This paper applies the pitch template developed by Faff (2017) for an academic research topic in venture capital finance, with a focus on government fundraising in Central and Eastern European countries. The template summarizes the key elements forming the structure of any research proposal....

This pitching research letter presents the reverse-engineering process and personal reflections on a reverse engineered pitch by utilizing the pitching research template developed by Faff (2015, 2017). The pitch template is a simple and useful tool for helping PhD students and other academic...

The main purpose of this research is to analyze the impact of social networks on educational process in Romanian higher education. Employing a theoretical framework regarding the educational value of the social networking web sites, we propose a model of implementing Facebook usage in higher...

This research attempts to explore accounting academics and investors' perception on the adequacy of the quality and quantity of disclosed information by Jordanian public shareholding companies listed on the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE). Jordanian Securities Depositary Center (JSDC) requires the...

Previous research studied characteristics of high performance companies (HPCs) in mature economies (United States, Europe, and Australia) and in an Asian emerging economy (India). This study of HPCs in the developing economy investigates Turkish companies that are listed in the Istanbul Stock...

The purpose of this paper is to explore the effect of the use of fair value on analysts' forecasts accuracy for companies listed on Bucharest Stock Exchange (BSE). As the ongoing debates in the international accounting literature tend to favor fare value against the historical cost and...

This article offers an image of the consequences that have arisen in the accounting practice in Romania, as a result of frequent changes in Romanian accounting in the recent years. In order to achieve this objective, it was conducted a positive type research by applying a survey among the...

The ongoing global financial crisis underlined the urgent need of changing traditional executives compensation schemes. Governments and authorities reacted through regulation and standards, while professionals and academics have suggested several new pay mechanisms (e.g. deferred bonus). Given...

This paper presents the first results of a qualitative research about the organization of the Accounting Information Systems (AIS) of four companies operating in different contexts (two medium-sized and two large companies). Our study's main objective is to contribute to the understanding of the...

This paper seeks whether the voluntarily information disclosed by public companies listed on the TSE where the institutional blockholders possess the Direct Benefit of Control (DBC) is useful and relevant information as a proxy for presenting true financial picture. We assumed that the relevant...