Litigation Exposure in Identifying & Investigating Fraud Risk In the backlash of fraud and failed auditing, a more stringent standard for auditors was enacted in hopes to avoid the failures of the early 2000s. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and statements of auditing standards such as SAS 99 were put into place to accomplish this goal. Yet, with more stringent standards comes a heightened public expectation that may increase the potential litigation auditors face. In the world of auditing, a very
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Int. Journal of Business Science and Applied Management, Volume 4, Issue 2, 2009 The effects of human resource practices on firm growth Ilias P. Vlachos Dept. of Agricultural Economics & Rural Development, Agricultural University of Athens Iera Odos 75, Botanikos, 118 55, Athens, Greece Tel: +30 210 5294757 Email: ivlachos@aua.gr Abstract Although the connection between firm growth and labour is well documented in economics literature, only recently the link between human resources (HR) and
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most common form of disproportionate short stature. It occurs in one in every 15,000 to one in 40,000 live births. Achondroplasia is caused by a gene alteration (mutation) in the FGFR3 gene. The FGFR3 gene makes a protein called fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 that is involved in converting cartilage to bone. FGFR3 is the only gene known to be associated with achondroplasia. All people who have only a single copy of the normal FGFR3 gene and a single copy of the FGFR3 gene mutation have achondroplasia
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excess of more than 5 times. Thus, it is important these ground operation incidents are reduced. Ground operation incident, occurs primarily due to human errors. Possible common reasons include insufficient training, complacency and environmental factors. There are also no detailed legislations in place to regulate the industry, unlike Maintenance Repair Overhaul (MRO) organisations, which is governed by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of UK. Since human errors aren’t a new problem, many researches
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Indian Women: Natural Potential to be an Entrepreneur Abstract: Economy of any country can’t boom without participating women. Entrepreneurship plays a great role in contributing national income. Women have all the necessary qualities that are required to be an entrepreneur. Women are required to identify their qualities and come forward to give their contribution in economic growth. They may face some problems while setting up their enterprise but they should not loose hope they have some natural
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survey method (Personal interviews and Telephonic interviews). Data was collected through a structured questionnaire from a sample of 150 respondents from Delhi. Factor and regression analysis and Cross Tabs was used to analyze the data and identify the effect of customers’ perception about the quality of performance of various factors on customer satisfaction. INTRODUCTION In India insurance is a flourishing industry, with several national and international players competing to excel. With
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maintenance and inspection deficiencies ranked fourth (12%) as a factor in aviation accidents overall. Other studies have described that as technology has improved, aviation accidents attributed to mechanical failures alone have decreased, yet those attributed to human error have not shown the same reduction (Wiegmann & Shappell, 2003). Aircraft maintenance requires high reliability and is an important concern in the human factors realm for several reasons. On the one hand, automation, which has
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International Journal of Research Studies in Management Available online: 6 September 2012 Exploring the communication barriers in private commercial banks of Bangladesh Sultana, Nahneen Eastern University, Bangladesh (urmee97@yahoo.com) Abdullah, Abu Md. Eastern University, Bangladesh (abdullah.du@gmail.com) ISSN: 2243-7770 Online ISSN: 2243-7789 Tabassum, Ayesha Eastern University, Bangladesh (tabassum105@yahoo.com) Received: 23 June 2012 Available Online: 6 September 2012
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well as unplanned shopping from these local shops. It is usually seen that buyers purchase products which they have not planned and this phenomenon of unplanned purchasing is termed as impulse. There are many factors which lead to unplanned or impulsebuying. This leads us to determine the factors that lead to impulse buying behaviour in consumers as well as to determine which segment (based on VALS classification scheme) of consumers show the most impulse buying behaviour. 2. Background of the
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Abstract The Study of Customer Loyalty Factors in the Mobile Telecommunications Industry in China This article is a study of Chinese telecommunications service customer loyalty factors and the impact of the internal mechanism. The industry empirical study reveals the communications services industry, the impact factors of customer loyalty, and the interaction between these factors mechanism. With the increasingly fierce market competition and increase costs for customers, cultivate and maintain
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