Value Creation in Physical Asset Management: A Case Study

Enterprise computing asset management: a case study

Information technology (IT) is an essentia l supportive tool as well as a competitive weapon. Unfortunately, the cost of deploying , using and maintaining computers has also increased dramatically . Over time, the computing architecture has moved from being mainframe-centere d towards client/server computing interconnecte d with mainframes. Consequently , desktop asset management becomes the to...

Knowledge Management, Competitive Advantage, and Value Creation: A Case Study of Icelandic SMEs

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the effect of knowledge management on value creation in Icelandic firms. The aim is to examine the ways KM contributes to value creation, and measure the ways in which KM affects customer capital, innovation, and human capital. Given the limited number of firms in the survey with KM programmes, the findings should be seen more as a case study of Icelandic...

Value of Project Management –a Case Study

The amount of software has increased in several products. Software projects have become more complex and their management requires significant amount of skills from every project manager. The amount of available resources, strict budgets, cost control and need for accurate reporting and documentation as well as good quality are part of every project managers’ life. As business challenges projec...

Risk Management in an Asset Management Company: a practical case

Evidence on Asset Sales and Income Management: Case of Iran

This study empirically examines whether managers manipulate reported income through the timing of sales of long-lived assets and investments. Several empirical implications of the income-smoothing and debt-equity hypothesis in the context of asset sales were tested. The findings are consistent with the timing of asset sales by managers so that the recognized accounting income from these sales s...