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Young Muslim women on the face veil (Niqab): a tool of resistance in Europe but rejected in the United States
(2010-01-15)
In order to understand Muslim women’s views on veiling in
the West, one must take into account historical and socio-political factors such as
a country’s colonial/national history, the nature of its immigration regime, ...
Outcomes of in tension to quit of Indian IT professionals
(2010-05-03)
Intention to quit has been getting attention in the context of employee attrition,
with focus on its antecedents. A related aspect that needs attention is
the outcome of intention to quit, where little research has ...
New environmental stimuli, challenges of entrepreneurial firms and growth leaps: evidences from multisector case studies
(2010-09-07)
This paper conceptualises and delineates five challenges – faced by
entrepreneurial firms in responding to the stimuli for growth provided by the
new environment of globalisation, deregulation and liberalisation. It ...
Relations between pitman efficiency and fisher information
(2010-05-31)
Some fundamental relations between the efficacy of a test statistic for any finite
sample and information in that statistic are derived. These results are used to point out the relations
between Pitman efficiency and ...
The released soldiers: a study of their predicament
(2010-05-18)
Though literature on military sociology is fast growing, few studies have focused attention on the
psychological social and economic consequences of release from the army for the discharged soldiers. The
subject assumes ...
A survey of linear programming applications in an integrated steel plant
(2010-10-18)
Mathematical programming techniques were used in the steel industry as early as 1958, and many
applications of optimization in steel production have been reported since then. In this survey, we
summarize published ...
Editorial: IFORS OR for development prize
(2010-10-18)
This is the ®rst time that a special section of International Transactions in Operational Research is
devoted to papers related to IFORS OR for Development Prize Competition and I am happy to be the
editor of this special ...
A lot of thin air
(2010-05-12)
AN EXTENSION of Parkinsons Law
relating to work and the time available
for its completion could be applied to
public problem-solving, by formulating
the proposition that, committees or
working groups are appointed to ...