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Jan 12, 2023Open    AccessArticle

Trends in Workplace Wearable Technologies and Connected-Worker Solutions for Next-Generation Occupational Safety , Health , and Productivity

Vishal Patel, Austin Chesmore, Christopher M. Legner, Santosh Pandey
The workplace influences the safety, health, and productivity of workers at multiple levels. To protect and promote total worker health, smart hardware, and software tools have emerged for the identification, elimination, substitution, and control of occupational hazards. Wearable devices enable constant monitoring of individual workers and the environment, whereas connected worker solutions provide contextual information and decision support. Here, the recent trends in commercial workplace tech...

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Jul 24, 2020Open    AccessArticle

Achieving Nepal’s sustainable development goals (SDGs) by effective compliance of corporate governance

Anish B.K., Anish Mahato, Sajat Thapa, Ashish Rai, Niranjan Devkota
Background: it has been almost two that sustainable development has been a global agenda in a form or other. Nepal’s efforts to successful execu-tion of millennium development goals (MDGs) also opened new paradigms for the enactment of sustainable development goals (SDGs) planned for 2016-2030. The MDGs based on millennium declaration in the year 2000 by the United Nations (UN) has set foundation for the SDGs 2016-2030. Objectives: The primary purpose of this discourse was to establish the rela...

Corporate Governance 

Jul 24, 2020Open    AccessArticle

Transforming corporate governance through effective corporate social responsibility (CSR) and social entrepreneurship orientation in Nepal

Seeprata Parajuli, Srijana Rajbhandari, Ashok Joshi, Sujan K.C., Udbodh Bhandari
Background: Different studies and development interventions have con-firmed that socio-economic progress of a society is largely influenced by the exhibited level of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and social entrepre-neurship orientation taken into account. This reality may serve in the same magnitude in context of present Nepalese corporate sector. However, differ-ent studies indicate that only a limited number of organizations are involved in such activities in the present context of Ne...

Corporate Governance 

Jul 24, 2020Open    AccessArticle

Transparency and accountability in the Nepalese corporate sector: a critical assessment

Saramsh Kharel, Sabina Magar, Nitu Chaurasiya, Sumi Maharjan, Chandra Prasad Rijal
Background: In the present changing context of Nepal, accountability and transparency may not only be treated as functionally interdependent, but also equally important in the process of maintaining effective governance in all contexts by imparting a system based on fairness, ethics, accountability, transparency and delivered quality. Therefore, it is essential for organiza-tions to follow the pathways of sustainable governance in order to enhance their desired level system efficiency and effect...

Corporate Governance 

Mar 09, 2018Open    AccessArticle

DEMOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY IN THE BOARDROOM: DOES GENDER AFFECT CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND FIRM REPUTATION IN KENYA

Kennedy B. Mwengei Ombaba, Jackline Omuya, Mary K. Nyangenya
Board of directors is the decision-making organ in the organization that faces complex tasks pertaining to strategic-issue processing. It comprises of directors from various backgrounds hence face interaction difficulties that can prevent them from fulfilling their tasks. This study, will investigate whether the board diversity influences CSR and firm reputation in Kenya. This will capture the boards’ monitoring and resource provision abilities; and it will be in line with Agency and resource d...

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Mar 09, 2018Open    AccessArticle

Analysis of the Role of Remittances on Poverty Reduction in Kenya

Kennedy B. Mwengei Ombaba, Mutahi Wambui
This paper analyses the role of remittances in poverty reduction in developing world in particular Kenya. Due to globalization there has been great movement of persons from one country to another in search of green pastures. The opening up of the economies leads to increase of immigrants who leave their home countries and stay in the host countries. Kenya has experienced large movement of its residents to developing countries to look for greener pastures. These immigrants have led to the increas...

Corporate Governance  Development Economics 
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Mar 09, 2018Open    AccessArticle

Board Diversity and Financial Performance; Evidence from Kenya

Evans Bichang'a, S. B. Akash
Using panel data from firms listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange during the period 2004-2014, this paper examines the effect of board diversity and firm performance. Specifically the study investigates the effect of independent directors, board size, gender and financial expertise of directors and firm performance. The study finds, steadily with trends in most countries, the representation of women on the corporate board remains low. Regression results indicate t...

Corporate Governance 
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Jul 07, 2017Open    AccessArticle

An Event Study of Announced and Completed Cross Border Acquisition in the Philippines: A Test of the Acquisition Probability Hypothesis

Frederick P. Romero
This study uses the Acquisition Probability Hypothesis to analyze the consequences of cross-border acquisitions on the cumulative daily abnormal returns of target firms and their rivals from 1997-2009. Accordingly, rival firms of initial acquisition targets receive abnormal returns because of the increased likelihood that they will be targets themselves. The descriptive research design is used. The sampling frame includes all announced and completed acquisitions coursed through the Philippine st...

International Economics  Corporate Governance 

Jul 07, 2017Open    AccessArticle

Analysis of Intellectual Capital Diclosure Practises: Empirical Study on Services Companies Listed on Indonesia Stock Exchange

Bambang Bemby Soebyakto, Mira Agustina, Mukhtaruddin
Integrated Reporting provides a report that fully integrates financial and non-financial information company. One category of integrated reporting is intellectual capital. It is a voluntary disclosure contained in the company's annual report. The purpose of this study is to analyze the practice of Intellectual Capital Disclosure (ICD) in service companies listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange and empirically examine the effect of corporate governance is proxied by the concentration of ownership, fi...

Business Finance and Investment  Corporate Governance 

Sep 29, 2016Open    AccessArticle

Foreign Currency Translation under U.S. GAAP-A Simplified Example

Kenneth R. Creech
The translation of foreign currency based financial statements is an important issue in today’s global business environment. This article will discuss some of the key concepts by the use of a simplified example. The concepts to be discussed include the selection of a functional currency, translation of foreign currency based financial statements under U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) using the current rate method, other comprehensive income and financial statement disclosure....

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