Corporate Social Responsibility and Accounting - A Literature Review Master thesis in Financial Accounting Fall semester 2012 Supervisor: Kristina Jonäll Author: Ulla-Christel Götherström Abstract Master Thesis in Financial Accounting, School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, fall semester 2012 Author: Ulla-Christel Götherström Supervisor: Kristina Jonäll Title: Corporate Social Responsibility and Accounting - A literature review. Background and problem: Corporate
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Broad-band continuous-wave parametric wavelength conversion in silicon nanowaveguides Mark A. Foster1 , Amy C. Turner2 , Reza Salem1 , Michal Lipson2 , and Alexander L. Gaeta1 1 School 2 School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 alg3@cornell.edu Abstract: We demonstrate highly broad-band frequency conversion via four-wave mixing in silicon nanowaveguides. Through appropriate
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Review Questions: Chapter 4 - Job Costing True/False 1. The computation of the budgeted indirect manufacturing cost rate is identical to the budgeted indirect cost rate for service organizations. 2. Similar jobs can be recorded on the same job cost record in the job costing system. 3. The consumption of direct materials, direct manufacturing labor, and allocated manufacturing overhead are credited against work-in -process for the applicable period. 4. Indirect materials, indirect manufacturing labor
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The Emerald Research Register for this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/researchregister The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0144-3577.htm IJOPM 24,10 Learning to evolve A review of contemporary lean thinking Peter Hines, Matthias Holweg and Nick Rich Lean Enterprise Research Centre, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff, UK Keywords Lean production, Learning organizations Abstract The application of lean thinking has
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AUTHENTIC VERSUS TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP: ASSESSING THEIR EFFECTIVENESS ON ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR OF FOLLOWERS Thomas H. Tonkin Regent University ABSTRACT With the corporate scandals of the 2000s, many employees in organizations are clamoring for authenticity in their leaders. Though authenticity appears to be a noble trait, how effective is this as a leadership approach, specifically in increasing altruistic employee organizational citizenship behaviors? Is authentic leadership
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Journal of International Business Studies (2009) 40, 1411–1431 & 2009 Academy of International Business All rights reserved 0047-2506 www.jibs.net The Uppsala internationalization process model revisited: From liability of foreignness to liability of outsidership Jan Johanson1 and Jan-Erik Vahlne2 1 2 Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden Correspondence: J Johanson, Uppsala University, PO Box 513, SE-751 20, Uppsala, Sweden. Tel: þ 46 859255215;
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Study of the different flow patterns in the melting section of a co-rotating twin-screw extruder. Polymer Engineering and Science - February 1, 2003 Guo Yichong Word count: 5666. citation details [pic] INTRODUCTION Twin-screw extrusion (TSE) Involves solid conveying, melting, mixing, venting and homogenizing, and the extrusion process affects the quality of polymer products considerably. Co-rotating twin-screw extruders are mainly used for compounding, and they are commonly of modular design, which
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given by various groups of people on their understanding of the phrase “true and fair”. This has created great confusion as to the interpretation of the audit reports. This has been proven by the fall of many multinationals and the audit pioneers, Andersens. This is one of the causes of audit fraud and it is also seen that as the auditors face an enormous challenge as they enter the twenty-first century, they should be willing to change their attitudes towards their clients. Professionalism should be
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The synoptic problem The first three books of the New Testament which are Matthew, Mark and Luke are compared, and it is discovered that they look similar to one another in content and expression. As a result they a referred to as the synoptic gospels. The word “synoptic” basically means “to see together with a common view”. This raises the question of why they are similar to one another in these respects. This is known as the synoptic problem. The many similarities between the synoptic gospels
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of Philosophy (Statistics) in The University of Michigan 2009 Doctoral Committee: Professor Vijayan N. Nair, Co-Chair Agus Sudjianto, Co-Chair, Bank of America Professor Tailen Hsing Associate Professor Jionghua Jin Associate Professor Ji Zhu c Aijun Zhang 2009 All Rights Reserved To my elementary school, high school and university teachers ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all, I would express my gratitude to my advisor Prof. Vijay Nair for guiding me during the entire PhD
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