Purpose: The purpose of the study is to examine the effect of ownership structure on voluntary disclosure of information on intellectual capital.
Design/methodology/approach:We use a sample of 50 Canadian companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange for 2012. The extent of disclosure is measured by the index of Li et al., (2008).
Introduction: Anemia is one of the major public health problems in the world. Anemia affected 273.2 million under five children in 2011 of which 62.2 % occur to Sub-Saharan Africa. Ethiopia is one of the seriously affected countries in this region. Hence, the aim of the study is to assess the prevalence, and the predictors of preschool children anemia in Shebelle Zone of Somali Region.
The present reflection aims at questioning the different trends and innovations that are observed in Francophone African novel. Today, as in the past, most Francophone African writers who have settled in the West and those who continue to live in Africa produce works centered on migratory phenomena and on environmental issues. By these concepts, we mean the desire and the fact of migrating and also the desire and the fact of raising with acuity the pressing preoccupations of the populations confronted with the climate deficit.
The uproar of political corruption that involved the parliament and political parties members in Indonesia was depicting the form of extra-ordinary white collar crime. This article is study of some research reports, journals and literatures on political corruption as white collar crime as happened in Indonesia parliament and political Parties. The results found five political corruption models: 1) official policy framing model, 2) development plan passage model, 3) project budget mark-up model 4) buying and selling votes model and 5) bribe/money political model.
Computer Security, also known as cyber security or IT security is the protection of computer systems from the theft or damage to the hardware. The field is of growing importance due to the increasing reliance on systems and the internet in most societies. Eavesdropping is the act of surreptitiously listening to a private conversation, typically between hosts on a network. For programs such as carnivore and narusinsight have been used in FBI and NSA to eavesdrop on the systems.
This article aims at analyzing the individual and environmental factors that determined the loss of the savers to a Ponzi scheme known in Benin as ICC et al. Data was collected on the populations of Cotonou thanks to an investigation with 5000 households representative of the city. A multilevel logit model was used to research the environmental and individual factors that lead a man or a woman into investing their savings in an illegal institution.
Corruption impedes investment and economic growth by increasing enterprises’ cost of doing business. This cost is often transferred to consumers through higher prices or lower quality of goods and services, which affect negatively the private sector’s labour market, efficiency, competition, innovation and general output. The mainimpetus of this paper is to investigate the linkage between corruption and economic growth in Zimbabwe. The study relies on a quantitative methodology by employing a multivariate regression equation using annual time series data.
The study has attempted to analyse the suggestions expressed by the tribal farmers for better utilization of indigenous agricultural practices in Pachaimalai hills. This study was conducted in Pachaimalai hills of Trichy District of Tamilnadu. It occupies a prominent position in tribal population of Tamilnadu. A sample size of hundred respondents was selected on the basis of proportionate random sampling techniques. Data were collected by interviewing the respondents personally with the help of pre-tested and well-structured interview schedule.
This study aimed to analyze the effect of the Banking Customer Relationship Management Quality (Quality CRM) and Information Technology (IT) Performance Quality against both partially Brand Image and simultaneously at PT. Bank Mandiri Jakarta Bintaro Jaya Unit 1. Unit analysis of micro credit borrowers study, the sample population of 558 and 89 customers with slovin techniques. The method of analysis with quantitative analysis.
This study was designed to explore the instructional potential of a Computer-Based Instruction (CBI) program in the teaching of probability concepts to form three mathematics curriculum in selected secondary schools in Kenya. Specifically, the study reported herein sought to determine whether there was a statistically significant difference by gender on students exposed to the computer based instruction in terms of the students’ achievement, their perception of the learning environment, and their attitudes and motivation during the instructional process in the area of probability.