The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0025-1747.htm MD 45‚9 1426 The mediating effect of organizational reputation on customer loyalty and service recommendation in the banking industry Nick Bontis and Lorne D. Booker DeGroote School of Business‚ McMaster University‚ Hamilton‚ Canada‚ and Alexander Serenko Faculty of Business Administration‚ Lakehead University‚ Thunder Bay‚ Canada Abstract Purpose – The overall purpose
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American Political Science Review Vol. 98‚ No. 2 May 2004 What Is a Case Study and What Is It Good for? JOHN GERRING Boston University T his paper aims to clarify the meaning‚ and explain the utility‚ of the case study method‚ a method often practiced but little understood. A “case study‚” I argue‚ is best defined as an intensive study of a single unit with an aim to generalize across a larger set of units. Case studies rely on the same sort of covariational evidence utilized in non-case
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the sample period. Results of dynamic ordinary least square (DOLS) suggest that the results will remain the same in the future up to lead 2. Results of Granger causality test‚ Toda and Yamamoto Modified Wald causality test and variance decomposition test confirm the unidirectional causal relationship between terrorism and tourism‚ causality runs from terrorism to tourism. Hye and Khan (2012) confirm tourism led growth hypothesis for Pakistan. It is suggested that the government should play a significant
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energy resources in the world make the relation between economic development and energy consumption more significant. In this study‚ the possible cointegration is inspected by Engle-Granger and Johansen Tests and the direction of the causality is searched by Granger causality test. The analysis showed that there is a long and short term relationship between economic growth and energy consumption in Turkey fort he period of 1980-2006. 1. INTRODUCTION Since the Industrial Revolution‚ the demand for
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In regard to criminal liability‚ certain elements must be satisfied for an individual to be found guilty of an offence. The accused must have been responsible for conduct which is otherwise prohibited by the law; this is referred to as the ‘actus reus’ of a crime. However this alone is insufficient for conviction‚ unless it concerns a crime which is of strict liability‚ like Harrow London BC v. Shah . Alongside the ‘actus reus’ element of a crime there is also a requirement for the accused to
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Association and Causation Statistics is the science pertaining to the collection and analysis of data. It is the refinement of the ambiguous‚ the distilling of truth from the crudest of resources. For this reason‚ it is necessary to discern the simplest path from Point A to Point B‚ disregarding any unnecessary data that may lie in the path. This‚ however‚ is easier in theory than in practice‚ and statisticians have developed various techniques to help differentiate between causation‚ a variable
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More often than not‚ the outcomes of events that occur in a person’s life is the product of the idea of the self-fulfilling prophecy. It is that which "occurs when a person’s expectations of an event make the outcome more likely to occur than would otherwise have been true" (Adler and Towne‚ Looking Out‚ Looking In 66). Or restated‚ as Henry Ford once put it‚ "If you think you can‚ you can. If you think you can’t‚ you’re right!" This brief research paper touches on the two types of self-fulfilling
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Cause and Effect Essay By: Katie Costa American International University 10-24-10 Abstract The essay I will be writing about is the cause and effect of a recession. There have been many recessions around the world. I will be writing about what a recession is and what happens to cause them. I will also be writing about what the effects and aftermath of a recession are. A recession is an economic failure. We live each day to work and make money
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Technologies of Humility Sheila Jasanoff’s “Technologies of Humility” are new approaches to decision-making that ‘seek to integrate the ‘can-do’ orientation of science and engineering with the ‘should-do’ questions of ethical and political analysis” (Jasanoff‚ 2003). In other words‚ technology needs to be accountable in the production and use of scientific knowledge. The whole premise is to ask the questions: what is the purpose; who will be hurt; who benefits; and how can we know?” These questions
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Sydney Schumann Mrs. Taube English 11 16 April 2014 Teens and Marijuana According to a 2012 Monitoring the Future study‚ marijuana is the illicit drug most likely to be used by teens (Maine Integrated Youth Health Survey). Marijuana comes from the plant Cannabis Sativa and appears as a green/brown mix of flowers‚ stems‚ and leaves (Teens Health 1). Marijuana is also known as pot‚ weed‚ MJ‚ Mary Jane‚ reefer‚ dope‚ ganja‚ herb‚ and grass. Marijuana is most often smoked in cigarettes‚ hollowed-out
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