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{"title":"E-loyalty and Business to Business (B2B) E-Commerce Success: Applied Study on Sample of E-Retailers in Amman City, Jordan","authors":"Ahed S Al-Haraizah, B. Al-Nady","doi":"10.3844/AJEBASP.2015.112.121","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3844/AJEBASP.2015.112.121","url":null,"abstract":"This research paper investigates the antecedents and consequences of customer loyalty in an online business-to-business e-commerce context. Moreover, this research identifies two key factors of e-loyalty (attitudinal and behavioral loyalty) that potentially impact business to business e-commerce success within e-retailers in Amman city. Therefore, the aim of this research paper is to develop a comprehensive research model utilized for discovering the impact of E-Loyalty on B2B EC Success by applying an empirical Study on Sample of E-Retailers in Amman City. A simple model summarizing the main variables of research then the developing a conceptual model of study that integrates and explains the relationship between e-loyalty as main factor and effect of its associated dimensions. Data analysis was based on 105 participates e-retailers who are working in electric home appliances and Computers hardware, software sector, the data analysis was based on multivariate statistical techniques encompassing Cronbach’s Alpha (α) to test reliability, Percentage and frequencies, descriptive analysis to describe the sample, multiple linear regression, stepwise regression via using SPSS analysis software. The results of this study confirm that there is a positive significant and strong effect of E-Loyalty (EL) on (B2B EC) success, as well as provided important information to Jordanian online Suppliers that are working in Amman city and their business focused on Electric Home Appliances and Computers Hardware and Software items.","PeriodicalId":169514,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Economics and Business Administration","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133769089","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Fractional reserve banking and price stability: Evidence from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries","authors":"O. Musse, Abdelghani Echchabi, H. A. Aziz","doi":"10.3844/AJEBASP.2015.101.105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3844/AJEBASP.2015.101.105","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims at investigating the possible influence of the current money creation process applied by the commercial banks through the fractional reserve system on the overall prices stability in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. The study uses yearly data spanning from 2008 through 2013 for Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates and applies panel regression analysis based on the pooled data set. The results indicate that neither outstanding deposits nor outstanding loans have a significant influence on general price levels.","PeriodicalId":169514,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Economics and Business Administration","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129432656","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Islamic Finance Development and Economic Growth Nexus: The Case of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)","authors":"Abdelghani Echchabi, Dhekra Azouzi","doi":"10.3844/AJEBASP.2015.106.111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3844/AJEBASP.2015.106.111","url":null,"abstract":"Islamic Banking presently knows a great success and new Islamic banks are opening every day all over the world. This Shari’ah (It is the bod of Islamic law, it literally means “way” or “path”) compliant banking is expected to withstand the financial crises and to enhance economic growth. In this paper, the purpose is to analyse the relationship between Islamic banking development and economic growth in the UAE from Q1: 2004 to Q4: 2011 using co-integration and Granger causality tests. This study reveals that no relationship does exist between Islamic banking development and economic growth in the UAE. Such a result can be attributed to the small component of Islamic banking in the global banking sector and to its declining profitability in the period of study. The study enriches the literature on Islamic finance development and economic growth, which is still an under-researched area, especially in the MENA region.","PeriodicalId":169514,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Economics and Business Administration","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117253726","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Influence of Foreign Direct Investment on Gross Domestic Product; an Empirical Study of Pakistan","authors":"M. Sarfraz, Shuangqin Liu","doi":"10.3844/AJEBASP.2015.94.100","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3844/AJEBASP.2015.94.100","url":null,"abstract":"Empirical study was conducted to assess the relationship and impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on the economic growth of Pakistan. FDI plays critical role in the development of economy. There is a positive relationship between the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). With the increase of FDI, GDP of the country also increases. It has been observed that in the developing countries GDP growth is more dependent on foreign direct investment. People Republic of China is from one of the recent examples. Chinese companies are investing a large amount in the different sectors of Pakistan. FDI is boosting country GDP and attracting multinationals organizations towards making investment in the country. It is found that world see