since 1984 iranian banks has been operating under islamic principles. this paper investigates dynamics of loans and the difficulties that iranian banking system was facing. during the period of islamic banking in iran, banks experienced a significant increase in the supply of loans. many factors have affected the behavior of banks in lending operations, the most important of which include rate ...

E-government is far too often taken to mean ‘government business as usual’ plus the internet. This paper puts forward the basis for an alternative orientation, locating e-government against a background of profound social changes.

Recognition of economic growth determinants is one of the most important concerns for economists. In the oil exporting countries oil revenues play a significant role for the economy alongside with other economic growth determinants. This paper attempts to investigate the role of oil in selected oil-revenue dependent economies. Since oil revenue goes directly to public treasury and is expended b...

This study examines the global trend in shifting university costs from national governments to individual students and families, with a specific focus on the existing cost-sharing model in Australian higher education. The Australian system is worthy of consideration by other nations as a possible mechanism for enhancing access to higher education for individuals who might otherwise not possess ...

one of the measures taken by the 1979 revolutionary government of iran was to denounce the mixed public-private ownership of the banking system of the pre-revolutionary era and implement a full scale banking nationalization and merging scheme. since then the banking system has been operating under close supervision and scrutiny of the government - exercising its power to impose a variety of res...

Australia’s National Strategy for VET 2004-2010 calls for a client-centred and innovative vocational training system of world class standard. An important strategy to achieve this goal is to build the capability of both public and private registered training organisations. The Consortium, “Supporting VET providers in building capability for the future”, was established to conduct research that ...

Although there have been many grand visions for the transformative capacity of e-Government initiatives, the actual realization of these visions has met with mixed results. This paper argues that current approaches to appraising the benefits and consequences of e-government initiatives are constrained by a narrow technologically determinist perspective focused on ICT investment rather than poli...