VOLUME 4(4) • 2009
RECONSIDERATION OF COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES IN MARKETING
Developing competitive advantage requires a considerable effort from each organization. In this case we are talking especially about those organizations involved in a highly competitive market that require the development of strategies for allocating resources in the long term strategic marketing ef..
ASSESSING THE NOMINAL AND REAL ECONOMIC CONVERGENCE – THE CASE OF ROMANIA
The study carries out a review of theoretical and methodological possibility to identify and build a minimal (consistent and complete) list of criteria for real economic convergence aimed at to assess the status of real economic convergence in the European Union. The essence of the study is to ident..
EMERGING TOOLS OF THE INFORMATION AGE
On Sheridan Burns’ reading, while the answers a journalist reaches will depend on contextual factors, the questions he or she asks are the same around the globe. Castells claims that virtual communities do not follow the same patterns of communication and interaction as physical communities do. Van ..
IDENTIFYING CONTROL DEFICIENCIES – AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF MANAGEMENT’S ASSESSMENT
Ashbaugh-Skaife et al. identify a sample of 2,103 firms that have disclosed the quality of their internal control and also have sufficient financial statement data to calculate our accrual quality measures. Stephens examines the impact of corporate governance quality on ICD disclosure/ nondisclosure..
WORLD POLITICS, TRANSNATIONAL RELATIONS, AND THE IDEA OF COMMUNITY
Hickey and Lawson stress that a reflexive and rigorous scientific human geography engages with complex issues around the material and discursive forms and processes of power. Murdoch says that the sub-disciplinary division between human and physical geography has often prevented ..
ON STRATEGIC STANDARDIZATION MANAGEMENT
According to Nasir and Altinbasak, there is a need for a comprehensive framework which covers all the relevant factors that should be taken into consideration by international companies on whether to standardize or adapt various elements of the marketing mix. Tabatoni and Barblan write that understa..
IS EXISTING SUPPLY OF SKILLED LABOUR A SIGNIFICANT DETERMINANT OF INWARD FLOWS OF FOREIGN CAPITAL?
Checchi et al. explore potential complementarities between FDI and HC by investigating whether existing supply of skilled labour is a significant determinant of inward flows of foreign capital. Patel and D’Souza examine both funded and unfunded business plans to determine the key factors in the vent..
THE INTERRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DISCLOSURE OF A CENTRAL BANK AND TRANSPARENCY OF MONETARY POLICY
Kapstein addresses the major changes that have taken place in the financial risk environment in recent years, highlighting banking consolidation and asset securitization. Howarth and Loedel explore the history of European central bank cooperation and co-ordination in the context of European monetary..
THE ROLE OF THE JOURNALIST IN THE AGE OF UBIQUITOUS INFORMATION
Lin et al. explore audience members’ motives and uses of online news and offline newspapers, and facilitate our understanding of the cognitive and affective responses to offline and online news consumption behavior. Wei states that new digital and interactive media, which encourage individuals’ prod..
EVALUATING INTERNAL CONTROL DEFICIENCIES
Ashbaugh-Skaife et al. use the sequence of ICD disclosures to conduct within-firm and across-firm testing of the effects of changes in the effectiveness internal controls over time in ways that minimize competing explanations for observed differences in the quality of accounting accruals. ..
MANAGING THE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL MECHANISMS OF THE GLOBAL MARKETS
Ocampo et al. note that capital inflows can have a positive effect in the short run during periods of booming capital inflows, but a negative effect in the long run. del Valle and Ugolini provide an overview of the policy framework and building blocs for reform that are necessary to develop a govern..
FUNDAMENTAL EFFECTS RELATED TO THE EVOLVING DOMINANCE OF CAPITAL MARKETS
Ocampo et al. point out that capital market liberalization may exacerbate the market inefficiencies, increasing volatility and reducing the efficiency with which resources are allocated. Häusler et al. think that a strong banking system is likely to play a key role in facilitating the development of..