Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report from an empirical study of white‐collar crime in business organizations and to create insights into perceptions of potential offenders. Design/methodology/approach – A survey was conducted among chief financial officers in the largest...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is twofold: to investigate the impact of franchisor support on quick service restaurant (QSR) users’ intranet acceptance; and to examine the technology acceptance model (TAM) to explain QSR users’ attitude toward the franchise intranet usage. Franchisors...

Purpose There is lack of literature on the evaluation of PPP projects performance based on critical success factors (CSFs). Thus, the purpose of this paper is to investigate and establish which of the CSFs are good predictor of PPP projects performance in terms of success criteria....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to gain a better understanding between procurement strategy, organization, processes, methods and tools, human resources, supplier management, and overall procurement success. Design/methodology/approach – In order to achieve the above‐mentioned...

The alternative to using source lines of code (SLOC) for costing software projects is to use function points. Functional point analysis (FPA), which was first introduced in 1979, has now been widely accepted as the industry standard for estimating software size and costs. International standard...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a Meta modeling based on regression, neural network, and clustering to analyze the job satisfaction factors and improvement policy making. Design/methodology/approach – Since any job satisfaction evaluation supposes to improve the status by...

A response to Smith′s (1992) attempt (in AAAJ , Vol. 5 No. 1, 1992) to address the difficulties in performance auditing and production function modelling in public sector management (arguing that regression analysis is an inadequate approach for value‐for‐money auditors, and is...

A response to Smith′s (1992) article in this issue of this journal. Discusses the role of performance auditing from a national audit perspective. Examines in particular the role of performance auditing in addressing issues of government policy; considers the role of statistical performance...

Purpose – This paper aims to provide a tool for measuring air passenger satisfaction and for identifying the critical service aspects available in the terminal in order to offer services characterised by a high level of quality. Design/methodology/approach – Statistical analysis of...

This paper examines the trade relationship between the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the European Union (EU). A simultaneous equation regression model is developed and estimated to assist with the analysis. The regression results, using both the two stage least squares (2SLS) and ordinary...