All Outputs (36)

Financial systems in UK universities: A case study of three universities (2016)
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Universities in the UK are having difficult times with growing external pressures such as the introduction of £9,000 tuition fee, deregulation of student number control, the increased level of competition for student recruitment and research funding,... Read More about Financial systems in UK universities: A case study of three universities.

An empirical investigation of the determinants and impact of bank credit ratings (2016)
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The role of credit rating agencies has come under severe scrutiny following the recent financial crisis, due to their claim, ab initio, of assigning true creditworthiness in the form of rating notches to financial institutions and their instruments.... Read More about An empirical investigation of the determinants and impact of bank credit ratings.

The effectiveness of unconventional monetary policy on risk premia in the interbank market: Evidence from the UK, the US and the EMU (2015)
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Critical thinking in the context of group learning: A qualitative study of postgraduate accounting and finance students' perceptions (2015)
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Critical thinking has been seen as the foundation of Western university education (Barnett, 1997). Today, educators and industry constantly emphasise the importance of acquiring critical thinking by students and graduates. One of the possible ways t... Read More about Critical thinking in the context of group learning: A qualitative study of postgraduate accounting and finance students' perceptions.

Some extensions of the conditional CAPM (2014)
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The objective of this thesis is to consider some extensions of the CAPM and to investigate whether such extensions can offer a better explanation for the US average equity returns. This thesis focuses on four main extensions: (i) time-varying factor... Read More about Some extensions of the conditional CAPM.

A cross-country study of the cost efficiency of the postal sector (2014)
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This thesis is an original and innovative contribution to the debate on the efficiency assessment of the mail business, which is the core business of postal operators. Postal services are an important economic sector for two reasons. First, due to th... Read More about A cross-country study of the cost efficiency of the postal sector.

Financial contagion and the MENA Region (2014)
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The rapid growth of capital markets in emerging countries exerts a significant impact upon the future of the global economy. The spread of a shock, or crisis, from one originating market to other destination markets is a manifest phenomenon of recent... Read More about Financial contagion and the MENA Region.

Management control systems in innovation companies: A contingency theory study (2014)
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Past research has traditionally argued that management control systems (MCS) may present a hindrance to corporate flexibility and creativity. The study’s overall research aim is to explore the contingency factors that influence the intensity of use o... Read More about Management control systems in innovation companies: A contingency theory study.

The association between accruals, economic value added, and cash value added and the market performance of UK and US firms (2014)
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Determinants of US FDI and economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (2014)
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The interaction between equity and credit risks (2013)
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Equity and debt are two distinct classes of securities in terms of investing risks and potential return, but their value depends on the same underlying assets of the firm and therefore the risk-return tradeoff of each security should be systematicall... Read More about The interaction between equity and credit risks.

Implementing the new science of risk management to tanker freight markets (2013)
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Studies in the area of shipping freight risk measurement and management are limited and the understandings of the impact of freight volatility dynamics on the freight market remain insufficient and under-researched. The few studies that explore diffe... Read More about Implementing the new science of risk management to tanker freight markets.

Government expenditure, corruption and growth (2013)
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This thesis has undertaken a comprehensive theoretical and empirical analysis of the relationship between public spending and economic growth in a neoclassical framework. The focus of the analysis has been to underline two different rules that determ... Read More about Government expenditure, corruption and growth.

Futures markets and coffee prices (2009)
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This thesis constitutes an empirical critique of neoclassical economic theory as applied to the study of commodity markets. It is argued that the liberalisation of coffee marketing systems in producing countries, the collapse of the International Cof... Read More about Futures markets and coffee prices.

The emperor’s new clothes - A political economy study of the South African textiles and clothing industry
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Abstract The decline of South African textiles and clothing has been explained as the outcome of different influences depending on various ideological and methodological inclinations as well as theoretical traditions. For example, the rise in labour... Read More about The emperor’s new clothes - A political economy study of the South African textiles and clothing industry.

Practice or theory? A phenomenographic study of teachers’ perceptions of teaching auditing in higher education
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In recent years the business world has become more complex and the role of the professional auditor has had to change in order to address this increasing complexity. What had been seen as a technical compliance role has now evolved to include higher... Read More about Practice or theory? A phenomenographic study of teachers’ perceptions of teaching auditing in higher education.