The growth of ?globalization studies? in the social sciences has done little to undermine the term?s seemingly essential elasticity. Many academic debates about the veracity of the globalization hypothesis often struggle around meanings of ?globalization?, yet the concept also possesses a ?real...

Many people on the left still dismiss the tea party as the same old religious right, but the evidence says they are wrong. The tea party has strong libertarian roots and is a functionally libertarian influence on the Republican Party. Compiling data from local and national polls, as well as...

This report analyzes China’s foreign direct investment (FDI) in Canada. It considers the strategic drivers of this interest. Canada needs FDI, but Canadian politics (and therefore policy) may not be receptive to such investments for the reasons explored in this report. The report concludes...

This study is designed to investigate the role of proactive forensic auditing techniques in preventing fraudulent activities among NGOs in the eThekwini region. The population of this study comprised 87 knowledgeable staff in the field of fraud risk management and auditing selected from 30 NGOs....

This study investigates whether a CEO’s personal political ideology, as captured by his or her political contributions, is associated with a firm’s credit ratings. Republican CEOs, we find, are associated with higher credit ratings, especially when their firms are headquartered in...

Research findings sometimes play a part in the policy making process. This can happen through direct use of analysis, or through their impact on public perceptions and preferences as a result of media coverage. There are opportunities in this process for distortions to occur. This paper looks at...

With the changing blueprint of responsibility in management education, institutions of higher education are becoming more and more focused on performing well beside a growing number of metrics. Many used as alternative measures to specify value of educational experience, amongst the most common...

Mass production was the hallmark for improvement of productivity in early 20th century. Subsequently the productivity development was driven by the use of information technology and related concepts like Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Business Process...

This paper provides an overview of Bangladesh's Privatization Policy. The present policies can be improved if the terms and conditions of the sale are well-defined and upheld. Discipline in the financial sector is a necessary condition for the success of the privatization program. Without...

Since Citizens United, the amount of spending on political campaigns has increased, and to a lesser extent, so has corporate spending on political advertisements. However, the increase in corporate spending on elections fails to indicate whether corporate political spending corrupts the...