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The Uncertainty of Standard of Value (2006)
Journal Article
Minhat, M. (2006). The Uncertainty of Standard of Value. Accountants Today, 19(2), 32-34

National Accountants Conference (NAC) 2005 recognised accountants as the ‘managers of value’. However, this recognition carries with it a huge responsibility once we comprehend the notion of ‘value. Have we ever wondered that the value of money, our... Read More about The Uncertainty of Standard of Value.

Working with Turnitin. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Steven, G. (2006, January). Working with Turnitin. Paper presented at Napier University EdDev Conference

An empirical study of cost efficiency in the Irish life insurance industry. (2005)
Journal Article
Hwang, T., & Gao, S. S. (2005). An empirical study of cost efficiency in the Irish life insurance industry. International journal of accounting, auditing and performance evaluation, 2, 264-280. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJAAPE.2005.007675

Contemporary studies of cost efficiency in the insurance industry have predominantly focused on large economies. This paper investigates scale economies and cost efficiency in the Irish life insurance industry by using the translog cost function and... Read More about An empirical study of cost efficiency in the Irish life insurance industry..

The Theory of Uncertainty (2005)
Journal Article
Minhat, M. (2005). The Theory of Uncertainty. Accountants Today, 18(6), 22-23

In the business world, accountants are perceived as individuals with high levels of competency in decision-making involving economic criterion of costs versus benefits, measured in terms of monetary units. They are involved in the valuation of assets... Read More about The Theory of Uncertainty.

Management accounting decision management: profit maximisation. (2005)
Journal Article
Steven, G. (2005). Management accounting decision management: profit maximisation. Financial Management -London-, 39-40

Grahame Steven explains how the identification of Vilfredo Pareto’s
“predictable imbalance” can help a business to improve its performance.

Financial liberalisation in Mauritius and the finance-growth nexus. (2005)
Thesis
Jouan, J. K. Financial liberalisation in Mauritius and the finance-growth nexus. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3598

The purpose of the thesis is to explore the empirical relevance of the theory of financial liberalisation in the Mauritian context. After confronting the conflicting views
in the literature, the changes that have taken place in the financial sector... Read More about Financial liberalisation in Mauritius and the finance-growth nexus..

Changes, problems and challenges of accounting education in Libya (2004)
Journal Article
Ahmad, N. S. M., & Gao, S. S. (2004). Changes, problems and challenges of accounting education in Libya. Accounting education, 13(3), 365-390. https://doi.org/10.1080/0963928042000273825

While accounting education has existed in Libya for over 45 years, knowledge about it is scarce among Western accounting academics. This paper reports the development of accounting education and curricula since Libya's independence in the 1950s and e... Read More about Changes, problems and challenges of accounting education in Libya.