Volume 2, Number 4, April 2014 (Special Issue on )

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Evolution of Leadership and Organizational Culture Research on Innovation Field: 12 Years of Analysis

Mohamed Zennouche, Jian Zhang

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DOI: 10.4236/jss.2014.24044  4,985 Downloads  6,755 Views   Citations

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Globalization, Cultural Change and Religion: The Case of Pentecostalism

Alberto da Silva Moreira

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DOI: 10.4236/jss.2014.24043  4,509 Downloads  5,985 Views   Citations

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Authoritarian School: A Nurturing Place for Autocracy

Manmohanjit Singh Hundal

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DOI: 10.4236/jss.2014.24042  2,991 Downloads  4,203 Views   Citations

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Asymmetric Oil Price Shock Response: A Comparative Analysis

Olukorede Abiona

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DOI: 10.4236/jss.2014.24041  3,538 Downloads  5,059 Views   Citations

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Getting Rid of the Horizontal-to-Vertical Strategy: A Case Report of a Japanese Research Psychologist

Kazuo Mori

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DOI: 10.4236/jss.2014.24040  4,632 Downloads  5,942 Views   Citations

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The Differentiated Pricing Strategy or Hotel under Dual-Channel Reservation Forms

Xiaoyan Xu, Rui Zhao, Liang Xu

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DOI: 10.4236/jss.2014.24039  4,135 Downloads  5,502 Views   Citations

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Facilitating Transdisciplinary Research in an Evolving Approach to Science

Fen Hunt, Suzanne Thornsbury

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DOI: 10.4236/jss.2014.24038  4,431 Downloads  5,705 Views   Citations

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Teachers’ Instructional Competence on Students’ Comprehension Skills and Critical Thinking Ability

Ethel de Leon-Abao

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DOI: 10.4236/jss.2014.24037  5,082 Downloads  6,623 Views   Citations

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Integrated Learning-Based SME Credit Rating

Limei Wang, Zhe Wang, Yu Hu, Tian Bai

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DOI: 10.4236/jss.2014.24036  3,977 Downloads  5,110 Views   Citations

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Ensuring Sustainable Development in Africa through Education: A Ghanaian Case Study of Tackling Truancy

Anthony Afful-Broni, Freda Sekyi

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DOI: 10.4236/jss.2014.24035  3,429 Downloads  4,942 Views   Citations

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Portuguese Women: Entrepreneurs in Sao Paulo City

Maria Elisa de Almeida Mariz, Lucia Maria Machado Bógus

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DOI: 10.4236/jss.2014.24034  4,973 Downloads  6,274 Views   Citations

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Livelihood Activities and the Role of Livestock in Smallholder Farming Communities of Southern Zambia

Gelson Tembo, Alice Tembo, Fusya Goma, Evans Kapekele, Jairos Sambo

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DOI: 10.4236/jss.2014.24033  4,294 Downloads  6,286 Views   Citations

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The Social and Economic Challenges of the Namibian Children of the Liberation Struggle at Berg Aukas Camp in Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region

Dorthea Nanghali Etuwete Shiningayamwe, Rakel Kavena Shalyefu, Alex Tubawene Kanyimba

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DOI: 10.4236/jss.2014.24032  4,050 Downloads  5,891 Views   Citations

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Globalization of Science and Technology through Research and Development

Aqueil Ahmad

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DOI: 10.4236/jss.2014.24031  6,116 Downloads  9,050 Views   Citations

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Cultural Consciousness of Chinese Ethnic Minority under the Economic Globalization —Illustrated by the Case of Ethnic Yi in Yunnan

Hongyu Xie, Jidong Yi, Jianhou Gan

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DOI: 10.4236/jss.2014.24030  3,208 Downloads  4,632 Views   Citations

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Twenty-Year Reform of Teaching Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Fourth Military Medical University in China

Jing Zhao, Yan Li, Bo Yan, Lintao Jia, Xia Li, Lifeng Wang, Xinping Liu, Libo Yao

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DOI: 10.4236/jss.2014.24029  2,936 Downloads  4,264 Views   Citations

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Service Quality, Relationship Quality and Customer Loyalty (Case Study: Banking Industry in Iran)

Leila Rahmani-Nejad, Zahra Firoozbakht, Amin Taghipoor

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DOI: 10.4236/jss.2014.24028  9,493 Downloads  13,553 Views   Citations

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Material Resource Planning (MRP): Will You Need MRP without the Customer?

Kwahng Kim

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DOI: 10.4236/jss.2014.24027  6,931 Downloads  9,192 Views   Citations

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Strategies for Improving Parental Involvement in Acquisition of Literacy Skills among Pupils in Primary Schools in Akithi Division, Tigania West District, Kenya

James Mwenda Murungi, George Mungiria Muthaa, Linus Micheni, Elias Eric Mwenda

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DOI: 10.4236/jss.2014.24026  2,977 Downloads  4,207 Views   Citations

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Risk and Protective Factors in Child Development and the Development of Resilience

Ann Buchanan

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DOI: 10.4236/jss.2014.24025  6,018 Downloads  8,586 Views   Citations

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Between the Barrio and the City: Pathways of Work among Scavenging Families

Débora Gorbán

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DOI: 10.4236/jss.2014.24024  2,992 Downloads  3,970 Views   Citations

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Competitive Advantage of Nations and Multilateral Trade System: How Can Lebanon Benefit from Trade Liberalization without Enhancing Its Strategic Industries?

Georges N. Nehme, Eliane Nehme

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DOI: 10.4236/jss.2014.24023  4,131 Downloads  5,887 Views   Citations

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Seeking a Balance: Helping Pre-Service Teachers Develop Positive Attitudes towards Mathematics as They Develop Competency

Chris Hurst, Audrey Cooke

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DOI: 10.4236/jss.2014.24022  5,346 Downloads  7,062 Views   Citations

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Study of the Standard Insurance Provisions’ Interpretation

Yang Yang

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DOI: 10.4236/jss.2014.24021  6,845 Downloads  7,784 Views   Citations

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Ensuring Effectiveness of Economic and Monetary Policies through Considering Economic Schools of Thought: Lebanon 1990-2010

Georges N. Nehme

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DOI: 10.4236/jss.2014.24020  3,426 Downloads  4,368 Views   Citations

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The New Form of Mixed Economy with Rationing: Agent-Based Approach

Valery L. Makarov, Albert R. Bakhtizin

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DOI: 10.4236/jss.2014.24019  3,805 Downloads  4,738 Views   Citations

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Teaching Religious Pluralism and Study of Religious Cultural Heritage in Bulgarian Universities

Georgeta Nazarska, Svetla Shapkalova

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DOI: 10.4236/jss.2014.24018  3,079 Downloads  4,215 Views   Citations

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Fractality in the Utilization of Internet in the World

Helen B. Boholano

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DOI: 10.4236/jss.2014.24017  3,869 Downloads  5,494 Views   Citations

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