Since 2005, all European Union listed firms comply with IFRS. The resulting mandatory changes in accounting methods have substantially affected reported earnings. Using the factSet/JCF database that collects 2005 earnings forecast based on both IFRS and local GAAP for a set of European listed...

This research notes aims at assessing the research policy in the knowledge management field conducted by the EU during the last decades. this article highlights the results from this research but also points out the lacks of this research program.

The question underlying the entirety of this publication is: “How can viable economic corridors be called into existence by dint of government and multilateral support?” The authors answer this question by examining the experience of economic corridor development of different regions from...