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NATIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEM IN THE ERA OF LIBERALIZATION: IMPLICATIONS
FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY FOR DEVELOPING ECONOMIES
Lakhwinder Singh and Baldev Singh

AFFECTIVE COMMITMENT, CONTINUOUS COMMITMENT AND NORMATIVE
COMMITMENT OF PUBLIC SECTOR UNIVERSITIES' TEACHERS: INFLUENCE ON
TURNOVER INTENTION
Nazim Ali

THE IMPACT OF CUSTOMER SERVICE AND PRODUCT VALUE ON CUSTOMER
LOYALTY AND PURCHASE BEHAVIOR AT PAKISTAN
Muhammad Haroon

QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE STUDY FOR REQUIREMENT CHANGE MANAGEMENT MODEL
Muhammad Akram, M. Hamid Fayaz, M. Imran Shafi
M. Usman Shafique Blekinge and Imran Ali

EFFECTS OF MOTIVATION ON STUDENT BEHAVIOR
Samreen Arshad and Javed Ali Malik

STEPS TOWARDS RISK CREDENTIALS IN RUP
Muhammad Inayat ullah, Shahid Hussain and Muhammad Shahid

UNDERLYING BUSINESS MODEL OF BPO IN INDIA
Inderjeet Singh and Preeti Singh

ECONOMIC SUITABILITY MAPPING – A NEW TREND IN ESTABLISHING
ECONOMIC SUITABILITY OF PROJECT SITE
Ejaz Gul

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REWARDS AND EMPLOYEE
MOTIVATION IN COMMERCIAL BANKS OF PAKISTAN
Kalimullah Khan

AGRICULTURAL MARKETING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: A CASE OF
COTTON BELT IN NORTH WESTERN INDIA
Sucha Singh Gil

STRUGGLE TO JUGGLE GENDER AND WORK LIFE BALANCE
Gulfam Khan Khalid, Arooj Gulfam and Kashif-ur-Rehman

EFFICIENT SALES PATTERNS EXTRACTION ALGORITHM FOR TREND PREDICTION
Nasir Gul

CRITICAL CHAIN: APPLICATION OF THEORY OF CONSTRAINTS TO PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Ghulam Zakria, Yasser Riaz Awan and Zai Lin Guan

BEHIND THE SMOKING FLAMES: EVALUATION OF WHAT SOCIO-COGNITIVE
FACTORS INFLUENCE SMOKING INITIATION AND CONTINUATION AMONG
PAKISTANI ADOLESCENTS
Kashif-ur-Rehman and Imran Anwar Mir

EDUCATION AND HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION IN PAKISTAN
Muhammad Faisal Farid, Samia Qamar and Muhammad Hussain Qamar

TIMELINESS ATTRIBUTES AND THE EXTENT OF ACCOUNTING DISCLOSURE:
A STUDY OF BANKING COMPANIES IN BANGLADESH
Alim Al Ayub Ahmed, Madan Mohan Dey and Waheed Akhter

THE REACTION OF STOCK PRICES TO DIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENTS
AND MARKET EFFICIENCY IN PAKISTAN
Muhammad Akbar and Humayun Habib Baig

A STUDY OF INTERNET ADDICTION AMONGST COLLEGE LEVEL STUDENTS
Muhammad Javed and M.Waseem Iqbal

PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF PHARMACISTS AND DRUGGISTS
WORKING IN RETAIL PHARMACIES OF UZBEKISTAN
Abdus Sattar Abbasi, Amna Bibi, Sabir Hussain Abbasi
Shakir Hussain & Umar Hayat

PERCEIVED INTERNAL SERVICES QUALITY IN HUMAN RESOURCES
MANAGEMENT AND ITS IMPACTS ON EMPLOYEE JOB SATISFACTION
Muhammad Asif Khan, Qaiser Mehmood and Ijaz-Ur-Rehman

LOCATION BASED AD SERVICE FOR SUPER STORES
Muhammad Qasim Pasta and Muhammad Khalid Khan

THE REAL EXCHANGE RATE AND THE BALASSA SAMUELSON
HYPOTHESIS IN SAARC COUNTRIES: AN APPRAISAL
Khorshed Chowdhury

VIRTUAL AUDIT PROCEDURE FOR REVIEWING QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM
Anjum Iqbal, M. Saleem Rathore and Mohammad Aslam

