Risk is a reality of doing business. Whether large or small, public or private, domestic or international, companies today operate in a risk-filled world. In many cases, risk is necessary for long-term operational success; however, failure to control risk effectively can often lead to just the opposite, including damaged reputation, loss of profits, disruption in productivity or, in severe case…
This pocketbook gives an overview of science, technology and innovation (STI) statistics. All the statistical data and indicators are based on sources available at Eurostat. Only the most relevant indicators have been selected so as to give an overall statistical picture of science, technology and innovation in Europe and of how the EU stands in relation to its partners. Eurostat has been colle…
The accountant can find answers to almost any inventory-related question in this book. Within the general area of inventory accounting systems, it addresses data entry for inventory transactions, tracking inventory through different types of manufacturing environments, key control points and related fraud problems, several dozen inventory-related measurements, several inventory report formats, …
There are three distinct modes of self- representation in digital media: written, visual and quantitative. Each mode has a separate pre-digital history, each of which is presented briefly in this chapter. Blog and written status updates are descendents of diaries, memoirs, commonplace books and autobiographies. Selfies are descendants of visual artists’ self-portraits, and the quantitative m…
The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa forms the basis for social transformation in our post-apartheid society. The imperative to transform South African society by making use of various transformative tools stems from a need to address the legacy of apartheid in all areas of human activity and in education in particular. Social transformation in education is aimed at ensuring that th…
This paper introduces a social network perspective to the study of strategic alliances. It extends prior research, which has primarily considered alliances as dyadic exchanges and paid less attention to the fact that key precursors, processes, and outcomes associated with alliances can be defined and shaped in important ways by the social networks within which most firms are embedded. It id…
This paper analyses 26 years of strategic management research published in Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Administrative Science Quarterly and Strategic Management Journal. Through a content analysis, it studies the relationships between the subfields of strategic management. A multiple correspondence analysis provides a map of keywords and authors, and a frame…
Recent intensive dialogue and debate regarding healthcare reform has led provider administrators to renew their search for “best practices” around the country. Many organizations, particularly hospitals, because of their complexity, are seeking new paradigms that will improve their efficiency and effectiveness regardless of the outcome of the current reform debate. This paper suggest that…
This book is designed for the accountant who is setting up a payroll system, wants to improve the efficiency of an existing system, or who needs answers to the inevitable variety of compensation, tax, deduction, and record-keeping issues associated with payroll. Each chapter includes an example of how a company has addressed a specific payroll issue, as well as Tips & Techniques that offer guid…
The use of FOSS by financial institutions does not pose risks that are fundamentally different from those presented by the use of proprietary or self-developed software. However, FOSS adoption and usage necessitates some distinctive risk management practices with which institutions must be familiar. This guidance describes those unique risk management practices and should be used in conjunction…
In an international well diversified reinsurance company, the ability to model properly the different types of risks is central for the strategic management and the key business decision processes. SCOR has put this modelling skill at the heart of its organisation and is actively developing a coherent and complete Enterprise Risk Management framework based on its internal modelling capabilitie…
Risk management has evolved from risk transfer or risk avoidance to one of pro-actively managing risk to create higher value. This approach sees risks as opportunities rather than threats. Good risk management is about enabling organisations take more and better informed risks. The emphasis today is shifting from management of financial and operational risks to management of strategic and reput…
For many executives, enterprise risk management (ERM) conjures up images of security breaches, corporate espionage, acts of terrorism, black swans—negative and even catastrophic events that can severely weaken or even destroy a company. But risk is not all doom and gloom. For a growing number of forward-thinking companies, ERM is not only about protecting the firm from harm, but creating mea…