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The Undesirable Effect of Audit Quality : Evidence from Firm Innovation
Nguyen, Lily - 2020
This study examines whether and how audit quality affects a firm's technological innovation. Using a sample of 7,482 U.S. firms between 2000 and 2009, we demonstrate that high audit quality is associated with lower innovation output, measured by patent counts and patent citations. The effect...
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Auditors’ Behavioral Intention Towards Dysfunctional Audit Behavior Applying Theory of Reasoned Action
Khan, Sadaf - 2016
Dysfunctional audit behaviors behind corporate fiascos are a burning issue in today's ever changing globalized business world. After the Enron scandal that saw the demise of Arthur Andersen LLP., a growing research interest in the field of audit quality is being witnessed. With this negative...
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Effects of Service Innovation on Financial Performance of Small Audit Firms in Taiwan
Yang, Yi-Fang - 2014
This study examines the effects of service innovation on financial performance of proprietorship audit firms in Taiwan. This study divides total sample into three business strategy categories, including conventional, non-conventional, and general firms. Non-conventional firms have the highest...
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How Consumers' Assessments of the Difficulty of Manufacturing a Product Influence Quality Perceptions
Johnson, Allison; Folkes, Valerie - 2006
This research shows that the perceived difficulty of manufacturing a product influences consumers' perceptions of the firm's other products. In three experiments (with 152 participants in Study 1, 86 in Study 2, and 91 in Study 3), participants received information about the quality of a firm's...
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Assessing the Influence of Islamic Banks' Products' Quality Features on Customer Satisfaction in Nigeria
Baba, Bashir - 2018
Nigeria. Three research questions and four hypotheses are formulated to guide the study. The methodology employed was a … Ja'iz bank Nigeria plc, the major Islamic bank in Nigeria. A convenient sampling technique was adopted to select the … sample from the population (customers) of the Ja'iz bank plc. in Northern Nigeria. Hence self-administered questionnaire was …
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Customers’ Perspectives of Service Quality in Community Pharmacies in Nigeria : A Cross-Sectional Survey
Ihekoronye, Maduabuchi R.; Osemene, Kanayo P; Erhun, … - 2021
Background: There is a growing need to understand the determinants of service quality in community pharmacy from the viewpoint of customers. Objectives: The study explored customer perspectives of pharmacy services using quality indicators and proposed a path for quality improvement. Methods: A...
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Cooperation behaviour and innovation performance in the Nigerian manufacturing industry
Egbetokun, Abiodun Adeyemi - 2012
new. What is new is studying how this relationship fares in latecomer economic contexts such as Nigeria, and that is the … ; collaboration ; external knowledge ; Nigeria ; manufacturing industry …
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The Impact of Knowledge Management on Product Innovation of Manufacturing Firms in Nigeria
Waribugo, Sylva - 2016
This study investigated the impact of knowledge Management on Product Innovation of Manufacturing firms in Nigeria. A …
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Cooperation Behaviour and Innovation Performance in the Nigerian Manufacturing Industry
Egbetokun, Abiodun A. - 2012
new. What is new is studying how this relationship fares in latecomer economic contexts such as Nigeria, and that is the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014164704
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Corporate Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Sustained Competitive Advantage in the Nigeria Manufacturing Firms
Abideen, Shodiya; Joseph, Ojenike; Olufunmilayo, Odunsi … - 2019
in the Nigeria manufacturing firms. Corporate entrepreneurship and innovation has been of interest to scholars and … sustained competitive advantage in the Nigeria manufacturing firm. Thus, corporate entrepreneurship and innovation has … significant impact on the sustainability of the Nigeria manufacturing firms. The F-value (159.417) indicates that the model is …
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