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The extent of disclosure in annual reports of banking companies: The case of India
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EuroJournals Publishing, Inc.
, 2008 , Article)
This study is an empirical investigation of the extent of both mandatory and voluntary disclosure by listed banking companies in India. It also reports the results of the association between company-specific attributes and ...
Measuring the quality of earnings
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Emerald
, 2005 , Article)
Purpose - Although the academic research on the quality of earnings has been improved by presenting different approaches of measurement, there is no agreed-upon generally accepted approach to measure the earning quality. ...
Voluntary disclosure in the annual reports of an emerging country: The case of Qatar
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2009 , Article)
This study sets out to examine empirically the determinants of voluntary disclosure in the annual reports of 25 listed firms of Doha Securities Market (DSM) in Qatar forming approximately 86% of the total firms incorporated ...
Financial progress and the stability of long-run money demand: Implications for the conduct of monetary policy in emerging economies
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2009 , Article)
This paper examines whether recent financial changes in three emerging market economies in the Gulf region (Bahrain, the UAE, and Qatar) have distorted the character and the stability of their underlying long-run money ...
The determinants of capital structure: The case of long-term debt constraint for Jordanian firms
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Virtus Interpress
, 2008 , Article)
This paper contributes to the capital structure literature by investigating the determinants of capital structure of Jordanian companies with the constraint of inadequate long-term debt as their source of financing and ...
Profiling consumers: A study of Qatari consumers’ shopping motivations
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2006 , Article)
The paper investigates reasons consumers go shopping in Doha, Qatar. Four hundred supermarket shoppers completed self-administered surveys regarding their attitudes toward 57 individual shopping motivation items. The paper ...
Critical success factors for TQM implementation and their impact on performance of SMEs
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Emerald Group Publishing Limited
, 2009 , Article)
Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the critical success factors of TQM implementation, to evaluate their impact on the primary measures as expressed by the operational performance and the secondary ...
Ownership structure, corporate performance and failure: Evidence from panel data of emerging market the case of Jordan
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Virtus Interpress
, 2009 , Article)
This study investigates the impact of ownership structure (mix and concentrate) on a company's performance and failure in a panel estimation using 167 Jordanian companies during 1989-2006. The empirical evidence in this ...
Assessment practices in accounting departments of U.S. Colleges and Universities
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Qatar University
, 2007 , Article)
The new AACSB Eligibility Procedures and Standards for Business Accreditation and for Accounting Accreditation, as of January 31,2007, place much greater emphasis on assurance of learning. It requires colleges of business ...
Economic Policies and the Possibilities of Unified GCC Currency
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Qatar University
, 2006 , Article)
The aim of this study is to identify the extent to which the GCC countries can adopt similar economic policies by the time the GCC unified currency is formed in 2010. Among other convergence standards, we examined the ...