Factors That Influence Iranian Students’ Decision to Major in Accounting
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View ArticleFactors that influence Iranian students’ decision to choose accounting major
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View ArticleA model for effective board governance in Uganda's services sector firms
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View ArticleSuccessful turnaround strategy: Thailand evidence
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View ArticleEvidence on the nature, extent and determinants of disclosures in Libyan...
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View ArticleEffects of board and ownership structure on corporate performance: Evidence...
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View ArticleProfessional accounting education programmes in South Africa and India: A...
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of this paper is to provide a contextual analysis of the professional accounting education programmes in South Africa and India by benchmarking both programmes to the...
View ArticleBoard characteristics, external auditing quality and earnings management:...
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of board characteristics and external audit quality on earnings management among major Tunisian banks over the period 2003-2007....
View ArticleWhat influence dividend decisions of firms in Sub-Saharan African?
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of this paper is to examine the determinants of the dividend decisions of firms in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).Design/methodology/approach– The paper applies a two-step...
View ArticleDeveloping corporate accounting regulation in Libya past and future challenges
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of this paper is to examine the nature and development of corporate accounting regulation in Libya. Design/methodology/approach– Questionnaire survey and semi-structured...
View ArticleConvergence of corporate governance in Malaysia and Thailand
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View ArticlePerformance Measurement Systems in Auditing Firms: Challenges and other...
AbstractPurpose - Purpose: This paper investigates challenges facing auditing firms in designing and measuring their performance and discusses why and how the Balance scorecard (BSC) could support the...
View ArticleAudit pricing and product differentiation in small private firms: Evidence...
AbstractPurpose - There is limited evidence on how differences in economic environments affect the demand for and supply of auditing. Research on audit pricing has mainly focused on large client...
View ArticleOwnership structure and innovative behavior: Testing the mediatory role of...
AbstractPurpose - The primary objective of the present study was to expand understanding of the determinants of adoption innovation in SME context by empirically examine the effect of corporate...
View ArticleFamily firms, family generation and performance: Evidence from an emerging...
AbstractPurpose - The objective of this study is to examine the impact of family ownership on firm performance. In particular we investigate whether family firms outperform non-family firms and whether...
View ArticleAn empirical analysis of the determinants of the cash conversion cycle in...
AbstractPurpose - This study investigates whether non-financial firms listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) exhibit a target cash conversion cycle (CCC). The study also examines the speed of...
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