To forestall future financial crises, risk governance has been embraced as a line of defense. Therefore, this paper seeks to synthesize the literature, identifying gaps, and suggesting direction for research, through systematic literature review (SLR). Analyzing 151 papers from Scopus Web Science databases, finds steady increase in academic work on governance. Using theory, context, characteris...

This study suggests the Canadian market for corporate control penalizes sub-optimal management. High turnover rates are observed for the Canadian top managers (Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) or presidents) in the target firms and executives who have been replaced are less likely to find similar executive positions in other public firms. In addition, this study shows target firms usually have p...

This report is a prospective analysis of the effect of structural adjustment programmes on the delivery of veterinary services in Africa. The analysis is based on a review of replies to a questionnaire sent to the Chief Veterinary Officers of African countries by the Office International des Epizooties, but also makes use of other data so as to avoid the bias that would have resulted had only p...

A theory-driven program evaluation was conducted for a nursing leadership program, as a collaborative project between university faculty, the nurses' union, the provincial Ministry of Health, and its chief nursing officers. A collaborative logic model process was used to engage stakeholders, and mixed methods approaches were used to answer evaluation questions. Despite demonstrated, successful ...

Today, Business Intelligence (BI) play an essential role particular in business areas. The important role can be seen as the BI applications have appeared the top spending priority for many Chief Information Officers (CIO) and it remain the most important technologies to be purchased for past five years(Gartner Research 2007; 2008; 2009). In fact, various market researchers including Gartner Re...

In den vergangenen Jahrzenten unterlag das Rollenverständnis des Chief Information Officers (CIO) in Unternehmen einem laufenden Wandel, der mit sich verändernden Anforderungen an diese Position einherging. Das Aufkommen von Social Media kann erneut dieses Rollenverständnis im Hinblick auf das strategische Informationsmanagement beeinflussen und ihn vor neue Herausforderungen stellen. In diesem...

In a randomized clinical trial, 90 concerned significant others (CSOs) of treatment-refusing illicit drug users were assigned to either (a) community reinforcement and family training (CRAFT), which teaches behavior change skills: (b) CRAFT with additional group aftercare sessions after the completion of the individual sessions: or (c) AI-Anon and Nar-Anon facilitation therapy (AI-Nar FT). All ...