The conducted researches indicate explicitly that the assessment of the enterprise on the basis of the nominal value of the financial result and the nominal return on equity can lead to false financial decisions. In economies characterised by high inflation rates, financial results and the...

The introduction of Mobile Payment Systems (MPS) has gained increasing attention from telecommunications and financial service firms. However, to date, end customer use of MPS has not developed extensively. Thus, the present investigation aims to explore the drivers of MPS acceptance among...

New Product Introduction (NPI) activity has considerably increased due to ever shortening product life cycles. Therefore, cash flow management is a vital part of NPI, and is based on the cumbersome equation of customers, demand development, product margin, payment programmes, supply lead times...

This study proposes a Continuous Auditing Assistance System (CAAS), which can assist auditors to assess potential weaknesses in the information systems. Auditors can perform auditing tasks independently, give feedback immediately on the extraordinariness and reach the objectives of continuous...

The purpose of this paper is to present a critical analysis on the competition between online (ECN) and traditional (Market Maker (MM)) trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange. Online stock trading mechanisms at the exchanges are often a hybrid of dealer and auction markets. Different aspects of...

The purpose of this study is to develop a measurement instrument for customer satisfaction with internet banking (IBCS). A web survey was used with the subjects being internet banking users of Taiwanese banks. A total of 226 valid questionnaires were obtained with an 85% response rate. For the...

This paper undertakes two causality studies with exchange rate applications in a framework of Zero-Non-Zero (ZNZ) patterned Vector Error-Correction Modelling (VECM). The first study shows that money supply is a source of financial and economic influence on the Euro. The second gives evidence of...

The rate of those consumers who are adopting online banking and bill payment services has ranked to be one of the fastest growing activities in 2003. To gain a better understanding of the online-banking industry, an inspection of a few representative banks in the USA, the use of conceptual...

This paper looked at E-LOAN benchmarking operation and reported on the issues related to the development of internet-based lending in Taiwan from an evolutionary perspective. Some driving forces for the changes and the opportunities and challenges offered by the growth of online lending business...

This study endeavours to contribute to a better understanding of Service Quality (SQ) in online banking by examining the various dimensions related to creating a satisfactory online banking experience. The authors develop a conceptual model and test it with a convenience sample of 183 online...