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Utilisation and restrictiveness of covenants in Australian private debt contracts

Cotter, Julie - 1998

This paper investigates the accounting based covenants typically contained in the private debt contracts of listed Australian firms. In particular, cross sectional determinants of variation in covenant utilisation and restrictiveness are investigated. The primary source of data presented in the...

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The future of the changing face of women managers in Asia

Rowley, Chris; Yukongdi, Vimolwan - 2009

range of management, organisations and sectors, including services (IT, media, retail, hotels, finance, research and … using the common format that allowed the main contours of women in management to be traced in a similar manner with … and managers who succeeded in developing exceptional management styles. These case studies provide more specific …

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The buck stops here: should we consider performance rather than corporate social responsibility?

Rundle-Thiele, Sharyn R.; Gillespie, Meghan; Ball, Kim - 2007

[Abstract]: Consensus is emerging that companies are socially responsible although the nature and degree of social responsibility continues to be the source of debate. This continued debate allows the buck to be passed. A shift in view from corporate social responsibility to corporate...

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Diffusion of innovation – the adoption of electronic commerce by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) - a comparative analysis

Pease, Wayne; Rowe, Michelle - 2004

e-commerce by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). It seeks to identify factors facilitating and inhibiting such …. Reasons for such uptake as well as strategic approach to the adoption of e-commerce, and variations regarding same also will …

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A preliminary analysis of learning processes for innovation in member-serving nonprofit organizations: the role of governance structure and its elements - shared knowledge, decisio...

Kong, Eric; Jenkins, Stacey; Ardagh, David - 2009

Very little research today has investigated the role of governance structure and three of its elements: shared knowledge, decision making and benefit sharing, in learning processes for innovation in member-serving nonprofit organizations (MSNPOs). This research project aims to develop a theory...

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Financial reporting disclosure on the internet: an international perspective

Khan, Tehmina - 2006

The purpose of this study was to investigate the various elements of financial reporting frameworks and practice in the context of the Internet. The Internet has emerged as a recent medium of presentation of corporate information. Currently, the levels of disclosure vary widely between companies...

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Factors that determine corporate governance in Thailand

Jongsureyapart, Chatrudee - 2006

to examine the effective monitoring of management by the independent directors, and the characteristics of independent …

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A cross-cultural study of accounting concepts applied in international financial reporting standards

Foo, Yin Fah - 2008

The aim in this study was to explore a different approach to examine the influence of culture on accounting practice by adapting Schwartz?s (1992) universal structure of individual-level human motivational values to the domain of accounting. A mail survey was conducted on accountants in Malaysia...

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Evaluating an extended relationship marketing model for Arab guests of five-star hotels

Shammout, Ahmad Bahjat - 2007

Increasingly, relationship marketing has been viewed to be critical to the success of business firms, with the growing understanding that acquiring new customers is far more expensive than maintaining existing ones. While keeping customers loyal, however, is a key objective of relationship...

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A new approach to performance measurement using data envelopment analysis: implications for organisation behaviour, corporate governance and supply chain management

Manzoni, Alex - 2007

corporate governance (CG), organisation behaviour (OB) and supply chain management (SCM) because these factors determine the … various stages of the supply chain, the style of management and design of organisation, as well as the need to be able to … measure qualitative contributors, such as CSR, to organisation performance. In all instances of performance management however …

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