In March 1999, Renault of France and Nissan of Japan signed a partnership deal that would make the combined company the fourth largest automaker in the world.1 The alliance aimed to “establish a powerful automotive group and develop synergies while conserving the corporate culture and identity of each brand”,2 and on paper the two companies […]
Basically there are two types of heat waves. Dry heat waves often bring clear skies and large input of solar radiation, which usually occur in locations with a continental or Mediterranean climate. Moist heat waves have characteristically very warm humid conditions during day and night with a large amount of cloud coverage. These usually occur […]
Introduction Corporate governance is concerned with the process and structures through which members interested in the overall well being of the firm take measures to protect the interests of the stakeholders. (Ehikioya, 2009). Corporate governance generally refers to the external rules and regulations and internal system that are designed to minimize agency problem and is […]
So what the media produces is what the public wants to here. The intensification of the media’s articles on subjects are ready-made and they have usually an emotional and far reaching opinion about what should be done. Again Cohen says these are (Cohen, 1980: p 199) “the moral barricades” “are manned by editors, bishops, politicians […]
Many children in the Global South do not have access to primary education. “113 million children of primary school age are still not enrolled in school, 94% of which live in developing countries,” (Glewwe 2006: 948). “Less than one youth in two enters junior secondary school and less than one in four enters senior secondary […]
1. Cyber terrorism is planned use of disruptive activities, or the threat of the same, against computers /networks, with the purpose of causing harm or further social, religious, political or comparable objectives, or to intimidate anyone in furtherance of such objectives. With the “Love Bug” virus costing nearly $10 billion, it is difficult to comprehend […]
Compensation is an important factor for HR people. Indeed, it is a way to motivate employees and increase their job satisfaction. However, determine the right compensation for each individual inside the company is not an easy task: it will depend on several factors that will be discussed in this paper. Organizations make decisions to define […]
Management is constantly striving to effectively its objectives and protect assets. Therefore, management needs to continually evaluate the activities of every department in their organisation. Internal audit (IA) has become an important and an integral function of organisations in achieving their objectives and protecting assets. Thus, a study of the role and effectiveness of internal […]
This paper tries to understand trends, patterns and determinants of outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) by Malaysian transnational companies. It shows that Malaysian OFDI had taken a massive leap since 1993 and the number of Malaysian transnational companies making investments abroad since the 1990s has increased radically. The factors that influences the outflow of FDI […]
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