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Research shows that larger, more profitable and more visible companies are less likely to disclose internal control weaknesses. Firms with similar characteristics tend to hire more female board members. This paper examines whether there is an association between companies that have a higher...
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Internal audit quality is an issue of great importance to both the internal and external audit professions. PCAOB Auditing Standard No 2 highlights this importance when addressing the reliance that the external auditor can place on the internal audit work product. The study discussed here...
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The present work was intended originally as a chapter for my January 2006 Ph.D dissertation, but now is essentially a 'working paper.' As is well known, economists make a number of abstract and unrealistic assumptions, such as for example characterising the economic agent as a rational...
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sustainability and the appropriate strategies required to improve business sustainability. In addition, there are international calls … business sustainability is being incorporated into undergraduate business and management courses in Australian universities … skills will influence the extent to which business sustainability will be achieved. The findings demonstrate that more than …
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This paper focuses on the personal traits of locus of control and innovation and examines their impact on business … when measured by the decision to build a business from scratch. A major contribution of this study is that it validates the …
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Family-owned businesses represent the majority of business in the United States. As consumers and employees, we are … compelled to their sense of trustworthiness that all too often disappears in the business world. Our economy depends on the … family-owned businesses exist as evident by specific transitions in terms of ownership, family and business. Therefore, the …
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An executive's firm-specific human capital is argued to be a critical resource to the executive's current organization, but because of its lack of transferability, is of little value outside the firm. We argue that there exists a form of firm-based knowledge, which we term firm-explicit human...
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by mapping business requirements to specific call center resource options, determining the optimal call routing structure …
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nature of the business, environmental analysis, strategy position within the industry, competitive advantage, strategic … differentiation diversification. Examining the business environment analysis, the external environment has a moderately strong impact …
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Businesses in today’s highly competitive environment need to be aware of the best methods for motivating, training, developing, and promoting a diverse environment in an organization. These methods will be examined in order to gain an understanding of what works well and how the ideal...
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