ATTITUDE TOWARDS ADVERTISING THROUGH SPORTS IN PAKISTAN
Usman Hameed

CAPITAL AND LABOUR IN THE HISTORICAL AND EMERGING
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: A BRIEF COMMENT
Ranjit Singh Ghuman

INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES & PREDILECTIONS FOR SMALL
INVESTORS FROM LIMITED INCOME GROUP IN PAKISTAN
Sanaullah Ansari

A STUDY OF DROP-OUT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS DUE TO MANAGERIAL
FLAWS IN PUBLIC SECTOR
Saeed-ul-Hasan Chishti, Shahinshah Babar Khan and Nabi Bux Jumani

INVESTIGATING HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FORMALIZATION
IN SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES: THE CASE OF THE READYMADE
GARMENTS MANUFACTURERS AND EXPORTERS IN LAHORE, PAKISTAN
Muhammad Abdul Rauf, Maarten van Riemsdijk & Jan Kees Looise

RISK MANAGEMENT IN TAKĀFUL
Waheed Akhter, Nadeem Akhtar and Khurram Jafri

EFFECTS OF NATIONAL CULTURE ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE
IN PAKISTAN: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
Imran Ali, Kashif ur Rehman, Jawaria Fatima Ali
Sarfraz Ahmed and Waseemullah

AN EXPLORATIVE STUDY ON APPLYING FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE
FOR APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS
Muhammad Akram and Muhammad Imran Shafi

BODY AREA NETWORKS (BANS) – AN OVERVIEW WITH SMART
SENSORS BASED TELEMEDICAL MONITORING SYSTEM
M. Umar Talha and Jahanzeb Ahmad

AN INVESTIGATION ON CITIZEN ACCESS TO EHEALTH SERVICES IN
COUNTY OF BLEKINGE, SWEDEN
Farrukh Sahar, Muhammad Asim and Arzak khan

FACE RECOGNITION USING GENERAL REGRESSION NEURAL NETWORK
Tasweer Ahmad and Muhammad Umair

SITE COMPETITION BETWEEN CARBON AND PHOSPHORUS IN STEELS
M.A. Islam and S.A. Khan

CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS OF ERP IMPLEMENTATION IN PAKISTAN
Muhammad Jamil Anjum and Ijaz-Ur-Rehman

WIMAX OFDM ADAPTIVE MODULATION WITH BROADBAND WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY HSDPA
Farrukh Sahar, Nawab Zada Nasrullah Khan & Arzak khan

AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE ADOPTION OF PERSONALIZED
INTEROPERABLE PATIENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN SWEDEN
Farrukh Sahar & Arzak khan

DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF MICROCONTROLLER
BASED ULTRASONIC FLAW DETECTOR
Safia A. Kazmi and Rupendra K. Pachauri

CHALLENGES OF INFORMATION ERA: CHOOSING AND USING OF
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
Muhammad Safdar, Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, Shakil Ahmad Ghazi
Muhammad Ajmal Farooq

USE OF MOBILE MESSAGING IN HEALTH CARE
Naila Fareen

LATEST ADVANCEMENTS IN MOBILE ROBOT LOCALIZATION IN
MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENT
Azhar Dilshad and Sunita Chauhan

IMPLEMENTATION OF WEB SECURITY USING PACKET-SCRUTINIZING ROUTER
Muhammad Akram, Muhammad Imran Shafi, Muhammad Hamid Fayaz
Sikandar Hayat

PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF SIMULTANEOUS 802.11g
WIRELESS LANS (EFFICIENT UTILIZATION OF TOTAL OVERLAP)
Haleem Hussain Shah, Suleiman Ali Khan and : Syed Ismail Shah

USE OF PRE AND POST-LABS AT A SECONDARY SCHOOL BIOLOGY LAB
AND IMPROVEMENT OF STUIDENT’S ACHIEVEMENT
Tanveer Uz Zaman and Fouzia Ghias

Conference Partner

1. Journal of Islamic Marketing (Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.)
2. Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research (Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.)