Pakistan as an important destination for outward FDI projects because of its cheap labor cost, strategic location and investment incentives. It is expected that this research will be helpful to investors to comprehend an overall investment scenario as well as government policy makers to take necessary steps for creating a favourable investment climate for foreign investors in Pakistan. It has been observed that in 2012, there is 11.9% decrease in financial assets and direct Investment has increased by 10.6%. Direct Investment is 6.6% of total assets. Till 2011, Direct Investment in Pakistan was US $20,916 million but in 2012, with the increase of US$ 2,209 million it became US$23,126 million. During 2012, portfolio investment increased 24.1%.","PeriodicalId":169514,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Economics and Business Administration","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127968272","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Roles of Macroeconomic Variables on Agricultural Diversification in Nigeria","authors":"Sunday Brownson Akpan, Samuel J. Udoka, I. V. Patrick","doi":"10.3844/AJEBASP.2015.77.93","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3844/AJEBASP.2015.77.93","url":null,"abstract":"The study examined the trend in agricultural diversification index from 1960 to 2014 in Nigeria. It also determined the influence of some macroeconomic variables on the estimated index. Augmented Dickey-Fuller-GLS unit root test showed that all series were integrated of order one. The long-run and short-run elasticity of the agricultural diversification index with respect to the specified macro-economic variables were determined using the techniques of co-integration and error correction models. The trend analysis revealed that, the country has witnessed appreciable level of agricultural diversification with 0.3%, 0.5% and 2.3% annual exponential growth rate in entropy diversification index, Herfindhal diversification index and Ogive diversification index respectively. The estimation of the error correction model supported the long run stability of agricultural diversification index in Nigeria. The empirical results revealed that, in the long run inflation, viable manufacturing sector, credit to agricultural sector, external reserves, per capita income, unemployment and energy consumption are positive drivers of agricultural diversification; whereas, crude oil prices, lending capacity of commercial Bank, foreign direct investment in agricultural sector and non-oil import are long run negative drivers of agricultural diversification in Nigeria. However, in the short run, inflation, external reserves and non-oil imports stimulated agricultural diversification; while energy consumption and manufacturing capability retard agricultural diversification in the country. A ten-year forecast was made on the estimated diversification indices and the result showed a progressive growth. The empirical results were further substantiated by the variance decomposition and impulse response analysis of the dependent variable with respect to changes in the explanatory variables. Results obtained were in line with the previous results. It is recommended that, the Nigeria government should re-aligned its macroeconomic policies to achieve stability in inflation rate, external reserves, industrial production, electricity consumption, agricultural credit institution if sustainable agricultural diversification is to be achieved in the long run.","PeriodicalId":169514,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Economics and Business Administration","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128651576","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Withholding Certificates and Self-Certifications under FATCA","authors":"Stefan Kaestli","doi":"10.3844/AJEBASP.2015.68.76","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3844/AJEBASP.2015.68.76","url":null,"abstract":"This review article analyzes the term withholding certificate and self-certification under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). It shows which types of forms exist in order to establish an account holder’s FATCA status (chapter 4 status). It proofs in particular under which conditions a Participating Foreign Financial Institution may use its own form in lieu of an official IRS form.","PeriodicalId":169514,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Economics and Business Administration","volume":"167 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132020699","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Big Data Driven Supply Chain Management and Business Administration","authors":"Lidong Wang, C. Alexander","doi":"10.3844/AJEBASP.2015.60.67","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3844/AJEBASP.2015.60.67","url":null,"abstract":"Big Data helps improve visibility throughout the supply chain, provides an integrated view of operational performance and customer interaction and gives businesses real-time insights that help make critical decisions. Big Data also has a potential to yield new management principles. This paper introduces the Big Data concept, its characteristics and some major issues of Big Data in supply chain management and business administration. These issues include supply chain and business data, Big Data benefits and its applications and opportunities. Methods and technology progress about Big Data are presented in this study. General challenges of Big Data and Big Data challenges in supply chain management and business administration are also discussed.","PeriodicalId":169514,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Economics and Business