The objective of this work is to analyze the Arte Rio Cooperative’s decision making process to assess how far it comprehends itsmembers’ cooperative production system, i.e. if there is a logic governing the process that is different from utilitarian economics. Itwas inferred that the logic...

Hedge funds and China’s stock market: a study on factors influencing investment decisions by fund managersThe research was conducted using a web-based questionnaire sent to all Asia-related hedge funds, worldwide. Analysis of the collected data revealed that the factors influencing the...

'If I only had the right information, I could make an informed decision'. How often have you heard that comment? With the information technology currently at our disposal, one would think that the right information would be available and that all decisions would be sound. However, users must...

ABSTRACT In the rapid changes of the business environment companies have to improve permanently their performance to successfully face the increasing challenges and competition in national and international markets. Managerial Accounting as an integral part of the information system of the...

The use of the cost of managing the economic entities by managers is an action of primary interest. Given the current economy, marked by globalization and increasing competition through the use of modern technologies, knowledge of management techniques through the use of cost information is a...

The purpose of this study was to acquire information about the decision makers and decision making process for corporate image apparel purchases to provide direction for industry and academic researchers in better understanding this growing market. Corporate image apparel, or company logo...

This doctoral dissertation is composed of three projects and four chapters. Chapter 1 presents the background theories and models in the field of population genetics that are related to these projects.In Chapter 2, I develop a composite likelihood ratio test (CLRT) for detecting genes and...

The purpose of the research is to compare the quantity and quality of reporting on theemployees of companies with the profitability and size of the top 100 companies over afour year period. The research is limited to the availability of quality information onemployees in the financial statements...

Risk allocation in privately financed public infrastructure projects, which are mainly referred to as public-private partnership (PPP) projects, is a challenging job due to the nature of incomplete contracting. An investigation into the mechanism that guides the formation of efficient risk...