Original Research
Lifetime Employment and Mixed Cournot Duopoly with State-Owned and Joint-Stock Firms

Kazuhiro Ohnishi

Volume 5, Issue 1 , January 2018, Pages 1-9

Abstract
  This paper examines a mixed duopoly model in which a state-owned firm competes with a joint-stock firm. The following two stages are considered. In the first stage, each firm can simultaneously and independently decide whether or not to offer lifetime employment as a strategic commitment. In the second ...  Read More

Original Research
Examining Organizational Innovation and Knowledge Management Capacity by the Role of Strategic HR Practices: The Combined Transport IRISL

Arash Hosseinpour; Hamid Reza Kordlouie

Volume 5, Issue 1 , January 2018, Pages 10-27

Abstract
  The present study is an applied-analytical research in which employees of combined transport of Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines were chosen as statistical population and 105 of them were selected as sample through stratified random sampling. The required data were collected by means of a questionnaire. ...  Read More

Original Research
Modelling LGD Using Survival Analysis

Rusul Alsarray

Volume 5, Issue 1 , January 2018, Pages 28-42

Abstract
  Loss Given Default (LGD) is one of the key parameters needed in order to estimate expected and unexpected credit losses necessary for credit pricing as well as for calculation of the regulatory Basel II requirement (BCBS, 2006). While the credit rating and probability of default (PD) techniques have ...  Read More

Original Research
Hungry for Power: Historical Shifts of Energy Sources in Turkey and Italy

Yavuz Selman Duman; Onur Emre

Volume 5, Issue 1 , January 2018, Pages 43-53

Abstract
  The aim of this paper is to analyze the role of the industrial revolution and the economic policies on the energy transition process of two developing Mediterranean countries: Turkey and Italy. Both countries not only have coast to Mediterranean, they also share a similar story in terms of their energy ...  Read More

Original Research
Theory Application: Why People Commit Fraud

Mohammed Riaz Azam

Volume 5, Issue 1 , January 2018, Pages 54-65

Abstract
  Organizational setting plays an important role on the effectiveness of internal control as a mechanism to protect the organization against unwanted behavior by individuals. However, individuals find a way to commit fraud by analyzing the organization’s internal and external environment. Thus, this ...  Read More