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Showing 1 to 20 of 62 for “"350000 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services"”.
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The effect of fairness perception of performance measurement in the balanced scorecard environment
… have identified problems with traditional management control and performance measurement systems to evaluate managerial and business unit performance (Kaplan and Norton, 1996; Olve, Roy, and Wetter, 1999). One response has been the use of the balanced scorecard (BSC) to provide a more …
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Financial reporting disclosure on the internet: an international perspective
… elements of financial reporting frameworks and practice in the context of the Internet. The Internet has emerged as a recent medium of presentation of corporate information. Currently, the levels of disclosure vary widely between companies within countries and on an international level, in …
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Factors that determine corporate governance in Thailand
The aim in this study is to discover the nature and extent of corporate governance structures and practices in listed companies in Thailand. This includes a consideration of theoretical underpinning for amendments made to the western models of corporate governance that have been implemented by Thai …
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A cross-cultural study of accounting concepts applied in international financial reporting standards
… in Malaysia to obtain their attitudes, beliefs and opinions about their motivational goals, and their interpretations and judgments in financial reporting. The results reveal a set of individual-level accounting motivational values that is a more comprehensive and theoretically valid …
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Internal Audit, Internal Control and Organizational Culture
… at the organizational culture of organizations and their internal audit operations from the perspective of operational audit. The study will use an organizational cultural model to see if operational internal audit has identical cultural to the organization, and if not what differences exist, …
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Non-Audit Services and Auditor Independence: the Case of Saudi Arabia
… is a critical issue for stakeholders and other users of the audited financial statements. This type of relationship is predicated on trust; however, it is susceptible to differing motives, conflict of interest, and information asymmetries. An external auditor’s independence is crucial …
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A Challenge for Change: a Thai Telecommunications Case Study
… is set in the context of increased competition and rapid change in the telecommunications industry in Thailand. The aim of the research and the selected methodological tool of benchmarking is to contribute to improvement of work performance and to provide a basis for such improvement in the …
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Audit committee effectiveness: Australia and Saudi Arabia
… for mechanisms to enhance corporate governance and increase the quality of financial reports has mostly focused on the structure of audit committees. This thesis empirically investigates whether there is an association between audit committee effectiveness (ACE) and the selection of a high …
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A case study of the interests and needs of the district director to improve job performance in the Bangkok metropolitan administration
… Metropolitan Administration, Bangkok, Thailand, in order to produce an operational strategy for a learning organisation and an improvement in work quality. The population sample consists of the Permanent Secretary, two Deputy Permanent Secretaries, and all fifty District Directors of the …
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Factors Influencing Australia's Dairy Product Exports to Thailand: 1980-2002
… Australia's dairy product exports to Thailand. To the author's knowledge, such an analysis has not been conducted so far. The research consists of literature reviews of the theories and empirical studies of comparative advantage and export demand, the econometric estimation of Thailand's …
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An investigation of the professional development practices of vocational education and training educators in the tourism and hospitality sector
… development (PD) within the Vocational Education and Training (VET) arena. The major focus of this study was to investigate how PD provision for a selected group of VET educators in the tourism and hospitality sector has equipped them with both the technical competence of their discipline and …
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Travel guidebooks and the independent traveller in the Asia Pacific Region
… travellers has prompted the need for accurate and reliable information to plan holidays and to evaluate on-site activities. In organising and undertaking independent tours, travellers face the challenge of searching useful information about the destinations they are visiting. Specifically, …
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A comparative study of administrative leadership in Thai universities
This study set out to examine and describe the administrative experiences of senior leaders and senior and junior staff in three Thai universities. The researcher chose to employ a grounded theory approach to analyse data collected from in-depth interviews with twelve participants including one …
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Neuro-Fuzzy Forecasting of Tourist Arrivals
This study develops a model to forecast inbound tourism to Japan, using a combination of artificial neural networks and fuzzy logic and compares the performance of this forecasting model with forecasts from other quantitative forecasting methods namely, the multi-layer perceptron neural network …
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The role of organisational fit in determining performance: a case study analysis of heritage visitor attractions
Attractions are both an essential element of the tourism product, and an important catalyst for economic activity, particularly in regional locations. The ability of competing tourist destinations to differentiate their tourism product by emphasising the distinctive nature of attractions within …
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An Investigation into the Decision-Making Processes of Transport Companies when Selecting a Warehouse Location
This study examines and analyses the decision-making processes used by companies in the transport industry when making a warehouse location decision. Previous research has looked at location decision-making in many industries and at location decisions specifically in the retail and manufacturing …
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The regulation of electronic funds transfer in Australia: an integrated multidisciplinary approach
… global consumer payment method continues to expand rapidly by comparison with credit cards and traditional paper-based forms of payment. The core issue addressed in this thesis is a controversial one: the fair allocation of liability between the consumer and financial institution in the event of …
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Acceptance of teaching technology in hospitality education: impact of personality
… provide graduates with a wide range of academic and employability skills that reflect the complexity of their industry. An increase in the utilization of teaching technology in hospitality education can be seen as one response to a perceived need for the provision of more efficient and effective …
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Special events and tourism behaviour: a conceptualisation and an empirical analysis from a values perspective
… special events have become key components of the tourism development strategy for many regions, the amount of research that has been conducted within the field of special events does not reflect its importance. It is unlikely that the substantial growth rate that the field of special events has …
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The career development and identity of Victorian local government chief executives: is gender a factor?
… the variations in experiences, career identity and career development of female and male CEOs in Victorian local government, in order to establish if gender in any way either facilitates or hinders career success. The starting point for this study is not a hypothesis to be tested but rather an …
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