraction on internet banking: An extension to the trust-relationship commitment model
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Emerald Group Publishing Limited
, 2006 , Article)
Purpose - This research in this paper aims to investigate and extend the trust-relationship commitment model to an internet banking setting by adding attraction as a new factor. Design/methodology/approach - The paper shows ...
The effect of corporate branding dimensions on consumers' product evaluation: A cross-cultural analysis
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Emerald Group Publishing Limited
, 2006 , Article)
Purpose - The paper aims to investigate both Western and Eastern corporate branding thoughts and examine the interrelation among four corporate branding dimensions (i.e. corporate name, image, reputation and loyalty) and ...
The implementation of world class manufacturing techniques in Egyptian manufacturing firms: An empirical study
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Emerald Group Publishing Limited
, 2007 , Article)
Purpose - The purposes of this paper are to illustrate how the world class manufacturing (WCM) techniques which could be described as outperforming the industry's global best practices have been implemented in the Egyptian ...
Do general indexes mask sectoral efficiencies?: A multiple variance ratio assessment of Middle Eastern equity markets
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Emerald Group Publishing Limited
, 2008 , Article)
Purpose - The purpose of the paper is to attempt to shed light on whether the use of general indexes may mask sectoral efficiencies by investigating the random walk (RW) and weak-form efficiency (WFE) hypotheses in the ...
Incidence, severity and preventability of medication-related visits to the emergency department: A prospective study
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Canadian Medical Association
, 2008 , Article)
Background: Medication-related visits to the emergency department are an important but poorly understood phenomenon. We sought to evaluate the frequency, severity and preventability of drug-related visits to the emergency ...
The impact of organizational characteristics on AMT adoption: A study of Egyptian manufacturers
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Emerald Group Publishing Limited
, 2007 , Article)
Purpose - This research seeks to empirically explore and examine the impact of organizational characteristics, i.e. firm size, type of production system, organizational design and type of ownership, on advanced manufacturing ...
JIT implementation in Egyptian manufacturing firms: some empirical evidence
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Emerald Group Publishing Limited
, 2005 , Article)
Abstract: Purpose – This study aims to delineate the major human modifications to be undertaken prior to just-in-time (JIT) implementation in Egyptian manufacturing firms; to discern the benefits obtained from JIT ...
Power system frequency estimation based on simulated annealing. Part I: A constant frequency study
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King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
, 2003 , Article)
In this paper a new algorithm based on Simulated Annealing (SA) method is used to estimate the signal parameters of a system steady power system, having a constant frequency during data window size. The proposed algorithm ...
Assessing the responsiveness of the Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire with pharmaceutical care
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Springer Netherlands
, 2007 , Article)
Objective: To assess the responsiveness of the Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (AQLQ) in the context of pharmaceutical care delivery New Zealand community pharmacy setting. Setting: Community pharmacy practices in ...
ISO 9000:2000 quality management standard: Experience in the state of Qatar
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Inderscience Publishers
, 2008 , Article)
The main purpose of this paper is to assess the experience of different organisations in the state of Qatar upon adopting the ISO 9000:2000 quality management standard. It is required to report the available motives, ...