Science Journal of Business and Management

Volume 3, Issue 4, August 2015

  • Creating a New Strategy-Model: Customer Differentiation and Co-Creation Leading to Sustainable Growth

    Roos, R., Stoffers, J.

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 4, August 2015
    Pages: 95-101
    Received: 21 May 2015
    Accepted: 6 June 2015
    Published: 23 June 2015
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    Abstract: In this review article we elaborate on three important mechanisms in order to create a new (holistic) strategy-model: market orientation, service dominant logic, and co-creation of value. We have reasoned on the central premise that in order to create sustainable business growth in the firm, this firm needs to structure itself in a way that optimis... Show More
  • Role of Cooperatives in Rural Development, the Case of South Nations Nationalities and People Region, Ethiopia

    Nuredin Mohammed, Byeong Wan Lee

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 4, August 2015
    Pages: 102-108
    Received: 27 May 2015
    Accepted: 22 June 2015
    Published: 21 July 2015
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    Abstract: For small land-holding, developing and agricultural based economic countries like Ethiopia, cooperative type of business is recommended as a solution to promote income distribution, reduce poverty and vulnerability, and improve quality of life and social welfare. Ethiopia is a second largest populace country in Africa and has nine regions and two c... Show More
  • Cooperation and Competition: The Analysis of Strategy in Duopoly Online Video Websites

    Li Zhihong, Cheng Yu, Wu Yushan

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 4, August 2015
    Pages: 109-115
    Received: 16 June 2015
    Accepted: 9 July 2015
    Published: 21 July 2015
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    Abstract: This paper studies the coopetition between two websites which are platforms to offer online video. We use two-sided market theory and game theory to analyze a duopoly market of online video websites. An online video service system is established, including online video websites, copyright owners of online video, advertisers and viewers. After discu... Show More
  • International Capital Mobility and Saving-Investment Nexus in Nigeria: Revisiting Feldstein-Horioka Hypothesis

    Christopher N. Ekong, Kenneth U. Onye

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 4, August 2015
    Pages: 116-126
    Received: 14 May 2015
    Accepted: 1 June 2015
    Published: 25 July 2015
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    Abstract: This paper tests the validity of Feldstein-Horioka (1980) hypothesis using Nigerian data from 1980 to 2013 by relying on the ARDL Bounds testing approach to co-integration and vector error correction model (VECM). Evidence for the hypothesis over the sub-samples is mixed given absence of co-integrating relationship between savings and investment in... Show More
  • Operations Research as an Appraisal of Organization Performance

    Talatu Muhammad Barwa

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 4, August 2015
    Pages: 127-133
    Received: 7 July 2015
    Accepted: 21 July 2015
    Published: 28 July 2015
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    Abstract: The purpose of this study is to carry out research to analyze how operations research can help in increasing the efficiency of the operations performed by the organization. The research is to be carried out through the secondary data available in the context of the topic at hand. The paper focuses on the concept of operations research, the importan... Show More