Integrated reporting as a key value creation tool

Creation the fully integrated and flourishing assessment challenge award: Integration is the key

Medicine is now undertaking a paramount revolution that will alter the nature of healthcare from reactive to proactive. It is imperative to integrate experimental and computational investigation in order to appreciate complex biological systems in the era of precision medicine. In light of this revolution, we necessitate to precision medicine means such as systems approaches (genomics, radiogen...

Intellectual Assets and Value Creation: Implications for Corporate Reporting

Enterprise-Wide Risk Management (EWRM) as a Value Added Tool in Enhancing the Economic Value of Business Enterprises

In recent years, Risk Management in respect of Enterprise-Wide Risk Management (EWRM) has become more important and highly critical to major corporations worldwide including Malaysia. In fact, it is interesting to note that when the Government of Malaysia passed the Code of Corporate Governance in the year 2000, most of the Public Limited Companies (PLCs) in Malaysia was struggling to implement...

The Value of Bilicheck® as a Screening Tool for Neonatal Jaundice in the South of Iran

The gold standard to assess jaundice in neonates is the serum bilirubin measurement. Blood sampling for the determination of total serum bilirubin (TSB) is painful for newborns and stressful for parents. The Bilicheck®, a new transcutaneous bilirubinometer, is considered as a more accurate measurement of bilirubin compared to the previous bilirubinometers courtesy of its advanced technology. Th...

Corporate Risk Management as a Lever for Shareholder Value Creation

Firm value is influenced in many direct and indirect ways by financial risks, which consist of unexpected changes of foreign exchange rates, interest rates and commodity prices. The fact that a significant number of corporations are committing resources to risk management activities is, however, only an indication of the potential of corporate risk management to increase firm value. This paper ...