Business Education and Accountancy.

The Relationship Between ‘Higher Education and Training’ and ‘Business Sophistication’

Economics of education which investigates economic issues related to education - presents a framework which leads to better schedules and policy-making. On the other hand, the concept of competitiveness has drawn increasing attention of both scholars and governors in the past decade. The World Economic Forum (WEF) has published Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) in order to measure national com...

Integration of Business Sustainability Education into the Business Curriculum

Business sustainability in all dimensions of economic, governance, social, ethical, and environmental (EGSEE) performance is gaining acceptance as many global stock exchanges either encourage or require their listed companies to issue sustainability reports and investors worldwide demand sustainability performance information. More than 8, 000 companies worldwide are disclosing various EGSEE di...

School of Accountancy MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING EDUCATION: IS THERE A GAP BETWEEN ACADEMIA AND PRACTITIONER PERCEPTIONS?

A mail survey was conducted of all Institute of Chartered Accountants of New Zealand accredited Tertiary Education Institutions and 300 randomly selected New Zealand companies to ascertain the views of management accounting academics and practitioners on the contents of management accounting courses and the skills and competencies of recent graduates. The results show that practitioners placed ...

Department Accountancy, Finance and Insurance, K.U.Leuven

Whither Business-to-Business Marketing Education?

The purpose of the paper is to discuss the future development of the business-to-business marketing curriculum. The conventional method of sub-dividing the overall marketing curriculum is appraised, and the legitimacy of business-to-business marketing as a component of the curriculum is assessed. Broad debates on business and marketing education, concerning managerial relevance and the place of...