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Purpose: This study explores the possible effects of Corporate Governance (CG) on Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosures (CSRD) practices, based on four CSR key dimensions, amongst publicly listed companies in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach: The study considers corporate governance mechanisms which include board independence, board size, board meetings…

Electronic resources are no more alien in this era of globalization.  Information and knowledge provided in electronic resources is vital and play important elements for survival in information and knowledge society. In achieving the vision of 2020, Malaysians are moving forward to become a knowledge-based…

The number of devices running the Android operating system is increasing with over 900 million Android devices currently registered. As the Android operating system grows, security becomes increasingly important. While the current Android operating system protects against system compromising viruses, it does not provide full…

In view of collapse of the Nigeria educational system, weak leadership and negative cultural values and mass illiteracy levels; more specifically inadequate skilled human capital within the financial services industry and poor infrastructure, this study aims at evaluating investment in human capital development costs (wages,…

The use of Internet can lead to a negative kind of dependency or addiction.  With the fast adoption rate of Internet in the KSA, this research believes that understanding how to guide the use of Internet especially by youth is very important.  The aim of…

Users of accounting report require economic information on which to base decisions. In the past, financial accounting has been criticized for lacking rules based on a clear theoretical framework. In addition, the accounting rules developed have been criticized for being too loose, for lacking consistency…

By inspection, observation and government records there are too many poor in Southwest Nigeria who require micro/small financial services such as credit, insurance, money transfer etcetera in order to engage actively in productive activities and improve their standard of living. Paradoxically, governments across the world,…

Employment, and the job market, is changing, quantitatively and qualitatively, and coherent policy of coordinated interventions from the State, the Corsica Regional Council, employer and employee organizations, and the other institutional, economic and social community players is vital to delivering an efficient and top-quality services…

The purpose of this paper is to explore empirically the effects of size asymmetry between Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and Multinational Corporations (MNCs) on the performance of these companies in an alliance. We analyze the effects of this asymmetry on alliance performance, both direct…

For a monetary policy that is geared towards maintaining a low and stable level of inflation an assessment of the expected inflation is of crucial importance. Numerical indicators can be obtained from surveys concerning the expectations of various economic agents regarding the future developments of…