Recently added articles from Journal of Academy of Business and Economics:
State versus private ownership: a shareholder's wealth perspective.(Report)
Jan 01, 2009; ... 1. INTRODUCTION There has been a voluminous literature on the debate over state versus private ownership. State intervention is theoretically justified as a solution to some form of market failure or in markets for social goods. (1) As argued by Shleifer (1998), however, even ...
Comparing the market responses to dividends and repurchases: an empirical study.(Report)
Jan 01, 2009; ... 1. INTRODUCTION We compare the market responses to four competing forms of incremental payouts: regular dividend increases, special dividends, self-tender offer repurchases and open market repurchases. We also investigate the reasons why firms choose one payout form over ...
Analyzing the effectiveness of red flags to detect fraudulent reporting.(Report)
Jan 01, 2009; ... 1. INTRODUCTION Corporate governance has been an increasingly important part of the business environment as the actions of some major corporations have resulted in significant financial losses by shareholders. In particular, the financial collapse of such companies as WorldCom, ...
The effect of physical structure on working and personal behavior: an investigative case study at an educational institiution.
Jan 01, 2009; ... 1. INTRODUACTION For every type of organization, public or private, the office building is a fundamental resource (Gibson, 1994). It is commonly understood that an office building is a workplace which accommodates information gathering and knowledge processing activities ranging ...
Outsourcing multicriteria decision model based on promethee method.(Report)
Jan 01, 2009; ... 1. INTRODUCTION The purchasing activities of a company are a very important part in the overall operation of the company (Araz, 2007). When outsource, companies become more dependent of its supplier's performance. That is one of the reasons why outsourcing has become a very ...