ABSTRACT This article has reviewed research results of reaction of share prices to earnings announcements from both China and developed countries, and has used event study method to focus on earnings announcements and share prices of all 29 real estate companies listed in Shanghai A-share market from 31 July 2012 to 30 Jun 2013. The event date was selected on the day when earnings for the year 2012 were announced. The method for calculating normal performance of shares was market model. The
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THE IMPACT OF COMPUTER-BASED ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS ON MALAYSIAN PUBLIC SECTOR AGENCIES BY WAN ZURIATI WAN ZAKARIA A thesis submitted to the School of Business and Law, Central Queensland University, Australia, for the fulfilment of the requirement of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) MAY 2014 ABSTRACT The positive and negative impacts of information technology (IT) have been continuously discussed and debated by researchers, practitioners and scholars for several years. In
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corporate responses. Theory and research to date have sought to reconcile possible corporate responses with economic premises about the purpose of the firm. Our goals in this paper are to reorient the debate and to spark new research about social initiatives by business. Acknowledging that firms already make such investments, we try to stimulate a fresh agenda for organizational scholarship in three ways. First, we depict the hold that economic reasoning has had on how organization theory conceives of the
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Measurement Drawing together contributions from leading thinkers around the world, this book reviews recent developments in the theory and practice of performance measurement and management. Significantly updated and modified from the first edition, the book includes ten new chapters that provide a comprehensive review of performance measurement from the perspectives of accounting, marketing, operations, public services and supply chain management. In addition to these functional analyses the book explores
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students with the skills to examine domestic and global consumer interests and how they impact the demand for food and agriculture products. Students that select these specializations will have a basic foundation in business, marketing, finance, and accounting. They will specialize in marketing intelligence for agribusiness by supplementing basic marketing research with coursework that applies marketing research techniques to agribusiness. In addition, students will use marketing research techniques to
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SYLLABUS: Intermediate Accounting I- ACCT 301A (11636) FALL 2015 Department of Accounting Mihaylo College of Business and Economics California State University – Fullerton PART I: COURSE INFORMATION |Class time and location |: |MW 11:30AM-12.45PM, SGMH 2201 | |Instructor |: |Kristin Y. Li
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performance management 25 4.3Balanced Scorecard 26 CHAPTER 05 29 FINDINGS AND CONCLUSION 29 5.1 Findings 30 5.2 Conclusion 30 5.3Bibliography 31 CHAPTER 01 About the report 1.1Introduction To introduce this topic and understanding the importance of management control system we know that in the present globalised world, organizations need to use management control systems that go beyond the strategies that focus on acquisition of technology and logistics which are not sufficient to give
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achieve its objectives. We conclude that many companies are already appreciating the importance of internal auditing function in their organizations resulting to increase in demand for Internal Auditors. Since, Internal Auditing is not yet widely known locally, we recommend that students, professors or other persons who already know the Internal Auditing course and its function must advocate the roles and importance of Internal Auditors to widen the career path of Internal Auditing graduates. Keywords:
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Information Technology on Public Accounting Firm Productivity Rajiv D. Banker Hsihui Chang The University of Texas at Dallas Yi-ching Kao University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee ABSTRACT: In recent years, information technology (IT) has played a critical role in the services provided by the public accounting industry. However, no empirical research has evaluated the impact of IT on public accounting firms. This study focuses on five offices of an international public accounting firm that recently made large
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skills and written skills, as these are all very important skills to have in the business environment in order to become a manager one day. My summer position was an HR position I am currently attempting to complete a double major in Finance and accounting, the experiences I acquired through my summer position were more qualitative rather the nature of my degrees quantitative aspect. The Job: At Transport Canada, I was involved in one main project. My responsibility as the project lead was to
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