Administration","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125352758","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Economic and Environmental Evaluation of the EM-Ferro Plastic Sorting Technology","authors":"Omid Nematshahi","doi":"10.3844/AJEBASP.2015.33.47","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3844/AJEBASP.2015.33.47","url":null,"abstract":"Recycling has been continually practiced since the dawn of mankind; however, increasing production costs as well as environmental impacts of the conventional waste disposal methods have shed a light on the importance of recycling as a sustainable way to produce goods and services. Recycling has proven to be beneficial, economically and environmentally: It saves resources, prevents pollution, supports public health and creates jobs. Recycling can be applied to different materials present in the Municipal Solid Waste (MSW). Plastics constitute a substantial portion of the MSW. In 2012, plastics accounted for 12.7% of the total MSW generated in the United States. However, only of the total amount of plastic generated in 2012 was recovered for recycling. Currently, the major part of the plastics generated is disposed of through incineration or landfilling. These conventional disposal methods impose serious threats to the environment such as greenhouse gas emission and soil and underground water contamination. These effects along with the versatility of the plastic waste have led the development of more environmental friendly plastic recycling methods. Prior to recovery, the plastic waste should be sorted into the different plastic types it is composed of. Traditional plastic sorting methods used optical or manual sortation which was not only costly but also susceptible to high nonconformance rates. Newer technologies have been developed that have higher output and are more economically justifiable. This thesis performs and economical and environmental comparison between five plastic sorting methods that are currently in use and one emerging technology which uses Electromagnetic (EM) waves and ferrofluid to sort plastics. Economic Input-Output Life Cycle Assessment (EIO-LCA) is the method used to collect the data and perform the analyses. Two economic measures are used to evaluate the methods from an economical point of view. The objective is to study how the new method compares to the existing methods both economically and environmentally using a case study in Toledo, Ohio. The data related to cost, energy requirements and carbon emissions were collected through contacting local vendors. The results of the study showed that all of the methods have positive economic performance with minor variations in energy use and carbon emissions.","PeriodicalId":169514,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Economics and Business Administration","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125822386","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"An Investigation of Causality between Advertising and Operating Activity: Macro and Micro Evidence from Japan","authors":"Kosei Fukuda","doi":"10.3844/AJEBASP.2015.23.32","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3844/AJEBASP.2015.23.32","url":null,"abstract":"The relationship between advertising and operating activity is one of the topical issues in marketing and economic research. However, micro data have not been analyzed. In this paper, causality between them is empirically examined by using macro and micro data and applying four models-conventional Vector Autoregressive (VAR) model, vector error correction model, homogeneous parameter panel VAR model and heterogeneous parameter panel VAR model. Granger causality tests are applied to Japanese advertising and operating activity data. Empirical results indicate that operating activity causes advertising and not vice versa.","PeriodicalId":169514,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Economics and Business Administration","volume":"697 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122982866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Macroeconomic Determinants of Non-Performing Loans: An Empirical Study of Some Arab Countries","authors":"M. Touny, Mohamed Shehab","doi":"10.3844/AJEBASP.2015.11.22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3844/AJEBASP.2015.11.22","url":null,"abstract":"The issue of non-performing loans is one of the factors that reflect the soundness of the banking sector. The main objective of this study is to identify macroeconomic determinants of non-performing loans in some Arab countries through the period 2000-2012 using the dynamic panel data approach. The outcomes of this paper suggest that inflation rate has a negative impact on NPLs, whereas improvement in macroeconomic and financial conditions seems to have a negative impact on the level of NPLs. Regarding the impact of the global financial crisis, the results show that the crisis had a negative impact on the level of NPLs. With regard to household consumption, the outcomes point out to mixed results where this effect seems to be negative in non-petroleum countries but positive in petroleum countries, whereas increasing of government spending is associated with low level of NPLs in both groups of countries. Moreover, an increase of the aggregate debt burden has a positive impact on the level of bad loans whereas expansionary monitory policy and improvement of terms of trade in petroleum countries have a significant negative effect on NPLs but this effect is not clear in non-petroleum countries.","PeriodicalId":169514,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Economics and Business Administration","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122540882","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}