The recent re-capitalisation in the Nigerian Insurance Industry was underscored by the need to build strong companies that will bolster the industry’s capacity to bear risk, deliver quality services to the insuring public ...
Economic reasoning suggests that financial globalization that encourages optimal international portfolio investments should improve investor protection standards (IPS) of a country. In practice, however, investors manifest ...
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has attracted varied applications in management. This chapter contribution provides evidence of a political CSR where multinational corporations (MNCs) are complementing government’s ...
This paper describes Byzantium’s design, development and evaluation, and
discusses how students and staff can use the software. It includes details of its
successful use at Business Schools in two English universities, ...
One method of achieving company expansion to address new markets and access cheaper funds is through
international mergers and acquisitions (M&A). The companies in the Gulf zone following Islamic principles are keen
to ...
This paper asks why modern finance theory and the efficient market hypothesis have failed to explain long-term carry trades; persistent asset bubbles or zero lower bounds; and financial crises. It extends Godley and Lavoie ...
This paper is the first study which examines the rationale behind the adoption of corporate governance codes, the requirements of the codes and their operationalisation, and the effectiveness of the codes in addressing ...
The notion of computer-based assessment encompasses both the formative and summative assessments. The former provides opportunities for self-testing and is crucial for convincing the learners that they have learnt something. ...
Imprinting theory suggests that founding conditions are ‘stamped’ on organizations,
and these imprinted routines often resist change. In contrast, strategic choice theory suggests
that the firm can overcome organizational ...
The purpose of this study is to examine whether corporate community involvement disclosures (CCID) in annual reports can be construed as a measure of corporate community development (CCD) or a mere signal of corporate ...