This paper primarily examines whether Malaysia has had experienced any structural breaks in comparison with its main two trading partners, namely the USA and Japan in 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. It also discusses the implications of such structural breaks to Malaysia's economic globalization...

Business always tries to find ways to improve its competitiveness and gain maximum profit. Organizations easily determine the maximum production and profit level through the simplex method in linear programming. This paper examined the profit maximization point for dining chair and sofa...

The study focuses on the recent adoption status of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in a developing economy like Bangladesh. The objectives of this paper are to identify the development of the accounting profession in Bangladesh, the legal and regulatory framework of...

Variable Costing has now arrived of a period and is providing to be an exceptionally important tool in planning and controlling operations in many large industrial companies. However still not as broadly working as absorption costing, it is progressively gaining popularity in use. In Variable...

It seems to have been apparent in developing nations that economic growth and urbanization are always interrelated. Malaysia's rapid economic growth has also resulted in a considerable growth of urbanization. As gleaned from the other side of the coin, the process of such urbanization had...

The study focuses on the recent adoption status of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in a developing economy like Bangladesh. The objectives of this paper are to identify the development of the accounting profession in Bangladesh, the legal and regulatory framework of...

The aim of this study is to examine the factors that influence companies to disclose voluntary information in their annual reports of Textile Manufacturing Companies in Bangladesh. The study is used ordinary least squares (OLS) regression model to examine the relationship between dependent...

Financial distress is the technical term which is used to assess the insolvency as well as bankruptcy of the financial organizations. Banking sector of Bangladesh play a vital role in the economic development of the country. The main purpose of this study is to assess the financial performance...

Cross-border mergers and acquisitions (CBMAs) have long been used as an important strategy for firms' international strategic expansion. Thus, CBMAs have become an increasingly important approach utilized by a large number of firms in multiple regions across the globe. It has gained in...

This paper reviews some recent studies on the effects of civil conflicts on development. These studies show that civil conflicts negatively affect not only the economic growth, but also other aspects of development: poverty, inequality, nutrition, child mortality, access to safe drinking water,...