PhD Proposal The Sophistication and Quality of Computer-Based Accounting System among Small and Medium Manufacturing Firms in Malaysia INTRODUCTION Malaysia is rapidly shifting its orientation into an information technology (IT) based environment‚ which emphasizes on the use of technology in providing information. This is evident by the Malaysian Government establishment of the Multimedia Super Corridor (or MSC) in 1998. The MSC‚ therefore‚ manifests the Government commitment in leading the
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Embeddedness in the making of financial capital: how social relations and networks benefit firms seeking financing. In deze paper onderzocht Brian Uzzi het verband tussen economische activiteiten en de belangrijkheid van relatienetwerken bij de uitvoering van deze activiteiten. Hij richt zich in deze studie vooral op de voordelen en nadelen voor bedrijven die netwerken met zich meebrengen in het zoeken naar financieel kapitaal. Hij steunt zijn bevindingen op onderzoek naar prijszetting van de
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INFLUENCE OF CAPITAL GEARING ON FIRM VALUE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM INDIAN TRANSPORT & LOGISTICS SECTOR ABSTRACT The transport and logistics sector is an essential contributor for the development of a country. Since the new economic reforms initiated in 1991‚ the transportation infrastructure of India has witnessed a paradigm change. The need for transport & logistics services grew at an annual rate of 10%‚ in the last decade the demand in the transport and logistics sector grew along with
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of ownership from control in large firms inevitably causes diseconomies of scale In this essay I plan to show what consequences there are from a separation of ownership from control and what effects could occur as a result. I will be arguing whether managers are worth the cost of hiring‚ to the business as a whole‚ giving examples of problems that may arise in these types of situations and what impact they can cause. The separation of ownership in large firms is when the owners appoint paid managers
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time. Firms in the 20th century is always on the process to research and development‚ to add value to the products and services that they offer to their customers‚ so as to create sufficient competitive advantage to allow them to stay in the relevant industries. This aim also meant that firms have to spend much of their accounting budget into research and development. However‚ these costs are inevitable as firms stand to lose if they are not innovating enough. The government provides firms with
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Show on a diagram how a monopoly firm will make supernormal profits by restricting output. Discuss how the theory of contestable markets could impact on the price and output of a monopoly. Neo-classical theory defines monopoly as a market structure where one dominant firm supplies most or all output in the industry without facing competition because of high barriers to entry to the industry. The monopolist is a short run profit maximiser and due to the demand under a monopoly being moderately
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Present a comparative business history of two firms - Adidas & Nike in respect to their rivalry Present a comparative business history of two firms - Adidas & Nike in respect to their rivalry Abstract In my essay I introduce the topic by presenting a brief history of the beginnings of each of the two firms. Adidas originating in Germany and Nike originating in America. I then go on to introduce some of the first products the companies made and the technological breakthroughs they respectively
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small business potentially in a better position to achieve customer satisfaction than is a large firm? Large firms usually have a competitive advantage over small business in most elements in business operation (Longenecker‚ Petty et al. 2003; Longenecker‚ Petty et al. 2010). However‚ customer satisfaction has been questioned as being potentially better achieved by Small business than by large firms (Longenecker‚ Petty et al. 2003; Higgins 2009; Tjan 2009; Heaney 2010; Longenecker‚ Petty et al
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A Framework for the Selection of an Optimal Custom House Agent by Exim Firms Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process V Kannan* This paper aims at providing a framework to exim firms for the selection of an optimal Custom House Agent (CHA) by using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). For the study‚ two focus groups were conducted. One for exploring the criteria which contribute to the selection of an optimal CHA and the other for bringing out the relative importance of these criteria. The moderators
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Mexican Experience from a Danish Firm: “Changing” Mexican Culture i. Introduction Nowadays is common to hear that the trend of business world is located in Emerging Markets‚ therefore most of the biggest and important companies in the world are startin to enter to those undeveloped economies that have a great potential. Develop assertive HRM practices in those new markets are key issues in order to achieve the expected success. The international human resource management models developed in
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