The purpose of this paper is to trace the method of developing the Key Performance Indicators (KPI) from the Mission and Vision statements of an Engineering College in Muscat, Oman. In this context, KPIs provides parameters for measuring the quality and standards of the institute. For an educational institute the KPIs extend into areas that are beyond the realm of financial fields as the...
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Authors Ilango Sivaraman, Dr. Ahmed Al Balushi, Dr. D.H.Rao
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Page No. 83 to 92

The utilization of operating theatres and efficiency of nurse scheduling has an impact on patient outcomes, hospital finances and clinical effectiveness. To date, research has tended to focus on the output rather than on the process of nurse scheduling. We report on use of the Lean mapping tool, Makigami, in operating room (OR) nurse scheduling. This study was conducted at a large surgic...
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Authors Kjeld Harald Aij, Frederique Elisabeth Simons, Dr. Merel Visse, Prof. Dr. Guy A.M. Widdershoven
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Page No. 75 to 82

The mainstream of women in development planning is critical in determining the extent to how much women could participate and obtain benefit from development process. Understanding the relationship between macroeconomic policies and Central and State budgets in the context of economic reforms, as it has influenced women’s lives in several ways. It is economic sense to ma...
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Authors Santosh Nandal
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Page No. 79 to 83

Nowadays, consumer behaviouris influenced not only by consumer personalities and motivations, but also by the relationships within families. Family is a social group and it can be considered the cornerstone of consumers so it has a crucial place in the perception of marketing. Marketeers closely interested in this issue to know the family which changed and renewed in course of time. It p...
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Authors Assist. Prof. Dr. Yakup Durmaz
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Page No. 37 to 44

Purpose- The objective of this study is assessing preparation level of the city of Zahedan in carrying out activities concerned with medical tourism. The objective is demonstrated in the framework of assessing the status quo of medical tourism in Zahedan in four areas of “hospital Facilities/Services”, “Hotels, Food and Beverage”,...
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Authors Mostafa Mir, Abolfazl A. Tajzadeh Namin
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The much publicised success of some microfinance institutions and their swift expansion in recent years Suggest microfinance could be a potential policy tool in poverty alleviation. Available empirical evidence from existing research shows some positive impacts made in poverty alleviation from some microfinance programmes. This paper intends to add to the existing literature on the indus...
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Authors Paul A. Onyina, Sean Turnell
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The informational efficiency is a topic that animated the debate between financial theorists. The richness and diversity of works that have attempted to study the efficiency reflect the great interest granted by the academic and professional community to this theme. The starting point for efficient market hypothesis is information. In fact, it is according to the nature of information (p...
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Authors Younes El Khattab, Chourouk Moudine
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The study here provides an agency model to explain the offer of trade credit in an asymmetric environment between the suppliers and the customers. Many theories inform traditional arguments focusing on the existence of the trade credit (e.g. tax theory, transaction cost theory, liquidity theory and product quality theory). One theory studies the adverse selection phenomenon but the moral...
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Authors Meryem Bellouma
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Grameen Bank (GB), a micro credit organization in Bangladesh, targets adult women who were illiterate, using non-formal adult learning techniques. GB’s adult learning information has ‘Sixteen Decisions’ which inculcate the socioeconomic expectations aimed at improving the socialeconomic well-being of GB borrowers. It is important to know th...
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Authors Dr. Kazi Abdur Rouf
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Following a national trend, home-based businesses grew in Maui County during the 1990s. Some Maui County residents engaged in the vacation rentals business in order to serve the tourism industry. They did this by renting their homes or part of their homes as transient vacation rentals (TVRs). According to a former Mayor, the Maui County Council in the early nineties focused on growing th...
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Authors Dr. Prahlad Kasturi, Dr. Thomas Loudat
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