International Journal of Business and Economics Research

Volume 3, Issue 3, June 2014

  • Strategic Asset Management: A Differentiating Strategy to Enhance a Competitive Advantage of Petrochemical Companies

    Makama Ephraim Ntlaba, Ozias Ncube

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 3, June 2014
    Pages: 118-127
    Received: 17 April 2014
    Accepted: 14 May 2014
    Published: 30 May 2014
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    Abstract: This paper presents the results of a study of the benefit of implementing Strategic Asset Management (SAM) in line with principles recommended by PAS 55. SAS can assist organisations in the petrochemical industry to enhance their competitive advantage and subsequently become profitable. A survey design methodology is employed in this study. Four bu... Show More
  • Car Insurance Risk Assessment with Data Mining for an Iranian Leading Insurance Company

    Seyed Behnam Khakbaz, Nastaran Hajiheydari, Marziyeh Pourestarabadi

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 3, June 2014
    Pages: 128-134
    Received: 27 April 2014
    Accepted: 17 May 2014
    Published: 30 May 2014
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    Abstract: Today’s competitive market leads industry to a serious fight. This fight has guided some companies to a sightless selling. Insurance companies lose lots of money each year because of not profitable and risky customers which are attracted blindly. Risky customers are one of the most important treats to insurance companies; therefore some of these co... Show More
  • The Relationship between the Growth of Exports and Growth of Gross Domestic Product of India

    Mukherji Ronit, Pandey Divya

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 3, June 2014
    Pages: 135-139
    Received: 11 June 2014
    Accepted: 24 June 2014
    Published: 30 June 2014
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    Abstract: Does Economic Growth Promote Exports of a country or do exports lead to a higher growth? This paper tries to answer this question in the context of India, using a three step procedure of first conducting a Vector Auto Regression (VAR) analysis followed by a Granger Causality Test and an Impulse Response Function. Taking yearly data from 1969-2012, ... Show More