In this paper, we draw on concepts from the rational expectations hypothesis (REH) and adaptive learning theory to introduce a new rational expectations theory of technology adoption. Although the REH and adaptive learning theory have been applied in many non-technology contexts, this research is among the first that applies rational expectations and adaptive learning theory to issues related t...

Purpose – One of the responses to criticisms of traditional forms of accounting reports for knowledge-based firms has been the development of the balanced scorecard (BSC), a strategic performance measurement framework and methodology based on a family of performance measures. This paper aims to examine the issue of measuring performance in relation to a major Australian company, The Fosters Bre...

The tax preference for interest payments by corporations as compared to dividend payments is a long surviving feature of many tax systems. Many have argued that there is no reason for this preference and so it distorts the capital structure of corporations needlessly. This article argues that because the returns to equity are more positively skewed as compared to debt, individual investors will...

Three hurdles are identified that have to be overcome to make interoperability a reality: technology, common frequency and standard, and funding. Of these funding and the collective action problems associated with it poses the most significant obstacle. Based on collective action theory and case studies two strategies are examined that have been utilized to overcome the funding obstacle. Succes...

America as a nation has self-perpetuating needs that do not always align with the needs or beliefs of individual Americans. As much as Americans may love their country and way of life, they do not always explicitly agree with the policies that best serve to bolster and perpetuate the nation, such as unyielding diplomatic stances, unilateral military action, or giving up civil liberties in excha...

Performance management in collaborative networks requires approaches suitable to deal with a larger domain than in traditional organisations, including new processes, new stakeholders and a less clear border between internal and external. The proposed approach addresses objectives and strategies setting, performance measurement and evaluation, monitoring, learning and improvement. It relies on ...

This article presents projects as powerful strategic weapons, initiated to create economic value and competitive advantage. It suggests that project managers are the new strategic leaders, who must take on total responsibility for project business results. Defining and assessing project success is therefore a strategic management concept, which should help align project efforts with the shortan...

in this paper, we obtain the general solution and the generalized  hyers--ulam--rassias stability in random normed spaces, in non-archimedean spacesand also in $p$-banach spaces and finally the stability viafixed point method for a functional equationbegin{align*}&d_f(x_{1},.., x_{m}):= sum^{m}_{k=2}(sum^{k}_{i_{1}=2}sum^{k+1}_{i_{2}=i_{1}+1}... sum^{m}_{i_{m-k+1}=i_{m-k}+1}) f(sum^{m}_{i=1...

A data elicitation study on the type of demonstratives and determiners selected to denote objects in English, Dutch and Portuguese dialogues is presented. Participants were given a scenario and a scripted dialogue in which a furniture seller identifies target objects to a buyer. They were then asked to choose a combination of a determiner or demonstrative and a referring expression to be uttere...

The prices of the option and futures of a stock both reflect the market’s expectation of futures trends of the stock’s price. Their prices normally align with each other within a limited window. When they do not, arbitrage opportunities arise: an investor who spots the misalignment will be able to buy (sell) options on one hand, and sell (buy) futures on the other and make risk-free profits. In...