This study aims to examine the influence of the competing values on firm performance mediated by diverse performance measurement system. With a different focus to that of Henri's (2006) concept of dominant culture, we argue that in control dominant firms, flexibility and diverse performance...

This paper examines the impact of corporate governance and ownership structure on voluntary disclosure practices of Malaysian listed firms. The extent of voluntary disclosure is determined for a matched-sample of 100 listed firms in three different disclosure regimes during 1996, 2001 and 2006....

We examine IPO underpricing, offer size, over-subscription ratio, and listing board, in relation to investors' heterogeneous beliefs. Since investors' beliefs are not directly observable, our proxies for investor heterogeneity are specifically tied to variables that reflect investors' behaviour...

Health economists have traditionally quantified the burden of vector-borne diseases (such as chikungunya and dengue) as the sum of the cost of illness and the cost of intervention programmes. The objective of this paper is to predict the order of magnitude of possible reduction in tourism...