5 articles in this issue
Rakesh Duggal, Michael Craig Budden
If reports in the popular press are to be believed, even though the great recession of 2008 ended in 2009, U.S. corporate capital expenditures did not rebound. Lack of capital investment due to widespread cash hoarding is cited as a reason for the slow ec... see more
Ofer Barkai
This research project, which was implemented in an organization whose primary function is providing service (Telecommunication company), studies the scope of the correlation between the quality of service from the customers point of view (customer survey)... see more
Baptiste Bourdeau, Raoul Graf, Marie-France Turcotte
The ethical behavior of salespeople has become a tremendous challenge in the business world. While a great majority of big companies communicate about their Corporate Social Responsibility, this study shows for the first time that Corporate Social Respons... see more
Emmanuel I.S. Ajuzie
On July 30, 2012, Fattouth, Kilian, and Mahadeva published and online paper titled, The Role of Oil Speculation in Oil Markets: What Have We Learned So Far? They concluded that the existing evidence is not supportive of an important role of speculation in... see more
Mary Hilston Keener
Predicting the financial failure of companies using financial ratios is a topic that has been explored in various ways for many years, and the current economic climate suggests that these models may still be more useful than ever. Various financial ratios... see more