GRI reporting was created with a dual purpose: on one hand, to grow awareness for the entities, regarding the importance of their involvement in social activities, and on the other hand, to answer to the need of transparency of stakeholders in decision-making process. For this reason, in 2010,...

Macroeconomic determinants of firm share returns had been a subject of debate among scholars. While the debate rages on, this study investigates the causal relationship between macroeconomic factors and firm share returns in Nigeria by taking a sample of fifty (50) quoted firms on the Nigeria...

Assessing performance in the public sector continues to be a major issue for all governments around the world. In this area of information, governments are assigning increased attention to the development and implementation of communication technologies in the public sector, in particular, the...

Most indicators of social – economic welfare in Elbasan region show a duality that shows a big difference between rural - urban areas, for indicators such as: living standards including health, income and access of different types of employment. As a result of high rates of growth population...

Entrepreneurship enables to channelise savings into productive investment, generate employment opportunities, employ resources optimally, bring balanced regional development thereby promote economic development and growth. Any economy requires various goods and services for its people....

The article is the second in a series that will treat underlying conditions to generate a production function. The importance of production functions is fundamental to analyze and forecast the various indicators that highlights different aspects of the production process. How often forgets that...

This study mainly aims to measure the impact of firm characteristics and ipo characteristics on external auditor selection, by examining a sample from BIST firms over the period 2009 to 2013. It was investigated that the firm age, firm size, foreign ownership, international diversification,...

This paper examined a possible relationship between health and safety disclosure and sales revenue growth in Woolworths Holdings Limited South Africa. The paper became apposite to add a nuance to bourgeoning extant literature on environmental responsibility and firm performance from a health and...

Objectives: This study aimed at examining the impact of management accounting practices on the business performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in South Africa, Prior Work: In spite of the increasing research on SMEs, they seem to be a paucity of studies that have investigated the influence...

Analysis carried out on macro-regions and counties reveals a disproportionate development of areas of Romania, with growth rates of GDP high in Bucharest-Ilfov, but and Gorj, Arad and Timis and very low, even negative in the nearby counties of Arges, Giurgiu Prahova and Teleorman indicating many...