VOLUME 7(1) • 2012
THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN BUREAUCRACIES: LEADERSHIP, DEMOCRACY, AND POLITICS
ABSTRACT. Scholarly research reveals strong correlations between the incompleteness of women’s citizenship, the emergence of organized women’s engagements in formal politics, women’s political participation, the moral potential of leadership, and the development and promotion of moral or ethical lea..
DETERRING FINANCIAL REPORTING FRAUD
ABSTRACT. The mainstay of the paper is formed by an analysis of the relationship between the importance of RPTs in auditing and in detecting fraud, the widespread adoption of Web-based financial and business reporting, the risk of fair value accounting fraud, the process of detecting fraud, and oppo..
CHINA’S FOUNDATIONAL LAW REGULATING THE LABOR MARKET
ABSTRACT. This study is grounded in the considerable body of scholarship examining the governance of contractual relations in China, the courts’ willingness to progress towards a modern contract law system, and the implementation of the UCL into judicial practice. These findings highlight the import..
THE PRESSURE OF PUBLISHING IN ACADEMIA
ABSTRACT. The aim of the present study is to examine and evaluate the effectiveness of peer review, peer-reviewed contributions as a measure of scientific advancement, the reliability and fairness of peer review, and the reliance on IF to evaluate scientific quality. In this paper I am particularly ..
THE DYNAMICS OF ECOLOGIC-ECONOMIC SYSTEMS AND THE SOCIAL VALUE OF THE ENVIRONMENT
ABSTRACT. The objective of this paper is to emphasize the challenge of ecological scarcity, the value of deliberative democracy for the study of environmental decision-making, the democratic legitimacy of environmental policies, the subconscious roots of ecological economics, and the fundamental val..
BUREAUCRACY AND EQUAL GENDER REPRESENTATION
ABSTRACT. The main objective of this paper is to explore and describe the implications of the resistance to female leadership, the incongruity between leader roles and the female gender role, the embeddedness of the relationship between the concepts rationality and masculinity, and the link between ..
THE LEGISLATION’S BACKGROUND AND SPECIFIC PROVISIONS OF CHINA’S NEW LABOR CONTRACT LAW
ABSTRACT. The aim of the present study is to examine and evaluate China’s increasing integration into the world trading system, the legal regime governing business organization, the effects of China’s economic reforms, and the development of China’s legal system in the era of reform. This paper seek..
DOES DUAL LISTING AFFECT UNDERPRICING OF INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS? EVIDENCE FROM BANGLADESH CAPITAL MARKET
ABSTRACT. The “Law of One Price” advocates that identical securities must have identical prices regardless of where they are traded. Bangladesh capital market is unique in a sense that IPOs are allowed for dual listing. This means that a company can be simultaneously listed in both the Dhaka Stock E..
EXPORT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN TURKEY: COINTEGRATION AND CAUSALITY ANALYSIS
ABSTRACT. This paper investigates the empirical evidence on the link between export and economic growth by using quarterly time series data for the Turkish economy over the period 2002–2011. The study applies Johensen and Juselius co-integration and Granger causality test. Further, the co-integratio..
THE RELEVANCE AND APPLICABILITY OF PERFORMANCE INDICATORS IN THE LIMPOPO RIVER BASIN IN ZIMBABWE
ABSTRACT. This paper reports on a process that was undertaken between October 2010 and May 2011 to assess how well the River Basin Organization (RBO) presiding over the Limpopo river basin in Zimbabwe, was fulfilling its mandate. A study was undertaken to assess the relevance and applicability of pe..
A STUDY ON EFFICIENCY OF STEEL FUTURES MARKET IN INDIA
ABSTRACT. Indian steel futures markets are in relatively nascent stages as compared to the older and more developed markets of the west. The paper presents a study of the production and consumption trends of steel in India and the efficiency of the two major steel exchanges in India. The study revea..
THE OPTIMUM QUANTITY OF MONEY, ONCE AGAIN
ABSTRACT. In Barnett and Block (2004) the present authors offered the thesis that the optimal amount of fiat currency was zero (it should all be replaced by gold money), but that if this was impossible, then the optimal quantity of fiat currency was whatever it was at any given time. In contrast, th..