Case Study
Disclosure, Accountability and Performance: The Case of Ghanaian Banking Industry

Alex Antwi-Adjei; Kong Yusheng; Samuel Asubonteng

Volume 6, Issue 12 , December 2019, Pages 844-861

Abstract
  Emerging post-financial crisis research in Africa recently suggest a strong linkage between poor corporate governance and the non-transparency in the financial institutions involved, leading to loss of investor confidence and other ramifying effects. This has reignited the need to progressively re-examine ...  Read More

Original Research
Ditch or Bump? Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth: Evidence from the OECD Economies

Claudia Nyarko Mensah; Hannah Vivian Osei; Lamini Dauda; Muhammad Salman

Volume 6, Issue 12 , December 2019, Pages 862-890

Abstract
  Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has a long standing history of contributing to economic growth of nations. Nations invest and get invested, however, focus has always been on investing or been invested but the impact created as a result of the two on the economies have not yet been examined. Whether the ...  Read More

Original Research
An Empirical Association between Audit Quality and Risk Taking toward Value Creation in Iran

Saeed Pakdelan; Alireza Azarberahman; Jalal Azarberahman; Ebrahim Timori

Volume 6, Issue 12 , December 2019, Pages 891-905

Abstract
  In the financial literature, risk-taking and investment-related decisions are among the most important decisions for companies that make optimal decisions in these two areas, optimally allocating resources and directing financial resources to economic investments and profitable projects for value creation. ...  Read More

Original Research
The Impact of Advertisement Expenses on Profitability of Food and Personal Care Products Companies in Pakistan

Habib Ullah

Volume 6, Issue 12 , December 2019, Pages 906-912

Abstract
  This research examined impact of advertisement expenses on profitability of Food and personal care product firms listed in Pakistan Stock Exchange. 10 years data were gathered from consolidated annual financial statements of nine companies over a period of 2009 to 2018. The profitability was measured ...  Read More

Case Study
Assessment of the Business Environment and Strategies for Developing Busıness Processes: the Case of Iran’s West Azarbaijan Province

Ahad Lotfi; Nasser Nasiri; Saeid Hajihassaniasl

Volume 6, Issue 12 , December 2019, Pages 913-925

Abstract
  Accurate, comprehensive and credible performance management systems, as one of the benchmarks of the development of organizations and communities, require the provision of specific infrastructures and requirements. The present study consists of a mixed approach of fuzzy hierarchy analysis and balanced ...  Read More