Leadership, Innovation and Entrepreneurship as Driving Forces of the Global Economy

Business Intelligence Management.- Is the Avalanche of e-Learning Coming to the UAE?.- Facilitating Conditions and Cost in Determining M-commerce Acceptance in Jordan.- Auditing and Comparing Innovation Management Capability in the Municipal Field.- Sustainable Development of Rural Communities in Bangladesh by Integrating Mobile Internet and Agent Banking Technology.- Part II Contemporary Leadership and Management.- Clustering Countries According to their Cultural Proximity and Similarity.- Human Resources Management Skills Needed by Organizations.- A Case for Strategic Management in Higher Education in India.- The Effect of International Accounting Standards on Management Behavior.- Intercultural Competencies for Career Advancement.- Managerial Recruitment Issue in China.- Human Resources Management Practices.- Knowledge Management Practices in Saudi Arabian Public Sector Organizations.- Leadership Types in the Middle Eastern Context.- Women on Corporation Boards.- The Effects of Age on Job Crafting.- A Simulative Comparison of Output Commercial Value, Employment and Pollution Levels between a Chemical Cluster and a Standalone Aluminium Smelting Plant.- Is Spiritual Tourism an Innovation in Tourism for India and Pakistan?.- Business to Business Buyer-Seller Interactions.- Educational Tourism in Dubai.- Principals' Creative Leadership Practices and School Effectiveness.- Part III International Entrepreneurship and Small Business.- Family Entrepreneurial Teams Under the TPB Lens.- The Government's Role in the Importance of Entrepreneurship Education Amongst University Students in Malaysia.- Motivation Voices and Visions of Women Entrepreneurs in the UAE.- Weathering the Storm.- Work Motivation in Temporary Organizations.- Demand and Supply Firms' Interlock.- A Web-based Benchmarking Tool and Database for SME.- Analysis of Startup Ecosystems in Germany and in the USA.- Zero Debt Startup in Capital-Intensive Solar Industry.- Personal Trait and Innovation Performance in Micro and Small Enterprises.- Development Prospects for Franchising in Southeast Asia.- Entrepreneurship Education in UKM.- The Relationship between Conflict Management and Job Performance.- Part IV New Trends in Global Economics, Finance, and Management.- Volatility Persistence and Shock Absorption Capacity of the Malaysian Stock Market.- Augmented Reality.- Business Cycle Forecasts and Future Volatility.- Relationship between Working Capital Management and Profitability.- Information Systems Strategies to Reduce Financial Corruption.- Cross Market Price Mechanism between the US Copper Futures Market and a Newly Proposed Chinese Dollar Index.- The Assessment of the Global Financial Crisis on Dubai Financial Market Performance.- Internal Rate of Return IRR.- Quantitative Risk Analysis for International Project Management and Programs in an Emerging Economy.- Part V Islamic Banking and Finance.- Musharakah Financing as Addressed in IFSB Standard.- Performance Measurement of KMI 30 and KSE30 Index in Karachi Stock Exchange.- The Challenges and Opportunities of Islamic Banking in Lebanon.