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Lahore University of Management Sciences
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About: Lahore University of Management Sciences is a education organization based out in Lahore, Pakistan. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Fixed point & Metric space. The organization has 1524 authors who have published 3015 publications receiving 42665 citations. The organization is also known as: LUMS.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors report the findings of a pilot study conducted in Pakistan, about the barriers perceived by users and non-users of Islamic banking when selecting Islamic banks, including a narrow branch network, inconvenient branch locations and perception that Islamic banks do not completely follow Islamic principles.
Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report the findings of a pilot study conducted in Pakistan, about the barriers perceived by users and non‐users of Islamic banking when selecting Islamic banks.Design/methodology/approach – This study was conducted to include two types of banking customers, users (customers of Islamic banks only and, Islamic and conventional banks both) and non‐users (customers of conventional banks only). The qualitative research included in‐depth interviews with managers of Islamic banks and two focus groups with users and non‐users, respectively. The survey questionnaire that was subsequently designed received 109 responses. The analysis includes hypothesis testing, factor analysis, and cluster analysis.Findings – A narrow branch network, inconvenient branch locations and perception that “Islamic banks do not completely follow Islamic principles” acted as barriers for non‐users when selecting Islamic banks. Further, “a religious ruling against Islamic banks” was not considered ...
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TL;DR: In this article, the structure and morphology of hydrothermally synthesized strontium sulfide and graphene oxide based Strontium Sideside nanorods have been investigated by using XRD and SEM, respectively.
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TL;DR: In this article, the economic, political, and institutional conditions for successful design and implementation of technology policy in developing countries are analyzed, and the authors conclude that, despite many pro-market arguments, market imperfections inherent in the process of technological change make the creation of learning and innovation rents by the state potentially very beneficial, especially for developing countries.
Abstract: The paper develops an analysis of the economic, political, and institutional conditions for successful design and implementation of technology policy in developing countries. After a brief introduction (Section I), we discuss contending economic theories of technological change and technology policy (Section 2). It is concluded that, despite many pro-market arguments, market imperfections inherent in the process of technological change make the creation of learning and innovation rents by the state potentially very beneficial, especially in developing countries. The next section (Section 3) analyses the political and institutional factors that determine how effectively such rents can be created and managed. After an assessment of technology policy record in developing countries (Section 4) we discuss how the scope of such policy is affected by the recent changes in domestic and international policy contexts such as domestic deregulation and the emergence of a ‘liberal’ world order represented by the WTO (...
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Quaid-i-Azam University1, Shaanxi Normal University2, University of Pretoria3, National Research Foundation of South Africa4, Qarshi University5, University of South Africa6, University of Gujrat7, Université de Montréal8, Institute of Rural Management Anand9, Lahore University of Management Sciences10
TL;DR: In this article, a review of the key phytochemicals, their therapeutic potentials, bioavailability and molecular mechanism of action in the cancer therapeutics are discussed, current challenges and future directions for research are also critically discussed.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Muhammad Usman | 61 | 1203 | 24848 |
Tariq M. Butt | 58 | 193 | 9919 |
I. Younus | 55 | 117 | 12097 |
Hal L. Smith | 52 | 181 | 12554 |
Xenofon Koutsoukos | 45 | 390 | 8146 |
Rodney A. Kennedy | 41 | 408 | 10349 |
Muhammad Tariq | 38 | 304 | 6080 |
Irshad Hussain | 37 | 161 | 5778 |
Gang Logan Liu | 36 | 139 | 6153 |
Ali K. Yetisen | 36 | 181 | 6716 |
Mujahid Abbas | 35 | 361 | 5834 |
Muhammad Saeed | 34 | 198 | 3693 |
Khurram Bashir | 33 | 69 | 3659 |
Amer Iqbal | 32 | 79 | 5338 |
Y. L. Yamaguchi | 32 | 41 | 4763 |