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Protecting the organisation’s assets and data, and ensuring efficient operations are part of the role of IT (information technology) audit. What are the factors that lead to a better IT audit quality? This paper extends the previous research by identifying key constructs that affect the…

The Czech economy is ready to adopt the euro. The reasons for the postponement of the euro adoption process are merely political. People are sceptical when it comes to the euro (also in the light of the existing debt crisis in the euro area); consequently,…

More than twenty stage, or maturity, e-government models have been suggested in the last fifteen years, globally. The number of stages varies from model to model, but overall there is general consensus on five generic stages of e-government maturity, identified as: information; interaction; transaction; integration…

There are a number of social security schemes and institutions in Malaysia but not all has the ability to address the long term financial commitments and provides security during the old age. High inflation rates, global economic growth and changes in employment and social structure…

Understanding the contextual factors that influence e-Government growth is cardinal for informing policy and strategies for e-Government development. Many e-Government researchers have attempted to counter the huge failure rates of e-Government but with minimal success. This paper discusses, with the methodological contours that need to…

It is largely recognized that any nation or community over the history is not vacant from the turbulences of a crisis. The latter takes the different and distinguished forms: political, social, economic and financial, ethnic and cultural crises. In this context, the target of the…

The key role of enterprises in the intensification of economic growth of each country causes that the subject of the development of the corporate sector becomes one of the most important issues in the economic literature. The special importance is therefore assigned to identifying and…

Immigration is a key factor which affects the economies of countries on all continents. In times of globalisation, the specialised knowledge and international connections of immigrants may open new opportunities, more than ever before. This study focuses on the Austrian province Burgenland because this region…

Among various firm-specific factors influencing profitability, firm’s age is confirmed as an important one. However, most of the empirical research in this field has been done in developed countries, while the influence of firm’s age on its performance in developing countries is examined in much…

Sunburn in fruit is caused by excess heat and radiation and has a major economic impact on apple production.  Evaporative cooling can be used to keep the apple temperatures below a critical value, but the process needs to be optimised for maximum cooling effect and…