We address the research question: ‘Did the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill have similar psychosocial impacts as the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill?’ We answer this question by comparing survey results from a random sample of Cordova, Alaska, residents collected 18 months after the Exxon...

Many developed countries are net recipients of skilled health professionals from developing countries. Potentially these movements provide major economic benefits to developed countries. The distribution of any benefits and any associated health and social costs, however, need investigation that...

The composition of the nursing and caring workforce in Australia has changed substantially over the last 15 years. The workforce has an older age profile, works shorter hours and employs substantially more carers. In spite of the ageing of the population and a substantial increase in the number...

This current GAAP determination of a going concern is shortsighted for two important reasons. The most important deals with creditors and other stakeholders involved with the business. Do they enter into contracts with the business or with the individual owner/manager? Currently, they contract...

This paper empirically considers economies of scale that firms must reach to be considered viable ongoing entities. These are estimated from the selling prices of actual firms in two broad industries — service and manufacturing. For service firms, the minimum size is $10 million in annual...

This paper reviews the evolution of executive stock option plans and the parallel tax treatment to compare their relative economic importance. On the incentive side, if the option plans were the most efficient means to provide the appropriate managerial incentives, they would have been adopted...