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In this paper, the authors tried to examine whether and to what extent board structure influences bank performance. Although this issue has occupied scholars and researchers over the years, most of them relate to the US banking market or other developed countries and, to a…

The objective of our research was to determine what motivates clients to cooperate while at the same time remaining independent with their financial auditors. Both cooperation (working closely) and independence (not being too close) are important in an auditor-client relationship, even though they are opposing…

For reporting and for analytics purposes, financial banks highly demand real-time delivery of quality operational information. This paper argues that for banks to improve their decision making and performance management, business intelligence and data management ought to be core activities. Conversely, Business Intelligence (BI) and…

CSC is a computer assembling startup which first made its appearance in the Egyptian market in the mid 90's. With the rising global trend of technology, as well as internet awareness and dependency, computers were recognized as being a household necessity. However, seeing as how…

The debate on foreign economic relations has stressed the expansion and diversification of trade as well as the need for increased inflow in foreign capital. As a distinct area of international relations and development studies, foreign economic relations have increased the prospect for sustained economic…

Entrepreneurship intention for graduate students like many other job and work career options depends on other considerations. Previous literature reviews revealed that more research works are needed in examining the determinants of entrepreneurship intentions of students. Due to its importance and significant thrust to the…

This study investigates the impact of some mechanisms corporate governance, in this case, the Board of Directors and its characteristics, the auditing quality and ownership structure, on the earnings management. For this purpose, we used a sample of 16 Tunisian listed companies. The earning management…

This study aims to empirically identify the most desirable work values for generation Y employees in Malaysia, and assess the perceived fit with these work values. Five work values (extrinsic, intrinsic, status, freedom and altruistic) were investigated in terms of their desirability and perceived fit. …

In this study, we investigated the situation of herbicide use in wheat in Northern Tunisia and its relation with the development of resistant weed populations. It is based on a synthesis of available data concerning Tunisian imported herbicide quantities, treated wheat areas and herbicides used…

The study examined the exposure of young girls to street harassment in the urban centres of Nigeria and implications for the incidence of HIV/AIDS and economic empowerment.  A ‘non-participatory direct observation approach coupled with quantitative secondary data was used.  Quantitative data was extracted from a…