|
|
Mr. Farrukh Khan was born in the year 1960 at Karachi, in Pakistan, but spent most of the early 26 years of his life in Nigeria. He later attended Government College, Sokoto, Federal School of Arts and Sciences, Sokoto, Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria and the University of Tasmania, Australia. After university training, Farrukh received specialised training at National Panasonic Video Systems Division, Osaka, Japan and at Nokia Chimera, Lahore, Pakistan. With 20 years of working experience as a professional engineer, academic, researcher and author, Farrukh now devotes much of his time to researching topics that interest him. He now works as a freelancer from his place of birth, Karachi in Pakistan. Farrukh has worked as an assistant professor at Sir Syed University, Baqai Medical University Institute of Information Technology, CAMS College in Karachi and at Preston University, where he used to teach Electronics and Advanced Computer Architecture. Farrukh is widely travelled, having visited about 50 major cities on four continents of the world, but he has never visited North America. He was lucky to have gained professional work experience in Australia, Nigeria, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia as well as the UAE.
Farrukh researches and writes about whatever he finds interesting and has produced about 370 academic writing efforts so far, aided by grants from individuals, businesses and publishers. Some of these are presented here for distribution by Lulu. You will find the offerings interesting and more will be added as they become available.
Farrukh can assist busy executives, students or your business to produce researched and written material that they may want, but cannot find the time to complete. Perhaps a publisher or an agency involved in outsourcing research under a research grant may want to have some material produced? You can email Farrukh at: farrukh.rehan.khan@googlemail.com
 |
Print: $62.90 Download: $37.50 Fashion itself and marketing fashion try to elicit strong emotional responses in consumers. For the younger consumer, emotions can be even stronger. Beauty and quality have been admired since time immemorial and individuals have always sought to own objects that are exceptional. However, beautiful objects and fashion items are expensive, making it difficult for everyone to pay the asking price to own such items. This dissertation presents a discussion about the impact of high fashion prices on young consumers and loyalty that they are likely to have for fashion brands with high prices.
|
 |
Print: $56.00 Download: $37.50 This research study has attempted to focus on the identification of factors that are likely to have an influence on making marriages last. Although the topic of discussion is not something that is new and a lot of attempts have been made to try and understand what leads to marital satisfaction and stable marriages, a grounded theory approach was utilised in the hope of finding some new insights into a relatively old issue.
|
 |
Print: $58.10 Download: $37.50 Over – the – counter derivatives trading for oil accelerated in the 1980s as a result of a more pressing requirement to adequately manage risks associated with oil price fluctuations which were having an impact on nearly all business activity. . This dissertation presents an examination of the oil market and discusses why options and swaps are more effective in the management of price risks related to the oil market.
|
 |
Print: $63.50 Download: $37.50 This study presents an in – depth look at sales promotions which are an accepted and regular feature of retailing in nearly all parts of the world. Although sales promotions continue to delight customers and provide an opportunity for manufacturers and retailers to try and promote products in an effort to increase sales and to introduce new additions to the public at large, recent literature indicates that questions are now being asked about returns that can be generated from promotions and the efficacy of sales promotions.
|
 |
Print: $25.80 Download: $15.00 Planning is important because it is vital for all nations to have excellent, well planned and attractive communities in which people can live productively. However, it is also important that the planning processes be streamlined so that it is possible to respond to the needs for development relatively, quickly in the public interest. The recent housing crisis in Britain had focused attention on the shortcomings of the land development planning processes in the country and it was agreed that improvements were necessary. This brief essay presents a discussion about the changes to the structure and organisation of local governments in the United Kingdom from the perspective of planning policy implementation and the likely impact of these changes on town planning in Britain.
|
 |
Print: $31.00 Download: $15.00 This paper presents a discussion about e – government and how ICT technologies should be utilized to provide better services to the public and to protect the public interest by attempting a modernization of the structures, processes and the culture of public administration in the age of pervasive computing.
|
 |
Print: $24.90 Download: $15.00 The landscape of the family as a social institution has presented a substantial change in the United States of America and other countries with similar cultural traditions. This brief essay attempts to present an examination of the American single parent household from the conflict and symbolic theory perspectives and then presents a comparison of American single parent households with those in the United Kingdom.
|
 |
Print: $35.90 Download: $18.75 This full literature critique attempts to provide an extensive criticism of the literature that has been made available for perspectives related to the use of insulin pump therapy in children. An attempt was made to collect the very latest of research and clinical studies by searching three electronic databases for material which was published from 1990 to 2007. A total of twenty one pieces of research were considered to be appropriate for inclusion in the literature that was to be considered for this critique and the methodological quality and research outcome for various pieces was then considered. The Cochrane Criterion was utilised in an effort to assess the methodological quality of the pieces of research and an attempt was made to critically assess research from various other perspectives, including sample size and population representation, sample gender, sample selection methods, inclusion and exclusion criteria, blinding and testing / measurement procedure etc.
|
 |
Print: $64.80 Download: $43.75 It is important that firms try to enhance their competitive advantage by servicing foreign markets in a highly interlinked world in which the playing field is no longer national or regional, but global and business opportunities present themselves from far flung countries with different traditions and market characteristics. Some of the options that are available to a firm for entry into a foreign market include exporting, licensing, joint venture and sole venture, including Greenfield development of business operations. This study presents an examination of the factors that influence entry mode and ownership decisions by firms that are involved in multinational operations.
|
 |
Print: $69.50 Download: $43.75 The continued economic prosperity of all nations depends on the availability of high quality skilled manpower which can positively contribute towards enhancing sustainable industry development, innovation and increasing industrial output. Although many countries, including Saudi Arabia, have relied on various forms of diversified secondary technical education followed by polytechnic and university education in order to produce technically skilled manpower, questions have recently been asked about the quality of educated individuals that are being delivered by the education system to the Saudi industry.This dissertation examines educational outcomes, industry needs and perspectives from Saudi Aramco, which is arguably the most important of all contributors to the economy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
|
|
|
