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Structure, performance, and risk management of financial institutions

Ellinger, Paul N.; Hartarska, Valentina; Wilson, Christine - In: Agricultural Finance Review 65 (2005) 2, pp. 183-200

The performance, management, and risk exposure of financial institutions operating in rural and agricultural markets determine the cost of agriculture’s ongoing access to financial capital. The evolution of general banking and agricultural finance research contributions in the structure,...

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Airport benchmarking: a review of the current situation

Graham, Anne - In: Benchmarking: An International Journal 12 (2005) 2, pp. 99-111

role of benchmarking in airport regulation. Findings – The paper finds that benchmarking techniques have become well …

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Basel 2: the risk to the global consensus

Gordon‐Hart, Sheenagh - In: Balance Sheet 12 (2004) 1, pp. 22-26

Basel 2 has been the subject of intense debate amongst bankers around the world. It will replace the original Basel Accord of 1988, but unlike the latter it looks as if the new Accord will undermine the global consensus. It is a costly exercise and the heightened risk of regulatory arbitrage may...

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The nature of risk: The risk management of everything

Power, Michael - In: Balance Sheet 12 (2004) 5, pp. 19-28

This is a briefing by the author on his PD Leake lecture given at the Chartered Accountants’ hall earlier in the year. In it he examines the rise and rise of the risk industry and assesses the changes it has wrought in business life. He argues that unless the rise is halted we will see the...

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Corporate social responsibility as a new paradigm in the European policy: how CSR comes to legitimate the European regulation process

Eberhard‐Harribey, Laurence - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 6 (2006) 4, pp. 358-368

‐sustainable development‐governance” promoted by European Commission as a way of a new European regulation. Research limitations …, this article also offers a new contribution to the debate on the European regulation process. …

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Financial accounting scandals and the reform of corporate governance in the United States and in Italy

Sorensen, Daniel P.; Miller, Scott E. - In: Corporate Governance: The International Journal of … 17 (2017) 1, pp. 77-88

Purpose In the 1990s and beginning of the next decade, a series of financial accounting scandals occurred in the United States (USA or US) and in several other countries of the world. The USA and Italy (among others) responded with legislation to reform financial reporting and corporate...

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Training is now more than simply ticking the right boxes : Organizations build the right skills through targeted employee development

Cadman, Charlie - In: Human Resource Management International Digest 21 (2013) 1, pp. 34-37

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to advance the view that the planned reduction in health and safety red‐tape in the UK, combined with growing industry demand for proven skills from contractors and suppliers as well as the cross‐skilling that has become so important during the...

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Governing the corporates : Regulation and fairness in the UK

Brown, Rachel (ed.) - In: Strategic Direction 23 (2007) 6, pp. 15-17

an easy to one to pull off, with too much or too little regulation making the business and consumer rights communities …

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Turkey in training for CSR goal : Stakeholders still denied a level playing‐field

In: Strategic Direction 24 (2008) 11, pp. 20-22

Purpose – This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments...

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Pitfalls and prospects among “temp” workers : Changing conditions create challenges for workers and management

In: Human Resource Management International Digest 25 (2017) 1, pp. 7-9

Purpose This papers aims to look at important developments in the agency industry, which generate implications for the performance of agencies, “temps” and their user firms. The paper sets out key performance implications of these developments. Design/methodology/approach This paper reviews...

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