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Financial liberalisation in Mauritius and the finance-growth nexus.

Thesis
Jouan, J. K. Financial liberalisation in Mauritius and the finance-growth nexus. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3598
The purpose of the thesis is to explore the empirical relevance of the theory of financial liberalisation in the Mauritian context. After confronting the conflicting views in ...

The Theory of Uncertainty

Journal Article
Minhat, M. (2005)
The Theory of Uncertainty. Accountants Today, 18(6), 22-23
In the business world, accountants are perceived as individuals with high levels of competency in decision-making involving economic criterion of costs versus benefits, measur...

Accounting for leases: an international perspective

Journal Article
Gao, S. S. (1996)
Accounting for leases: an international perspective. European Accounting Review, 5(3), 563-567. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638189600000036
No abstract available.

Corporate social responsibility disclosure: A comparison between Islamic and conventional financial institutions

Journal Article
Aribi, Z. A., & Gao, S. (2010)
Corporate social responsibility disclosure: A comparison between Islamic and conventional financial institutions. Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting, 8(2), 72-91. https://doi.org/10.1108/19852511011088352
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of Islam on corporate social responsibility disclosure (CSRD) in Islamic financial institutions (IFIs). Design/me...

Paper P1 Performance Operations Study Notes: variance analysis.

Journal Article
Steven, M. (2012)
Paper P1 Performance Operations Study Notes: variance analysis. Financial Management -London-, 44-48
Variance analysis is a standard management accounting technique, but too many P1 candidates struggle to apply it because they don’t bother to understand what all the variances...

WebCT assessments: Every little helps?

Presentation / Conference
Steven, G. (2010, January)
WebCT assessments: Every little helps?. Paper presented at Edinburgh Napier University Staff Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland
Description I use the assessment feature in WebCT to deliver two objective tests to students taking Management Accounting (ACC07101). While the tests are essentially formative...

The usefulness of derivative disclosures for investment decision-making: Perceptions of Chinese institutional investors

Journal Article
Huang, Z., & Gao, S. (2014)
The usefulness of derivative disclosures for investment decision-making: Perceptions of Chinese institutional investors. Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies, 7(3), 173-192. https://doi.org/10.1108/jcefts-02-2015-0009
Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine the usefulness of derivative disclosures from the perspective of Chinese institutional investors in relation to their investm...

Investors' Reactions to Analysts' Forecast Revisions and Information Uncertainty: Evidence of Stock Price Drift.

Journal Article
Hou, T. C., Hung, W., & Gao, S. S. (2014)
Investors' Reactions to Analysts' Forecast Revisions and Information Uncertainty: Evidence of Stock Price Drift. Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, 29, 238-259. https://doi.org/10.1177/0148558X14530129
This study examines the relationship among analysts’ earnings forecast revisions, information uncertainty, and stock returns and provides new evidence that stock price drift o...

Measuring the degree of trust and its impact: the role of Management Accounting in creating and maintaining trust

Thesis
Muehl, J. K. Measuring the degree of trust and its impact: the role of Management Accounting in creating and maintaining trust. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6424
This research attempts to measure the degree of trust and its impact and to understand the role of Management Accounting in creating and maintaining trust. According to Zucker...

Fundamentals of Financial Accounting: A brief history of accounting

Journal Article
Steven, G. (2014)
Fundamentals of Financial Accounting: A brief history of accounting. Financial Management -London-, 50-51
No abstract available.