Audit committee expertise and financial reporting quality: an empirical study in Malaysia by Puat Nelson, Sherliza

“…This study examines the audit committee expertise attribute in detail and investigates the relationship between these expertise attributes and financial reporting quality, and thus, complements extant literature on audit committee expertise…”
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Halal logistics in Brunei: current constraints and future potentials / Mohamed Syazwan Ab Talib by Ab Talib, Mohamed Syazwan

“…Identifying and understanding the constraints and potentials of halal logistics in Brunei Darussalam is integral towards the development of Brunei’s halal economy. Relevant extant literature was analysed using an inductive reasoning approach, where five issues were identified to have had constrained halal logistics in Brunei Darussalam. …”
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The rebellion in Awadh, 1857-58 by Mukherjee, R, Mukherjee, Rudrangshu

“…As distinct from the extant literature on the subject, which emphasize British movements and forms of fighting, the present thesis studies how the rebels fought. …”

Supporting the implementation of the foundation phase through effective professional development by Kingston, D, Siraj, I

“…More specifically, new understandings about the practices and pedagogies which make a real difference to children's outcomes are emerging, including the importance of relational and intentional pedagogies and the educators' engagement with and promotion of sustained shared thinking (SST) within their classrooms/settings. The extant literature, together with a growing but still developing discourse around effective professional development (PD), could usefully inform future directions within the sector in Wales, and support the successful implementation of the Foundation Phase (3–7 year olds). …”

Optimistic biases in observational learning of value. by Nicolle, A, Symmonds, M, Dolan, R

“…Action-outcome contingencies can be learnt either by active trial-and-error, or vicariously, by observing the outcomes of actions performed by others. The extant literature is ambiguous as to which of these modes of learning is more effective, as controlled comparisons of operant and observational learning are rare. …”

The limitations of QALY: a literature review by Pettitt, D, Raza, S, Naughton, B, Roscoe, A, Ramakrishnan, A, Ali, A, Davies, B, Dopson, S, Hollander, G, Smith, J, Brindley, D

“…</p> <p>Methods: The extant literature was reviewed through electronic searches of four key databases; namely Medline, EMBASE, Econlit and Cochrane. …”

Organizational socialization process of MBA graduates by Siti Khadijah Mohd Ghanie, Khairul Akmaliah Adham, Rosmah Mat Isa

“…Extant literature on organizational socialization has not focused on the relation of education and learning with adjusting to work. …”
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Structural model robustness checks in PLS-SEM by Sarstedt, Marko, Ringle, Christian M., Cheah, Jun-Hwa, Ting, Hiram, Moisescu, Ovidiu I., Radomir, Lacramioara

“…Although these improvements are documented in extant literature, research on tourism has been slow to adopt the relevant complementary methods. …”

A conceptual perspective of internal audit quality and local government performance in Nigeria by Usang, Obal Usang Edet, Salim, Basariah

“…The study highlights the influence of internal audit quality on the performance of an organization.Internal audit quality components such as competence, quality of internal audit work, objectivity and independence, training and development, and management support for the internal audit function are critical for enhancing organizational processes.It relies on extant literature in developing the conceptual framework and arriving at hypotheses that guide the study. …”
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Corporate entrepreneurship and business performance: The role of external environment and organizational culture: A proposed framework by Otache, Innocent, Mahmood, Rosli

“…The proposed framework is developed based on the review of extant literature. Based on the proposed framework, it is presumed that the effect of corporate entrepreneurship on business performance is dependent on whether external environment and organizational culture are supportive or not.…”
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Access to finance and small and medium enterprises’ performance in Nigeria: An empirical evidence by Ooi, Yeng Keat

“…Nevertheless, few studies have been attempted to prove the need and significance of the AF as predictor towards achieving higher level of SMEs' performance in Nigeria.Hence, this study aims to fill up the gap that exists in the extant literature by employing quantitative survey method.354 valid questionnaires were collected from SMEs’ owner/managers in Kano, Kaduna and Sokoto State in north-western Nigeria.Pearson zero-order correlation was employed to analyse the hypothesised relationship.The study found that, AF has significant positive association with SMEs' performance. …”
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Factors Associated with Employees’ Choice of Mandatory Retirement Plan: The Case of Malaysian Public Universities by Tolos, Habibah, Abu Bakar, Arpah, Owollabi Yusuf, Muhammd Bashir

“…Apart from extending the extant literature on retirement plan, this study provides further understanding of the employees’ retirement decision in a different scenario of retirement systems.…”
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Smartphone-based teacher-student interaction and teachers’ helping behavior on academic performance by Syed Far Abid Hossain

“…More recently, the integration of technology enhanced teaching and learning was thoroughly analyzed, however, the role of contemporary mobile applications in teacher-student interaction with the helping intention is inadequately examined in the extant literature. To address the gap, key principles of smartphone-based interaction among teachers and students along with their relationship are addressed in the theoretical framework. …”
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Design Innovation Catalysts: Education and Impact by Cara Wrigley

“…This paper reflects on both extant literature and the teaching of seven DICs embedded in industry, conducting innovation projects run over a twelve to twenty-four month period. …”
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Towards Innovation in Multinational Corporation Subsidiaries: Development of an Instrument to Select and Evaluate Value Driven Strategies by Sinead Corry, Kathryn Cormican

“…Through an in-depth analysis of extant literature, the research developed and tested an instrument that allows decision makers to assess their company against good practice. …”
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Hedging Effectiveness on the MISO Exchange by Kevin Jones

“…In a break from extant literature, hourly time series are used to create hedge portfolios for each of the regional hubs within the MISO footprint. …”
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The green economy and inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Avoidable thresholds and thresholds for complementary policies by Simplice A Asongu, Nicholas M Odhiambo

“…The novelty of this study in the light of extant literature is fundamentally premised on providing policy makers with avoidable thresholds of CO 2 emissions as well as corresponding thresholds of renewable energy consumption for complementary policies, in the nexus between the green economy and inequality.…”
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Huth & Co.’s credit strategies: a global merchant-banker’s risk management, c. 1810-1850 by Manuel Llorca Jaña

“…Despite the important extant literature on merchant-banking, we knew little about how these international lenders protected themselves against the risks involved in advancing during this period, in particular for merchantbankers who had diversified both geographically and by products. …”
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Counterterrorism Evaluation and Citizens: More Than about Policing? by Pierre Philippe Balestrini

“…The influence of these perceptions on public attitudes towards the effectiveness of counterterrorism seems to be more potent than the one on public fear of terrorism found in the extant literature. The implications of these findings are then considered.…”
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Does gender diversity on firm’s board affect dividend payouts? Evidence from India by Kalyani Mulchandani, Ketan Mulchandani, Sahil Singh Jasrotia

“…The regression model incorporated control variables that have been popularly listed in the extant literature. The robustness of the results has also been tested. …”
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