Business advisors and their impact on the perfor -mance of micro, small and medium-sized com- panies (MSMEs) have been in the focus of many researchers for a long time. MSMEs are reporting increasing interest in professional business advice, but only a small share of MSME owners is using...

The paper analyzes Information Technology (IT) governance disclosure on a sample of the major 20 EU banks (from Italy, Germany, France and Spain) to observe if, how and where banks report on their IT governance issues. Since IT governance (like other aspects of banking business) can be...

There are different factors for obtaining economic development. In contemporary economics, knowledge and intellectual capital have become necessary for achieving economic development. Management and development of intellectual capital bring benefits and advance the economy. The main aim of the...

Multifactor financial models are of great importance in analyzing practical asset prices. As an alternative to CAPM, Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT), developed by Ross (1976), describes the expected returns on any financial asset with respect to macroeconomic factors. There are limited researches...

As a result of increasing multiculturalism within countries, even traditionally domestic marketers are beginning to experience similar environmental conditions that were once exclusive to their international marketing counterparts. It would be interesting to examine how groups within the same...

The purpose of this study is to examine gold price in global markets. We introduce gold into a general dynamic equilibrium growth model with multiple countries and free trades between countries. The model is developed by integrating the Solow growth model, the Uzawa two-sector growth model, and...

Resistance to change is a significant factor that has a direct effect on change efforts. If the employees are well-informed about the organizational change process, and if their opinions are asked regarding the decisions to be taken in explanation of the change process, the employees would adopt...

In recent decades, economic growth in countries around the world has become increasingly dependent on the dynamism of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). This is especially important in the transition economies. The creation of a new SME sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) as a...

The forecast uncertainty was one of the causes of the recent economic crisis and its evaluation became more necessary nowadays. The aim of this paper is to build and assess different types of forecast intervals for quarterly inflation rate in Romania. The Bootstrap Bias-corrected-accelerated...

This study was done to assess the correlation between administration of reward for individual performance and organizational commitment. A quantitative survey method was employed to collect data from employees at fire and rescue organizations in Malaysia. The results of SmartPLS path model...