In the increasingly competitive environment, top managers' background characteristics are undoubtedly vital factors for company performance. This study examines whether the performance of Chinese listed companies in the energy industry differs with respect to top managers' background characteristics and explores the exact distribution interval of top managers' background characteristics when co...

The importance of managing the B2B channel relationship is increasingly being recognised by suppliers. For example, Carlo Fiorini, CEO of Hewlett Packard, pointed to poor channel relationships as a root cause for poor business performance. Gary Frazier stated “As the world economy evolves, more and more companies are highlighting channel management as among their very top priorities. The opport...

BACKGROUND Loss to follow-up (attrition) is a frequent problem in clinical trials and can introduce bias or reduce power. So, understanding retention issues and strategies to address these are important. As part of a multi-method project, this qualitative study aimed to explore retention strategies used by trial teams and factors which may influence strategy adoption. METHOD A purposive sampl...

OBJECTIVE To examine perceptions among Healthcare Practitioners, Managers and Users of Brazil's Family Health Program (FHP) in two municipalities in Minas Gerais State, Brazil. METHODOLOGY Semi-structured interviews with the Practitioners and Managers focused on: professional training, Family Health Program goals, teams and difficulties encountered in the municipalities; Users responded to a ...

Assessments of new health technologies in Europe are often made at the hospital level. However, the guidelines for health technology assessment (HTA), e.g. the EUnetHTA Core Model, are produced by national HTA organizations and focus on decision-making at the national level. This paper describes the results of an interview study with European hospital managers about their need for information w...

Purpose – This paper explores the impact of small business managers’ objectives and preferred methods of communicating on the communications aspect of accountants’ advisory relationship with small business. Through exploring these issues, the paper aims to contribute to understanding of accounting’s capacity to satisfy the communication needs of its users. Methodology – A mixed methodology, com...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of small business managers’ objectives and preferred methods of communicating on the communications aspect of accountants’ advisory relationship with small business. Through exploring and reporting on these issues, the paper seeks to contribute to understanding of accounting’s capacity to satisfy the communication needs of its users. ...

This article uses an event study to investigate the response of a bank’s stock price information related these banks’ top managers. In first event, Vice Chairman founding board Asia Commercial Bank (ACB) was arrested and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) this bank summoned by police for questioning. The second immediate resignation Board Directors Sacombank (STB) after he received summons from inve...