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22
Aug
2012

Pre-Crisis Fiscal Pattern in Romania and Its Effects on Crisis Alleviation Measures

IBIMA Business Review
The fiscal policy of a country must meet its specific development requirements. In Romania, however, public authorities’ vision was often constrained by the pressing needs specific to transition. Against this particular background, the concern for ensuring public finances sustainability has been, in some cases, overcome…
22
Aug
2012

Case of Green Land International School Community-Based Work in Imbaba, Egypt: A Success Story of Corporate Social Responsibility

The MENA Journal of Business Case Studies
Greenland International School is an International Baccalaureate (IB) school started by an Egyptian elite group of young parents in 1994. The school first started with a few kindergarten classes in a small rented villa in Cairo's high-class district of Mohandessin. As time passed, the small villa…
22
Aug
2012

Factors Influencing Audit Technology Acceptance by Audit Firms: A New I-TOE Adoption Framework

Journal of Accounting and Auditing: Research & Practice
Many businesses are now moving to e-business and implementing computerized accounting information systems. This phenomenon has given impact to audit profession in performing IT audit, financial reports audit and tracing electronic source documents. Computer-Assisted-Auditing Techniques and Tools (CAATTs) are audit technologies that allow IT audit…
22
Aug
2012

Econometric Estimation of a Gravity Model for the External Trade of Romania

Journal of Eastern Europe Research in Business and Economics
The gravity model is frequently used to analyse bilateral trade statistics. In the paper we will identify, exclusively for Romania, the significant factors of influence on bilateral trade flows. As factors, we will consider the clasical gravity variables and some suplimentary dummy variables. Also, we…
21
Aug
2012

Comparison of Old and New Methodology in Human Development and Poverty Indexes: A Case of the Least Developed Countries

Journal of Economics Studies and Research
The most common indicators for measuring the countries´ economic level are the macroeconomic aggregates such as the per capita Gross National Product or Gross National Income. Though they reflect the creation of added value, their drawback is that they do not include aspects such as…
21
Aug
2012

Study and Analysis of KM Practitioners’ Training Preferences: A Malaysian Case

Journal of Organizational Knowledge Management
As knowledge management (KM) is considered  a multifaceted discipline in Malaysia, KM is still evolving. In fact, the transformation in the Malaysian government's agenda on the Knowledge-economy has been reflected in the development of the Knowledge-based Economy Master Plan in the year 2001. From the…
21
Aug
2012

A Meta-Modeling of User and the Development of Human and Intellectual Capital

Journal of Software and Systems Development
The concept of user of organizational information system (OIS), contrary to the general thinking among both practitioners and researchers, is problematic. This work therefore seeks to set this concept by referring to literature in OIS. The authors have proposed a theoretical framework that models the…
20
Aug
2012

The Activities of the Chief Information Officer as Noted through Job Position Descriptions

Communications of the IBIMA
The CIO is a relatively new executive management role that is considered to be on par with other “C” suite of executives– the CIO taking responsibility for a firm’s information technology (IT) capabilities in supporting organisational requirements. Executive management positions tend to embody four types…
20
Aug
2012

A Review of Obstacles to Successful e-Learning Deployment in SMEs

Journal of Innovation Management in Small and Medium Enterprises
E-Learning as an advanced form of learning supported by various technological principles and tools became a point of interest of both academicians and practitioners several years ago. Current literature contains mostly successful stories of its utilization in the business environment highlighting processes and decisions which…
18
Aug
2012

Cultural Influence in the Practice of Corporate Governance in Emerging Markets

Communications of the IBIMA
Corporate governance seeks to ensure a fair return on the investment and it also establishes incentives and procedures that meet the interests of shareholders while respecting other stakeholders’ interests in the organization. Corporate governance has become one of the hottest topics of discussion in the…