10 articles in this issue
Chief Editor
The editorial team of the journal would like to thank the reviewers for their work in referring manuscripts during 2014.
Sukari Ivester
This article presents a comparison between Australia and New Zealand and the extent to which exclusionary and incorporationist dynamics became dominant in the material practices and political discourses that governed the ethno-racial conflicts in each soc... see more
Tina Vukasović, Martina BarkoviÄ
Companies must, in the present modern times of great changes and requirements, adapt continuously to consumer preferences, in order to remain competitive. Companies are striving to change consumer perception with brand positioning, they would like to draw... see more
KENNETH C. ADIELE, MIEBAKA, D. GREND.
This study examines the effect of customer support services and service assurance on customer satisfaction. The study population was the five functional telecommunication companies registered and listed by the Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) and th... see more
Anna Albrecht, Jan Antfolk, Debra Lieberman, Christopher Harju, Kenneth Sandnabba, Pekka Santtila
Evolutionary theory suggests that the availability of environmental cues of biological relatedness (i.e., kinship cues) is an important predictor of both positive investment (e.g., altruism) and maltreatment (e.g., physical and sexual abuse) within famili... see more
Georgios I Tagarakis, Costas Dikeos, Fani Tsolaki, Marios Daskalopoulos, Petros Bougioukakis, Nikolaos Tsilimingas, Nikolaos Polyzos
In the current article we aim to describe and show the significance of evidence-based medicine (EBM) in surgical disciplines, as this is expressed through the application of clinical protocols and clinical indicators of quality and outcome. We also probe ... see more
Adriana Isabel Gutierrez-Castro, Alicia González-Solís, Daniel Torruco
Community participation in sustainable development projects is minimal or lacking in the natural protected areas (NPA) of Central America. Fifteen years after the Mesoamerican Reef System was implemented as an international conservation strategy, a study ... see more
Akos Jarjabka
This study examines empirically how culturally rooted behavior forms can be detected in Hungarian organizations that were state-owned before the transition. A hypothesis is established and tested through the statistical analysis of a questionnaire-based s... see more
Mohamed Chami Mkouboi
The study tends to identify the strategic partnership of both EU and NATO. As result, the research found that EU has many responsibilities based on its normative powers ambition than NATO which is militarily oriented organization. EU deals with mainly eco... see more
CHRIS O. UDOKA, IBOR I. BASSEY, OKA FELIX ARIKPO
This study examined capital budgeting as a critical model for strategic planning in manufacturing companies in Cross River State, Nigeria. The objectives of the study were to examine the degree of relationship between the adoption of NPV model and the ret... see more