Recently many editors try to reduce the turnaround times of academic journals. Shorter turnaround times, however, will induce many additional submissions of low-quality papers, increasing significantly the workload of editors and referees, and the number of rejections prior to publication. I...

The Blended Winglet project is a proposed technology that will cost Southwest Airlines approximately $762,000 per aircraft to install and promises to provide improved range, greater fuel savings, and reduced noise and emissions. The project is aimed at providing Southwest with an additional cost...

The usual textbook discussion of rent control does not go beyond discussing first-generation controls in the context of perfect competition. Such a discussion is open to the charge of being biassed in favour of the free market solution. This paper suggests a way to extend our discussion by...

Russian Abstract: Обсуждаются будущее (бухгалтерского) учета как профессии и академической дисциплины в контексте современного развития российских практик бизнеса и...

As student numbers in the Irish higher education system continue to grow, the escalating funding crisis within the system needs to be urgently addressed. This conversation must also consider the dynamic relationships and funding limitations possessed by a range of system stakeholders including...

This case is considered to be the connecting thread to the 35 hour Corporate Finance course for postgraduates and executive education in which: 1) the main concepts of financial statements analysis will be reviewed, including those regarding cost structure, break-even point and operating...

The ICL model as outlined in current policy discussions cannot work in Ireland due to the high probability of default. The Irish system is neither small enough or large enough to make an ICL work. As it stands in any ICL scenario a minimum of 10 years of losses would have to be absorbed by the...

This paper presents an exploratory analysis of the funding mechanisms for higher education across sixteen countries which builds upon existing work on educational institutions, educational outcomes and welfare regimes. We focus upon the current financing dilemma within the Irish higher education...

Over one-quarter of American adults used credit-based alternative financial services (AFS) in the past five years, which carry a typical APR of 300 percent. Young adults are especially more likely to use AFS yet are also more likely to be exposed to personal finance education in schools. In this...