Purpose – To investigate implementation of benchmarking (BM) in three hospital trusts by adapting receptive context of change model according to BM principles of EFQM business model. Design/methodology/approach – Perceptions of managers, clinicians and finance personnel towards...

'Fake news' aims to shake society's understanding of what the truth is and cast doubts on whether the truth even matters, threatening to erode democracy and destroy the fabric of society and business. This paper investigates this phenomenon and positions it in the broader business research...

The purpose of this study is to examine student attitudes toward various types of academic dishonesty at a university in Bulgaria that employs the American liberal-arts educational model. The research questions addressed by this study are: 1) How do students’ attitudes toward academic...

Engagement triggers are tools that capture students' attention and direct it to a new topic or to the day's lecture. By focusing on cartoons and short online videos, two examples of engagement triggers, the authors demonstrate how to use innovative and engaging online resources to enliven the...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate how state regulations become ineffective in holding corporations accountable for environmental degradation in an emerging economy context, with a specific focus on oil and gas and cement industry in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach: The...

Purpose: First, the paper examines the short-term fiscal and budgetary responses of the South Asian governments to the COVID-19 pandemic. Next, it brings out the implications of such responses, focusing on India, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Design/methodology/approach: The paper is based on multiple...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine how a state-owned Colombian multi-utility conglomerate (CMC) has used management accounting practices (MAPs) to shape efficiency. The authors bring out the interplay between structures and agency in the process of shaping efficiency, which has...