Thailand is undertaking sweeping reforms of its infrastructure sector. In September 1998, the Thai government unveiled its privatisation "Master Plan", written with the assistance of the World Bank, which established its plan for the privatisation of 59 state-owned enterprises (SOEs). These...

With the rapid development of the global economy, intellectual capital has become a critical driver of a business's sustainability. The essential difference between companies operating in the 'old' and the 'new' economy is that, where value in the past was created within industrial sectors such...

Funds availability has always been a major constraint to micro and small business development projects in many Asian and Latin American countries, and more so for all African countries. An assortment of various credit models has been devised and used over time by policy makers in these countries...

The integration of economics and moral philosophy, which provides a new approach to evaluation and analysis of economic activities, is increasing within the literature. It is argued in this thesis that valuation and analysis in health economics and health programs (normative health economics)...

The small and medium sized business sector plays a significant economic and social role in Australia. A large number of these businesses suffer from abrupt financial crises resulting from manmade or natural disasters such as fire, flood, storm, etc, which affect all business sectors in the...

Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) play a significant role in the Australian economy. The OECD (2000) reports that SMEs are the core to a nation?s future economic growth and account for 95 percent of enterprises and 60 to 70 percent of jobs. The existing literature on small business...

The auditor's role in the detection of fraudulent or illegal activities has posed a continuing dilemma. In the 1980's, a lengthy period of large profits made by Bond, Skase and others, was followed by corporate collapses and subsequent findings of significant losses. Recently, the large...

There has been widespread adoption of the performance measurement and management systems (PMMS) including both financial and non-financial measures. Despite the literature advocating the benefits of PMMS, the empirical work is insufficient, and the synthesis of the findings is minimal. Based on...

Researchers need to re-conceptualize their thinking on the internationalization process of smaller firms (Bell, et al 2003). It is therefore the purpose of this study to generate a theoretical contribution to the growing field of International entrepreneurship with a specific focus on the...

There is little empirical research on how the Chinese Government should function in innovation management, particularly during its critical period of economic transition. This study explores and investigates the Chinese Government’s innovation management structure, procedures and functions by...