Saeed Lodhi

• COMSATS University Islamabad

El paso elemental para enfrentar el riesgo de desastres es comprender la percepción de riesgo de los habitantes, lo que podría ayudar a determinar la probabilidad de que alguien se prepare para las calamidades. La percepción del riesgo se considera un agente vital para las estrategias de preparación para la reducción del riesgo de desastres. El req...

Since industrialization, the world has been under great strain from rising temperatures. Economies work hard to boost economic growth by sacrificing natural surroundings that are degrading owing to increased carbon emissions from unsustainable production and consumption. The race-to-the-bottom strategy is seen in different parts of the globalized w...

In economies, cleaner technology, increased demand for renewable energy, and more efficient use of natural resources contribute to meeting environmental sustainability targets. The Chinese economy is no exception in its attempts to conserve economic and natural resources via collaborative efforts to embrace cleaner technology, green energy sources,...

Despite the enormous spending on digital advertising, consumers are skeptical toward online advertising (STA). The authors integrated advertising value and stimulus-organism-response (SOR) frameworks to develop a model of STA's causes and consequences. Product knowledge and perceived ethics of online seller (ETH) were proposed as moderators. For St...

Purpose The study aims to examine the role of health-care supply chain management during the COVID-19 pandemic in a cross-section of 42 selected sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. Design/methodology/approach The study used cross-sectional robust least square regression for parameter estimates. Findings The results confirmed the N-shaped relatio...

Purpose The study aims to analyze the role of coronavirus testing capacity to possibly reduce the case fatality ratio (CFR) in a large cross-section of countries. The study controlled health-care expenditures, logistics performance index (LPI), carbon damages, and corporate social responsibility (CSR) to understand the nature of causation between t...

This article describes the development of a mathematical model of forward roll coating of a thin film of a non-Newtonian material when it passes through a small gap between the two counter-rotating rolls. The conservation equations of mass, momentum, and energy in the light of LAT (lubrication approximation theory) are non-dimensionalized and solut...

In the present paper, we investigate a majorization problem for the class $% M_{\alpha ,\beta }^{\nu ,j}(\eta ,\varkappa ;A,B)$ of meromorphic functions and the class $N_{\alpha ,\beta }^{\nu ,j}(\theta,b;A,B)$ of meromorphic spirllike functions related with a convolution operator. We extend the results existing in literature for higher order deriv...

In this article, an incompressible isothermal model of a couple stress fluid between two rotating rolls is developed. Lubrication approximation theory is applied to simplify the flow equations. Exact solutions for velocity and pressure profiles are derived. Parameters of an industrial interest like pressure, separating force, coating thickness, det...

This paper analyses an isothermal roll coating for a Rabinowitsch fluid. Equations of motion are simplified using lubrication approximation theory. Analytical solutions of velocity, flow rate and pressure-gradient are calculated. Outcomes of coating thickness, pressure distribution, split position, stresses, forces, the power input to the roller an...

The magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) unsteady flow of an electrically conducting, incompressible viscous material flowing between two parallel infinite porous planes is studied. The slip between the plates and the material is also taken into account. The flow is produced by moving one of the boundaries and/or due to the constant pressure gradient. An ext...

The aim of this article is not only to enlist the risks associated with the construction projects of Pakistan, but also to identify the key risks with their likely impact and magnitude on project objectives in terms of time, cost, quality, safety and environmental sustainability. These risks were examined from the perspective of project stakeholder...

This paper has examined the relationship between trade openness and economic growth in the developing countries in order to have a better understanding of the trade-growth relationship. Empirical analyses are carried out through panel fixed effects estimation procedure, and data are utilized for two samples of the developing countries for the perio...

The purpose of this study is to examine the role of knowledge management practices in enhancing performance of universities, specifically in the context of Pakistan. A convenient sample of 450 employees from the universities all over the Pakistan was taken for the study. Exploratory factor analysis was performed to identify the elements of knowledg...

Knowledge management (KM) is about enhancing the use of organizational knowledge through sound practices of information management and organizational learning. The study emphasizes on information technology, organizational learning, and knowledge management in higher education institutes of Pakistan. The impact of knowledge management components an...

Commercial Banks are the most important contributor in the economic development of a country having a huge impact on capital and credit markets of the country. The aim of this study is to explore if commercial banks have financial difficulties. Data was gathered from commercial banks which were listed on Karachi Stock Exchange for the period 2009 t...

The objective of the study was to find the direction of the causality between energy consumption and six broad categories of growth factors i.e., trade factors, education indicators, growth measures, environmental indicators, health variables and population growth in Pakistan over a period of 1975-2010. For this purpose, cointegration and Granger c...

The goal of this study is to analyze the level to which project changes are affected by risk management, project control, change management, with a view to suggest a workable plan for the project managers in Pakistan, to incorporate change management in Khyber Pakhtoonkhawa (KPK)province of Pakistan's projects. This study explores whether the risk...

In recent decades, the topic of internationalization has emerged as one of the defining issues of higher education globally. Different approaches are emerged for the internationalization process according to universities structures and strategic plans, however, universities are still facing the problems in identification of basic steps through whic...

The purpose of this study is to investigate the major macroeconomic factors that enhance revenue gap for Pakistan through the co-integration and error correction model over a 36-year time period, i.e. between 1975 and 2010. The study employed the bounds testing approach of cointegration to estimate the long-run relationship between the variables, w...

This paper depicts the influences or impact of advertisements on Consumers. It is basically about the relationship between advertisements and Consumer behavior. The three factors that make advertisements more influencing are appeal of advertisements; personalities in ads and captions/keyword are used as hypotheses in order to achieve the objectives...

Local and indigenous knowledge is the knowledge held by individuals that comes from their own observation, experiences, and beliefs. Indigenous knowledge is not restricted to the developing countries, nor is it always related to olden traditions but it different then other knowledge systems produced by formal institutions and private firms. Due to...

Technological developments in the twentieth century have transformed the majority of wealth-creating work from physically-based to ‘knowledge-based’. Therefore technology and knowledge are the key factors of production. With increased mobility of information and the global work force, knowledge and expertise can be transported instantaneously aroun...

In this competitive era, organizations are continuously looking new ways to develop their human capital. This leads to a new challenge i.e., how organizations can retain their skilled human resource. Present study is focused to find out the relationship among job stressor, workload, work place environment and employee turnover intentions. A random...

Indigenous knowledge is not exclusive to the developing world, nor it is always related to ancient traditions but it contrasts with the international knowledge system generated by universities research institutions and private firms. Indigenous knowledge is the basis for local-level decision-making in agriculture, health care, food preparation, edu...

Knowledge has become a critical asset for nation's pursuit of development. Globalization and the advancements in information and communication technology (ICT) during the 1980s and 1990s facilitated the growth in knowledge or learning networks. For effective public administration it is vital to promote integrative management culture by fostering a...

Indigenous knowledge refers to a large body of knowledge and skills that has been developed outside the formal educational system. It is embedded in culture and it is unique to a particular location and its culture. Although many authors in the past wrote masses about the importance of indigenous knowledge, its management is still lacking. However,...

The rapidly expanding use of technology in teaching and learning, and the transformed economic basis upon which universities are instituted, have caused universities to transform the ways in which knowledge is produced, stored, disseminated, and authorized. Knowledge is at the heart of much of today's global economy and managing knowledge has becom...