There is little research on corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Central Asian countries, in particular, in Kazakhstan. To understand the development of CSR in Kazakhstan the following issues are addressed: CSR perceptions and expectations of different stakeholders, driving forces and...

This paper examines the perceptions of corporate annual report users (mainly academic) on the various aspects of Internet financial reporting (IFR). The perceptions of corporate annual report users were solicited using a survey mailed questionnaire. From a survey, it was found that promote...

Islamic finance consists of Islamic banking, Islamic insurance and Islamic capital market. Being one of the major elements, takaful (Islamic insurance) does have a significant role in the industry. The concept of takaful is where a group of people participate in a scheme that enables them to...

Employees’ commitment is very important for an organization. Once the employees’ commitments reduce, the organization could face the difficulty in retaining the employees. The purpose of this study is to examine whether there is significant relationship between organizational commitment and...

The objectives of this research are twofold: a) identify the factors and correlated indicators that impact corporate financial performance; b) determine the indicators that most affect profitability of Brazilian cyclical consumer goods industry. Two motivations for this study were the lack of...

This study examines the association of the demographic profiles and dining out behavior of Malaysian fine dining restaurant consumers’ with their purchasing orientation. Additionally, consumers’ purchasing orientation via their demographic features was determined. Surveys were conducted...

Service quality has become an important and strategic variable as companies attempt to satisfy and retain present customers. It was also useful in attracting new customers as they compete effectively in the market place. However, due to the characteristics of services, it makes consistent...

The aim of this study is to examine the effect of corporate governance practices on company's financial performance. Corporate governance practices are measured by score of corporate governance perception index (CGPI) issued by the Indonesian Institute of Corporate Governance (IICG). Financial...

The Chinese Renminbi (RMB) and Malaysian Ringgit (MYR) are pegged to US Dollar during the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis and continued up until the China and Malaysia de-pegged their currencies and announced a new exchange rate regime at the same day on 21st July 2005. By focusing on the...

One of the most important roles of banks is that of intermediation. In spate of global financial crisis, banks in Nigeria experienced credit crunch as a result of economic downturn, squeeze profit from economic sectors and high inflationary trend. In this paper, effort was be made to develop a...