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This article offers three main original contributions: (a) it proposes the concept of participative stakeholders derived from an interpretation of voluntary corporate initiatives; (b) it produces a visual instrument which greatly facilitates the assessment of costs and benefits arising from the implementation of a company’s…

The subject of central bank independence has been the focus of debates during the 1990s and 2000s. It seems that consensus has been reached over the need to support high legal central bank independence in order to achieve price stability, and lower inflation rates. However,…

The subordinate’s involvement in the budgetary process may generate amazing benefits for the economic entity. International studies suggest that participatory budgeting may motivate employees, increase their performance, their satisfaction and may help the entity to obtain more realistic budgets. These are the primary reasons for…

The paper aims to highlight the nature of relations between creativity/diversity and standardization/ predictability, demonstrating that this relation acquires new meanings in the context of quality strategic approach. The research attempts to demonstrate that implementation of the quality strategic approach model is able to lead…

The developments occurring in recent years in the Information and Communication Technologies led inevitably to a great effect on the operation, structure and strategy of organizations around the world, and obviously also in the tourist sector organizations. With the rapid expansion of Information and Communication…

Design plays a very important role in Vietnam’s craft sector.  Attractive craft design can help add value to the country’s craft products. In a highly competitive craft market, craft design is considered a key competitive edge for craft companies to secure a position in the…

The current crisis has deeply affected world’s economies, reviving both debates and budgetary consolidation efforts in order to stabilize them and resume the upward trend. Although based on some commonly accepted theoretical backgrounds, government’s action was differently conceived in various countries, in relation to their…

The adoption of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is one of the key factors explaining growth discrepancies across countries in general and in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in particular. ICT has been the most dynamic component of investment in recent years, and until recently…

Objective: We present an unusual clinical presentation of a carotid artery pseudoaneurysm on a post-laryngectomy patient with a history of carotid artery blowout and subsequent ligation of the carotid artery. Methods: Case report and literature review. Results: The patient presented with subtle cutaneous bleeding in the peristomal…

The global IT industry and software engineering academia have over the years, fine-tuned many aspects of iterative software development process models. As a result, almost all large scale enterprise systems are now quite successfully built using agile, iterative software engineering processes that features small phases…