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Do accounting and finance tools serve governance?
Ariff, Mohamed; Ratnatunga, Janek - 2008
accounting and finance disciplines to serve corporate governance. We test empirically if the use of some accounting and finance … advocacy of these disciplines is untenable and their contribution is overstated. Careful application of accounting …
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Critical factors that influence the success and failure of SMEs in Namibia in the Khomas Region
April, Wilfred Isak - 2005
This study seeks to analyse the critical factors that influence the success andfailure of Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Namibia in the Khomas Findings of the study indicate that there is a problem of business failure in theKhomas Region. Although business owners of successful and...
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Fidentia : a strategic and corporate governance analysis
Steenkamp, Pieter - 2007
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Fidentia became an active player in the South African financial services industry in 2005, only a few years since its inception. This was achieved through aggressive take-overs and a favourable public image boosted by employing known sports personalities and sponsorships of...
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Development of a model to predict financial distress of companies listed on the JSE
Muller, Grant Henri - 2008
. The main research objective is to prove that different modelling techniques provide better prediction accuracies than ….In order to satisfy the main research objective several different modelling techniques were selected based on their popularity … modelling techniques to verify the main and subordinate objectives. In terms of the main research objective, the results of …
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Ego Check: Why Executive Hubris is Wrecking Companies and Careers and How to Avoid the Trap
Hayward, Mathew - 2007
No one executive is immune from that difficult-to-distinguish line that divides the self-confidence required of a successful CEO from the hubris seen at the root of so many corporate scandals today. We can count Warren Buffett, Steve Jobs, Martha Stewart, and Jack Welch among the business...
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Summary Brief: Macro Influences on the Adoption of Sales Force Automation (SFA) Technology
Borders, Aberdeen Leila; Widmier, Scott; Hair, Joe - 2009
There is great interest in the application of technological solutions driven by a thriving CRM industry. It has been shown the more effective the implementation of SFA, the greater its impact on increased sales performance. Previous research on SFA adoption has focused on the individual as the...
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Banks and insolvent corporate customers: experience of the rescue culture
Pond, Keith - 2004
Over the last twenty years UK banks have reviewed and streamlined traditional credit assessment techniques for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises. In pursuit of margin and market share, today’s due diligence relies increasingly on centralised data and statistical “certainty” than on the...
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Death of an airline : personal repercussions of the Ansett collapse
Mitchell, Jim; Markey, Bronwyn Rae - University of Western Sydney; University of Western Sydney; … - 2004
In March 2002 Ansett Australia, the country's second largest airline, collapsed after 66 years of operation. Ansert's demise as an Australian business icon and major employer had lasted for six months. After the initial grounding on 14th September 2001, through its attempted resurrection and...
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Labor market consequences of accounting fraud
Hoi, Chun-Keung; Robin, Ashok - 2010
market penalties upon revelation of accounting fraud? Are all executivedirectors treated by markets as a homogenous group? Or … thelikelihood that incumbent directors leave the accused firm’s board upon accounting fraud revelation.The likelihood of losing at ….Moreover, all executives, top or otherwise, appear to face similar tough penalties.Research limitation/implications – Accounting …
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Assessing corporate financial distress in South Africa
Hlahla, Bothwell Farai - 2011
This study develops a bankruptcy prediction model for South African companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. The model is of considerable efficiency and the findings reported extend bankruptcy literature to developing countries. 64 financial ratios for 28 companies, grouped into...
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