Original Research
The Relationship between Life Cycle and Cost of Equity on the Firms Listed In Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE)

Hassan Zalaghi; Nasim Rezaei

Volume 4, Issue 6 , June 2017, Pages 596-610

Abstract
  The difference of cost of equity in different life cycles of firms from growth to decline can help the firms to provide finance and understand the effect of life cycle in costs of financial provision with the important consequences in strategic planning of firms. This research investigates the stages ...  Read More

Case Study
Comparative Study of the Impact of TQM on the Banks Profitability: A Case Study of Mehr-Egtesad and Saderat Banks in Zanjan Province

Esmaeel Amini; Mohammad Dalmanpoor; Fatemeh Aghajanloo

Volume 4, Issue 6 , June 2017, Pages 611-628

Abstract
  Since financial service provider organizations, especially banks work in an environment with indistinct products, quality of their services is the first competitive tool. This research aimed at examining the impact of total quality management on profitability of Mehr-Egtesad Bank and Saderat Bank. For ...  Read More

Original Research
Does Ownership Structure Impact on Capital Structure?

Farrukh Shahzad; Muhammad Rizwan Nazir; Waqas Amin

Volume 4, Issue 6 , June 2017, Pages 629-639

Abstract
  Taking the 2011-2015 public listed financial and non-financial firms in Pakistan as the sample of the study, this paper scrutinizes the sway of ownership structure on capital structure. The multivariate regression analysis technique is used because the dependent variable is influenced by the more than ...  Read More

Original Research
Innovation Performance of Pakistani SME’s: Micro Level Evidence

Usman Ullah Khan

Volume 4, Issue 6 , June 2017, Pages 640-658

Abstract
  This study investigates empirically the determinants of innovation performance of Pakistani SMEs, through micro level evidence.  There is research gap of innovation analysis of Pakistani SMEs at micro level. The data has been drawn from World Bank Enterprise Survey of 1247 Pakistani manufacturing ...  Read More

Original Research
Business Incubators as a Factor for the Development of SMEs in Kosovo

Enis Mulolli; Xhavit Islami; Nagip Skenderi

Volume 4, Issue 6 , June 2017, Pages 659-666

Abstract
  This paper treats the role of business incubators in the increase of small and middle enterprises in Kosovo. Business incubators offer the opportunity of growth of SMEs in the start-up phase by creating a comfortable supportive environment for a certain time since their establishment. According to the ...  Read More

Original Research
The Relationship between Knowledge of Ergonomics and Determinants of Labor Productivity

Asghar Naseri; Ehsan Razminia

Volume 4, Issue 6 , June 2017, Pages 667-674

Abstract
  Today, knowledge of ergonomics is viewed as an effective factor of individual and organizational productivity and performance. The purpose of the present research is to determine the relationship between knowledge of ergonomics and effective factors of labor productivity in Pars Special Economic Energy ...  Read More

Original Research
Presentation of a Model for Survey of the Effective Factors on Procrastination of Employees in Organizations

Hossein Azimi; Mehdi Ajalli; Mona Amari

Volume 4, Issue 6 , June 2017, Pages 675-681

Abstract
  In Century 21, due to the wide variety of environment and continual changes, effective individual and organizational management is encountered with considerable challenges. One of the challenges is procrastination phenomenon in organization. Latin term of procrastination is consisting of origins of “pro ...  Read More