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External Management Auditing of Companies: A Survey of Bankers
Innes, John - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 3 (1990) 1
cent. The objective of this survey was to determine whether or ot the bankers would express any demand for external … management audits and, if so, what information they would choose to have included in such reports. This survey revealed strong …
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An empirical study of ISO 9000 on the supply chain of a company leader in the heating sector
Bevilacqua, Maurizio; Emanuele Ciarapica, Filippo; … - In: International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management 30 (2013) 8, pp. 897-916
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the perceptions toward issues and benefits of ISO 9000 certification in seven different productive firms of a company leader in the production and commercialization of heating systems for water and environment, for industrial and domestic...
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LIBECON2000 and the future of international library statistics
Ramsdale, Phillip; Fuegi, David - In: The Bottom Line 12 (1999) 4, pp. 160-163
LIBECON2000 is a project to collect and publish library statistics of 29 European countries on a Web‐site, ( www ….libecon2000.org ). The LIBECON‐2000 survey area comprises: states in Central and Eastern Europe (CEEC): Bulgaria; Czech Republic … about the future of the collection and publication of library statistics at the international level.  …
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A survey instrument for standardizing TQM modeling research
Grandzol, John R.; Gershon, Mark - In: International Journal of Quality Science 3 (1998) 1, pp. 80-105
, and its application for current and future research. The successful achievement of key survey statistics suggests that … proposed prescriptive models of TQM spawned our research, which, in turn, required creation of a survey instrument. This paper …
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The use of human resource information systems: a survey
Ball, Kirstie S. - In: Personnel Review 30 (2001) 6, pp. 677-693
Presents the results of a survey of the use of human resource information systems (HRIS) in smaller organizations …, conducted in 1998. The survey enquires as to the nature of information stored electronically in three core areas: personnel … training and recruitment. No sectoral differences were found. Similar to the results of IES/IPD surveys, and some academic work …
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The Moving Median for Some Short‐period, Fat‐tailed, or Contaminated Time Series
Ren, Luh‐Yu - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 10 (1990) 7, pp. 21-27
The moving median method is suggested as an alternative for short‐term forecasting under some of the standard normal; Student t with degrees of freedom 1, 2 and 3; Cauchy; Chi‐square with degrees of freedom 1 and 2; exponential; and standard normal with outliers. When the Mean Absolute...
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Big data techniques in auditing research and practice: Current trends and future opportunities
Gepp, Adrian; Linnenluecke, Martina K.; O’Neill, … - In: Journal of Accounting Literature 40 (2018) 1, pp. 102-115
This paper analyses the use of big data techniques in auditing, and finds that the practice is not as widespread as it is in other related fields. We first introduce contemporary big data techniques to promote understanding of their potential application. Next, we review existing research on big...
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Inter‐agency cooperation between services for children and families in Ireland: does it improve outcomes?
McKeown, Kieran - In: Journal of Children's Services 7 (2012) 3, pp. 191-200
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the processes and outcomes of a five‐year initiative to develop inter‐agency working between services for vulnerable 10‐ to 18‐year‐olds in a disadvantaged area of Dublin, Ireland. Design/methodology/approach – A case study...
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“They act like we are going to heaven”: pre-arrival information experiences, information crafting and settlement of immigrants in Canada
Shuva, Nafiz Zaman - In: Journal of Documentation 80 (2023) 7, pp. 1-24
-structured interviews (n = 60) and surveys (n = 205) with participants who arrived in Canada between the years of 1971 and 2017. Data were …
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The origins and early developments of public relations in post‐war Italy, 1945‐1960
Bini, Elisabetta; Fasce, Ferdinando; Muzi Falconi, Toni - In: Journal of Communication Management 15 (2011) 3, pp. 210-222
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the emergence and development of public relations in Italy between 1945 and 1960. Its aim is to examine the main actors (corporate and political) involved in the process, how they were influenced by the USA and the emergence of professional...
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