Showing 1 - 10 of 27
In today's business environment it is impossible for one or one group of people to fully know or understand all the … dynamics associated with the operational business processes within an organization. This is why it is essential that companies … looking towards Business Process Management (BPM), which would help to maximize the bottom-line impact of process improvement …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012047124
Travel and tourism is a promising service sector of this century. Tourism is one of the major forces for economic, social, and cultural change in any region and India is no exception. Tourism is the world's largest industry and a sector emphasized by many countries to advocate economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012047875
Knowledge that exists within organization is a sustainable source of competitive advantage. Though enormous research on knowledge management (KM) has taken place, little focus has been on KM in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Globalization of supply chains, rapid technological advances,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012047963
Being an academic leader is a tough job and leading institutions of higher learning is definitely challenging in current scenario. It has become more challenging due to shrinking of budgets, rise in public scrutiny and expectations, commercialisation, massification. Responsibilities continue to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012048410
In this commentary, I offer several observations for managing a successful and satisfying academic accounting career. First, I encourage readers to appreciate two key realities of the academic accounting labor market: the rewards derived from research and the massive shortage of accounting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009459011
The article focuses on financial statement fraud based on cases wherein the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sanctioned auditors for their association with fraudulent financial statements. All of the cases involved public companies, most of which engaged ill fraudulent financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009459012
In this article, the authors present their opinion on a discussion of their paper concerned with information technology (IT) related activities of internal auditors. Their paper was reviewed and discussed by both a practitioner, R. N. Burton and an academic, C. Jackson. In general, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009459013
This study provides evidence pertaining to organizational characteristics associated with greater perceived disaster recovery plan (DRP) strength or effectiveness. Based on an analysis of data gathered from over 100 public companies, company size and perceived management support for DRPs are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009459015
To assist Executive M.B.A. (E.M.B.A.) faculty and administrators in their curriculum management efforts, this descriptive study examines the accounting component of U.S. E.M.B.A. programs. Based on a national survey of E.M.B.A. programs, the primary results are: (1) accounting is an important...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009459016
This article discusses the significance of external auditor. Companies searching for financial and accounting talent to join their senior executive teams often lure partners and other professional staff away from accounting firms that perform their annual audits. Livent Inc., the Toronto-based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009459017