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Can we know the risks we face, now or in the future? No, we can¬ but yes, we must act as if we do. Some dangers are unknown; others are known, but not by us because no one person can know everything. Most people cannot be aware of most dangers at most times. Hence, no one can calculate...
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The U.S. government is the world's largest financial institution, providing credit and assuming risk through diverse activities. But the potential cost and risk of these actions and obligations remain poorly understood and only partially measured. Government budgetary and financial accounting...
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Through a new set of detailed case studies William Leiss shows that while industry and governments have made much progress in responsibly managing risks to health and environment, they generally remain quite poor at managing their involvements with risk issues, that is, with the often intense...
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This paper provides an updated overview of tax incentives for business investment. It begins by noting that tax competition is likely to be a major force driving countries' tax reforms, and discusses tax incentives as a possible response to this. This is complemented by other arguments for and...
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uncertainty. Since uncertainty exists when information is deficient and information can be deficient in different ways, it follows … that auditors deal with different types of uncertainty. This article describes different types of uncertainty and a … relatively new method of dealing with uncertainty referred to as fuzzy logic. Fuzzy logic and fuzzy set theory have contributed …
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of the future. Because future uncertainty is linked to the arrow of time, its increase coincides with the flow of time … from the past and present to the future. To facilitate and decrease uncertainty, accountants produce an ever …
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conditions of increased uncertainty and competition. We integrate resource dependence views of alliance formation with those of … Austrian economics and argue that alliances are a means of reducing the uncertainty that surrounds the undertaking of new …
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. Specifically, the author examines how two organizations make complexity and uncertainty manageable by mobilizing performance …(s). Originality/value The paper provides a context-sensitive account on the relationship between uncertainty and performance … measurement practices. First, this paper contributes by providing evidence on how actors use accounting to manage uncertainty and …
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Purpose This paper aims to explore uncertainties in the interaction between Basel II and banking practices. Design/methodology/approach The research setting is a centralized bank’s risk control organization and its commercial lending operations. The bank, despite its early adoption of the...
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