The degree of cooperation in international strategic alliances and value creation outcomes: Empirical study on service firms in Yemen

International strategic alliances (ISAs) are one of the partnership options that may be used by firms in achieving their goals.It is an inter-firm cooperation where firms commit some of their resources and capabilities towards the alliance to create a competitive advantage.Yemeni services industry need to improve its competitiveness and the quality of services it provides to the people and therefore, forming a strategic alliances with foreign partners is considered as one of the best strategies.Although the involvement of Yemeni’s service firms in ISAs are evidence, but there is no previous study conducted to determine whether these alliances do create value to the firms or not.Therefore, this study is conducted with the objectives of determining whether Yemeni’s service firms’ involvement in ISAs do create value to the firms or not, and what kind of value creation outcomes are created by this ISAs. Alliances may also come in various forms with different degree of cooperation.This study will also look at the influence of the degree of cooperation in ISAs on the value creation outcomes.Survey of 214 service firms’ managers revealed that ISAs do create value to the organization with financial value top the list.Improvement in customer service and better return on investment (ROI) are among the most important advantage gain by these service firms from their involvement in ISAs.This study also posits a significant positive relationship between the degree of cooperation in ISAs and the value creation outcome

Bilateral pyogenic psoas abscesses with inferior vena cava thrombosis.

Psoas abscess is a rare clinical entity. Rarely, it is associated with thrombosis of the inferior vena cava. This report is of a 36-year-old woman with bilateral pyogenic psoas abscesses with spondylodiscitis complicated by thrombosis of the inferior vena cava. The pathogenesis and imaging features of this condition are discussed

An ontological model of experience-based knowledge management in agile software development environment

Agile software development (ASD) involves more in discussion and communication between team members compared to documentation; it is difficult for team members to share knowledge among them. In this matter, knowledge management (KM) plays critical role in managing and capturing the knowledge especially experience-based knowledge. This research main purpose is to create ontology to represent the knowledge that has been stored in knowledge repository after capturing the experience knowledge from the development team in ASD. This ontology model will help by describing a relationship that will later on help in sharing the experience knowledge easily among Community of Practice (CoP). A literature review of the common things in the ASD been conducted, we then creating ontology model by using a tools called Protégé. This ontology called as Experience-Based Knowledge Management (EBKM) Ontology Model. The model is deployed to apply to the reality as a prototype to demonstrate its real value

Tingkat kesadaran sejarah siswa-siswa SLTA di kota Palembang

Tujuan penelitian ini ingin mendapatkan suatu inventarisasi bentuk-bentuk kesadaran pada lokalitas tertentu. Hasil inventarisasi tersebut dapat diproyeksikan pada gagasan penyempumaan proses belajar-mengajar, khususnya di bidang sejarah. Dengan menjaring bentuk-bentuk kesadaran sejarah dari mereka yang sudah melewati jenjang pendidikan SLTA akan diketahui berbagai kesenjangan dalam materi pendidikan sejarah dan sekaligus dapat dijadikan masukan untuk mencari jalan keluamya

EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL STUDENTS WITH HEARING IMPAIREMENTS: EMPLOYERS' PERSPECTIVES

This study aims to explore the employers’ requirement for employability skills of the technical and vocational students who are hearing impaired. The research instrument used was adapted from the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) which consists of thirty nine items. The employability skills surveyed include basic skills, thinking skills, personal qualities, sourcing skills, information skills, interpersonal skills, system skills and technology skills. The instrument was distributed to 110 industry employers throughout Malaysia. However, only 23 (21%) employers returned the survey form. The majority of respondents are from service industry (78.2%) including the retail, food service, restaurants and hotel as well as the fashion designing industry. A high percentage of the respondents (65.2%) are Human Resource Manager who had one to five years of working experience. Based on the survey, the three top most highly rated skills are, personal qualities (M=4.37, SD=.39), basic skills (M=4.10, SD=.58) and interpersonal skills (M=4.07, SD=.47). Knowing the skills that employers demand from their hearing impaired employees, institutions can provide the appropriate training to prepare their hearing impaired graduates for future employment

Gender difference and career interest among undergraduates: Implications for career choices

A study was conducted to determine the career interests of university students. Two hundred and thirty-eight undergraduates were involved in the study. They consisted of 101 male and 137 female students attending three public universities in Malaysia. There was a significant different of realistic career interest pattern between male and female students

Decision to enroll in post-graduate education: What are the predictors?

The objective of the study was to predict students’ decision to enroll for a doctoral program at the Faculty of Educational Studies. A discriminant analysis was conducted to investigate the predictors that influence a student’s decision to enroll for a doctoral program. The predictors investigated were job factors, personal factors, program factors, social factors, satisfaction, and academic performance. The overall Wilk’s Lambda was significant, Λ = 0.87, Chi-Square (6, n = 117) = 15.99, p = 0.014. This indicated that the predictors were significantly different among groups of student who plan to enroll for a doctoral program (Group 1) and those who do not (Group 2). Of the total 117 students, 90 (76%) were classified correctly

The Most Memorable Characteristics In 20 Famous Logo Designs Among Design Students

The purpose of this paper is to identify the memorable characteristics that appear in some famous logo designs that will be compiled as logo characteristic that are easily to remembered. Logo is used and believed as one of the very significant medium for the introduction of a brand and should be remembered. Gerber (2010) said; one of the important criteria should be considered before logo is been designed is how long it will be remembered. Start with the logo that people will remember then it will become famous; this is approved by Henderson & Cote (1998).The research is using pictorial survey study. The pictorial used is a partial design of the famous logos that have been crop using a simple 2 x 2 matrixes puzzle. The logos are purposely and properly crop into partial design that rids-off the original design. The results that have been captured showed positively that every famous logo come with specific characteristic that make it easily recognizable although it’s not been fully exposed. Therefore, this study starts with 20 famous logos among design students. The result can be acquired for reference by industry for commercial use. This study also directly contributes to the improvement of knowledge, especially in graphic design log

Knowledge sharing between multinational corporation’s headquarters and subsidiaries: The impact of manager’s role, compensation system and cultural differences

Knowledge sharing is a systematic process for creating, acquiring, synthesizing, learning, sharing and using knowledge to achieve organizational goals.It is also a source of competitive advantage especially for multinational companies. The objective of this paper is to discuss the impact of subsidiary manager’s role in knowledge sharing, manager’s compensation system, and the level of cultural differences between home and host country on the level of knowledge sharing between the headquarters and subsidiaries of multinational companies.A study has been conducted at a subsidiary of a large manufacturing company in Malaysia. Data were collected via self administered survey questionnaire.The respondents consist of 100 executives and managers of the company, and all the questionnaires distributed were filled and returned back for data analysis. Findings indicate that all three factors significantly influence the level of knowledge sharing with the manager’s compensation system has the strongest impact.MNC therefore should clearly define the manager’s role in knowledge sharing and provide attractive rewards and remunerations to encourage knowledge sharing.At the same time, cultural differences should not be considered as a barrier to knowledge sharing as this study indicates that it can be a driver for effective knowledge sharing between headquarters and subsidiaries