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    The existential face of organization: a literature review
    (European Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Sciences, 2011) Rana Zamin Abbas; Ahmad Raza; Muhammad Ashraf; Naveed Yazdani; Abdur Rahman Malik; Zulfqar Ahmad
    The notion of existential meaning has its roots in the literature and insights of existentialist philosophy and existential phenomenology. Many figures – Erasmus, Luther, Rousseau, Newton, Decartes, Vico, Goethe, Emerson, Netizche – cried out for a deep psychological understanding. This study brings together the thoughts of philosophy, thinking of literary figures and business thinkers and presents them in the form of literature review, for highlighting the humanistic and existential context in business organizations.
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    Exploring the link between foreign direct investment, multinational enterprises and spillover effects in developing economies
    (CCSE, 2012) Abdur Rahman Malik; Chaudhry Abdul Rehman; Muhammad Ashraf; Rana Zamin Abbas
    Multinational enterprises exist because they hold certain competitive advantages over their local counterparts and affect local economies through their spillover effects. Research streams exploring the raison d’ etre and consequences of MNEs are quite distant and remote. This paper analyzes and integrates these two streams of literature, i.e. the competitive advantages that MNEs hold and their spillover effects in developing countries. The paper proposes a relationship and predicts the nature of spillover effects on the basis of competitive advantages of MNEs. This paper can guide the policymakers of developing countries to differentiate between the FDI that is good for their countries and FDI that weakens the already fragile economies of developing countries. The paper also opens a new avenue for the researchers by pointing towards a potential connection between MNEs’ competitive advantages and their spillover effects for the local economies. The relationship between FDI and competitive advantages of MNEs has rarely been researched previously and thus this paper contributes significantly to the existing literature.
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    Gandhi�s ahimsa- a critical review at the critical time of war against terrorism
    (International Journal of Business and Social Science, 2011) Rana Zamin Abbas; Abdur Rahman Malik; Muhammad Ashraf; Abdul Chaudhry Rehman; Zulfqar Ahmad
    This paper will seek to understand what is meant by the term that Gandhi refers to as Ahimsa. This research will also seek to evaluate the term from both theoretical and practical angles and will establish that Ahimsa is not possible in its virtual meanings. The critique on Ahimsa and Gandhi’s ideology will also be discussed. Finally this paper will propose that the concept of Ahimsa can be of any use for humanity only if it is defined in a broader framework.
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    New horizons of debate environment - selects or selected: an exploratory account
    (Research Journal of Internatıonal Studıes, 2011) Rana Zamin Abbas; Muhammad Ashraf; Abdur Rahman Malik; Zulfqar Ahmad
    Purpose The purpose of this paper is to critically examine the assumptions underlying the population ecology theory, to point out its major weaknesses and also to suggest a solution. Design / methodology / approach This study reviews the literature from the fields of political economy, organizational research and international management and identifies common threads pointing towards the fallacy of basic ecological assumptions. Findings The literature from different fields suggests that not only organizations are being selected by the environment, but the environment is also being intentionally controlled, shaped or selected and even created by the organizations. Generalizing this argument, it is proposed that all such unidirectional approaches that fail to account for the multi directional influences should be replaced with a multidirectional approach in which all of the concerned variables are given some causal authority. Originality / value The paper provides some insights into the unwarranted and taken for granted assumptions underlying the popular approach to organizational theorizing. It offers a guideline for organizational theorists to critically evaluate existing theories and to formulate balanced theories in future