Firm Value Maximization as the objective function will guide managers in making the optimal business tradeoffs. While firm value maximization as a goal is widely accepted; not many agree on one way of achieving itTraditionally corporate performance is measured using some variant of historical...

An appropriate measure of corporate performance is believed to be highly correlated to firm value on one hand and should be able to signal the extent of periodic wealth creation on the other. Using a random sample of 1000 companies, this paper examines the power of select performance measures in...

This paper empirically examines the interactive effect of competition intensity and competition type on the use of customer satisfaction measures in executives’ annual bonus contracts. Specifically, we predict a stronger association between competition intensity in an industry and the use of...

Identifying and assessing audit risk is a key part of the audit process. Prior research documented that auditors primarily look at financial data, information, and measures when assessing the audit risk for an audit engagement. However, professional standard setters, regulators, and academic...

Good data on the size and composition of the independent contractor workforce are elusive, with household survey and administrative tax data often disagreeing on levels and trends. We carried out a series of focus groups to learn how self-employed independent contractors speak about their work....

The growing competition in the market, higher customer demands and globalisation forces the business service providers to improve their services much faster. Nowadays, it is not enough to provide good quality it is more important to delight the customers and to deliver more than they expect....

A range of evidence suggests that non-standard jobs, including fixed-term and other temporary jobs such as casual jobs, pay lower wages than more standard, permanent jobs, even after controlling for differences in worker and job characteristics. A recent literature suggests this is also the case...

Good data on the size and composition of the independent contractor workforce are elusive, with household survey and administrative tax data often disagreeing on levels and trends. We carried out a series of focus groups to learn how self-employed independent contractors speak about their work....

Good data on the size and composition of the independent contractor workforce are elusive, with household survey and administrative tax data often disagreeing on levels and trends. We carried out a series of focus groups to learn how self-employed independent contractors speak about their work....

In this research note, we examine the application of three methods used to operationalize the financial restatement variable in empirical archival accounting literature. Research exploring financial reporting and audit quality often employs financial restatements as a proxy for low audit...