INTRODUCTION This study evaluated the impact of the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) self-regulatory initiative on unhealthy food marketing to children, introduced in January 2009. The study compared patterns of food advertising by AFGC and non-AFGC signatory companies in 2009, 2007 and 2006 on three Sydney commercial free-to-air television channels. METHODS Data were collected acro...

Using data from 170 manufacturing companies, we identified five facilitators for knowledge management in an ERP environment. Additionally, we examined the relationship between knowledge management and manufacturing companies’ competitive advantages in the E-business environment. The result of the study suggests that adopting organizational preparation for KM, employee education and learning, in...

Public and industry concerns over food safety have grown considerably over the last decade. Food safety has traditionally been viewed as a “cost of business” (Littlefield, 2006) and, as a result, perceived and positioned as the voluntary responsibility of companies. However, this perception is changing as stricter legislation and industry standards are entered into force and require that compan...

We delimit a classification matrix of companies formed by four quadrants, defined by the Present Value of Growth Opportunities and by the Naïve Net Present Value. Market data relative to companies that have stock negotiated on the Brazilian stock exchange (the São Paulo Stock Exchange Bovespa) for the years 2005 and 2006 were utilized. The retail, textile, iron and steel, and metallurgy, petrol...

This article will look into the circumstances under which regular inquiry can be dispensed with Punjab Employees Efficiency, Discipline and Accountability (PEEDA) Act 2006. It suggested that two conditions must fulfilled before taking such an action. First, department should have irrefutable documentary evidence to sustain charge, second reasons recorded in writing as why is not needed. Next, d...

Probably the most important aspect of e-Business and e-Commerce is that it mediates the interaction between various stakeholders in a business setting. New organizational forms such as virtual organizations emerged in which independent companies form a strategic alliance for a close collaboration towards a shared goal (e.g., shared product development). New forms of B2C (business-to-customer) i...

This paper reports on issues raised during the development of an intelligent webbased system for transportation services. Our approach exploits software agents technology to efficiently handle simple or modular transportation requests. The agents involved in the proposed system represent and act on behalf of two basic types of users involved in a transportation scenario, that is, for customers ...

the development of the cyprus stock exchange together with the increasing trend of investors’ presence in financing activities has led to the importance of this market. in such circumstances, the first step towards a sustainable development of the exchange is to support the investors. risk of bankruptcy for the investee is a major challenge that an inexperienced stock investor encounters. in th...

While data theft and cyber risk are major threats facing organizations, existing research suggests that most organizations do not have sufficient protection to prevent data breaches, deal with notification responsibilities, and comply with privacy laws. This article explores how insurance companies play a critical, yet unrecognized, role in assisting organizations in complying with privacy laws...