VOLUME 12(1) • 2017
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND ACCOUNTING REFORMS IN CHINA
ABSTRACT. The purpose of this article is to gain a deeper understanding of the matters related to the implementation of globally adequate standards and regulations in China, the manners in which accounting rhetoric has operated to facilitate China’s transition in the direction of a market economy, a..
THE ECONOMICS OF E-LEARNING PRODUCTION
ABSTRACT. Following Bell and Federman (2013), this paper aims to prove that the development of electronically supported instruction in postsecondary education is not restricted to online courses and programs but comprises a wide-ranging bundle of utilizations and methodologies that employ technology..
TECHNO-PEDAGOGY KNOWLEDGE IN SMART LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
ABSTRACT. We rely on Kinshuk et al. (2016) to prove that with latest developments in learning technologies, added to the manners information and communication technology are carried out, numerous stimulating likelihoods have arisen to transubstantiate students’ learning conducts and teachers’ pedago..
PRICING MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS USING AGENT-BASED MODELING
ABSTRACT. Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are undertaken to improve efficiencies or increase economies of scale and scope. Prices offered by buyers can depend on the personality of the buyer (acquiring firm) and seller (target firm). This paper tries to model these differences in prices offered f..
CLOSING THE GAP: WHY MINIMUM WAGE LAWS DISPROPORTIONATELY HARM AFRICAN-AMERICANS
ABSTRACT. The minimum wage stipulates who shall be unemployed: anyone not deemed to have a productivity level above that mandated by law (assuming profit seeking behavior on the part of the firm). This law does not require that any employer hire any employee. It only prohibits appointing someone to ..
AN ANALYST’S GUIDE TO SECTOR-SPECIFIC OPTIMAL PEER GROUP VARIABLES AND MULTIPLES IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN MARKET
ABSTRACT. In this study a market-based approach was adopted to investigate the valuation performance of 16 multiples over 28 sectors in the South African market. The market-based approach facilitates/enables an evaluation of the ability of multiples-based modeling to approximate actual share prices ..