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This paper reports the findings of a study of how new universities train research students in accounting and finance … research degrees in accounting and finance, and how these problems are addressed. It was found that the new universities have … made a major commitment to research students’ training since 1992. Financial incentives were offered to attract research …
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The extent of the work‐station problem is reviewed and an attempt is made to separate myth from reality. The reported complaints are discussed and some likely causes are identified. It is argued that the problems are real and commonplace, but that they are preventable.
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Purpose This paper aims to review studies dealing with gender issues in accounting literature over the period of 1994 …. Practical implications This review informs policymakers about the effect of female representation on accounting and auditing … criticisms to gender accounting literature and suggesting future research avenues.  …
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whether this differed from the practice in both the private and public sectors. Research, amongst all UK police forces, and … some private sector companies and public sector bodies was carried out in 1989. The research examined manpower, training …
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Argues that while many professional companies use post‐project reviews, internal audits or oral post mortems to learn from their own experiences, the problem with all these techniques is that the data and circumstances in which decisions are made are always collected and referred to...
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application requires the use of surrogates such as net intangible assets (NIA). Attempts to extend research in this area by … establishing additional surrogates, segment sales (SS) and research and development intensity (RD), which can be easily calculated …
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Everyone thinks that they can ask a question that will produce an appropriate range of answers. Research suggests the … hence responses. Dr Belson's research results are reduced to ten hypotheses, and these are translated into an audit context …
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the basis of previous research; the causes of problems; the outcomes; the moderator. For each response element the …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to compare the responses of South African respondents with all Common Body of Knowledge (CBOK) 2006 respondents in the areas of compliance with the Institute of Internal Auditors' (IIA) International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal...
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countries. Research limiations/implications - First the study sample consists of the 50 largest firms listed in the JSE of SA …
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