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SE1, Sunday, March 29, 4:30-6:00 P.M.Session: FinanceSession Chair: Takeshi YamamotoIwate Prefectural University107 Online Trading and Investing: Problems and ProspectiveBala Maniam, Sam Houston State University, maniam@shsu.eduWarner Phelps, Sam Houston State University, gba_bxm@shsu.eduOnline investing is a rapidly growing competitor to the traditional bricks and mortar approach of investment representation.Changes in legislation and improvements in technology have enabled consumers to streamline investment. While the future ofonline investing is promising, it is not foreseeable that it would ever be able to overtake the traditional methods of investing andbrokerage, or at least in the near future.234 Outside Directors and Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions: Japanese EvidencesTakeshi Yamamoto, Iwate Prefectural University, t-yama@iwate-pu.ac.jpIn this paper, I found positive relationship between the proportion of outside directors and the probability of being a target in theM&A transaction controlling other factor fixed. It is consistent with the role of outside directors in monitoring the affair of thefirm and it can be said that it is supportive of the shareholder-interest. It is well known that it is not very easy to show suchevidences in the normal situation, but in the extreme situation such as M&A it can be found that outside directors loyal to theirshareholder’s interest act opposite to their inside counterpart.351 Global Financial Crisis and Indian Service SectorPramod Vaidya, Mangalvedhekar Institute of Management, solapur00@gmail.comSavita Vaidya, Mangalvedhekar Institute of Management, vaidyasavita@gmail.comThis is an era of open , regulated and inter - connected economic structures across the globe. Purpose of this paper is tounderstand the impact of recent financial crisis on service sector in India, an economy with increasing contribution from servicesector to GDP. An empirical survey and in – depth interviews with focus groups are conducted and an extent to which the crisiswill affect India, is studied. It is found that, the recent share of service sector contribution to Indian GDP has made India morevulnerable to a global recession.397 Analysis of the Determinants of the Debt-Equity Ratios of Cement CompaniesCarmelita Goveas, Besant Womens College, carmelgoveas@yahoo.co.inT Mallikarjunappa, Mangalore University, tmmallik@rediffmail.comThe paper attempts to study the determinants of debt-equity ratios of companies. The multiple regression model has been used toknow, which of the variables have a significant influence on the capital structure. To perform multiple regressions, the studycomputes the values of all the independent variables and dependent variables, taking the data of companies in the cement sector inIndia. The equations are estimated based on the data for the individual years, from, 1990-2007.Then companies and year-wise dataare pooled to form a large data set. We show the results for the two measures of financial leverage.12Intl Conference on Technology and Business Management, Al Ghurair University, UAEMarch 29-April 1, 2009
SE2, Sunday, March 29, 4:30-6:00 P.M.Session: HRM-ISession Chair: Abhilasha SinghInstitute of Management Technology114 Employee Motivation and Work Performance – A Study of Small-Scale Industry in the city of Belgaum,Karnataka State, IndiaPraveen Kulkarni, Karnatak Law Society’s Institute of Management Education & Research,praveenmkulkarni@gmail.comShashidhar Chiniwar, Karnatak Law Society’s Institute of Management Education & Research, sgchiniwar@gmail.comThere is tremendous pressure on organizations to maintain employee motivation and enhance work performance in today’srecession hit business environment. Organizations especially small-scale enterprises need to motivate employees and performbetter to remain competitive. This study focuses on understanding the work environment in small-scale industries, studies theimpact of business environment on employee motivation and work performance and suggests measures to improve performance inthis challenging environment. The study was conducted at as small scale company in the city of Belgaum, Karnataka state, India180 A Survey of Effective Factor on Performance Development based on Achieve ModelMaryam Yaghoubi, Medical University of Esfahan - Iran, yaghoobbi997@gmail.comMohamad Yarmohammadian, Health Management & Economic Research Center -Medical University of Esfahan,Yarmohammadian@mng.mui.ac.irIf a managers try for further income or productivity so they must attentive to their staff incentive.Achieve model present sevenfactors( ability, clarify, help, incentive , evaluation, validity ,environment)that effective to staff performance.It is descriptive,survey and inferential study ,the population is university hospital managers in Esfahan university203 Enhancing Graduates Competitiveness through Industry NetworkingNeuneung Hayati, Widyatama University, neuneung.ratna@widyatama.ac.idTanti Irawati, Widyatama University, tanti.irawati@widyatama.ac.idThe competitive key factor of a nation is having human resources that have competencies and ability to compete globally.Widyatama University has stated in its Strategic Plan that the increase of graduate quality can create sustainable growth. ODevelop external networking with Industry is one important things to get link & match their graduates with Industry. This studywants to measure and analyze the ability of graduates to compete with others.253 Maturity and Effectiveness of Human Capital ManagementIraj Soltani, Mobarakeh Steel Company, iso@mobarakeh-steel.irToday human capital management is an important factor in competitive advantage. The research tool for data gathering washuman capital five drive questionire designed by Bassi and Mc Murrer.The results showed that maturity level and effectiveness ofhuman capital management in Mobarakeh Steel Company was 64.5%. Examining five drive of human capital showed thefollowing means respectively: Mean 3.41 for learning capacity, mean 3.28 for availability of knowledge, mean 3.24 for peopleparticipation, mean 3.21 for optimizing work force, mean 3.08 for leadership practices.392 Stuck in the Middle with You: Agency Staff or Hotel Housekeeping Worker?Abhilasha Singh, Institute of Management Technology, abhilasha@imtdubai.ac.aeEbrahim Soltani, Kent Business School, e.soltani@kent.ac.ukYing-Ying Liao, Kent Business School, yl60@kent.ac.ukIn response to the flexibility literature’s neglect of employees’ response to flexible working arrangements, this paper aims toinvestigate whether flexibility offers a new approach that might benefit flexible workers. It adopts a qualitative methodology inthe form of semi-structured and in-depth interviews with hotel housekeeping managers, their partner agency managers, and theirflexible workers. The results demonstrate that while pursuing labour flexibility appears to be inevitable in hotel industry,employees are being relatively treated as a ‘cost’ rather than human resources.Intl Conference on Technology and Business Management, Al Ghurair University, UAEMarch 29-April 1, 200913
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