1.0 Introduction and motivation The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors which influence the choices of accounting policies by managers of companies in Tanzania. Previous studies show that managers may choose income increasing or income decreasing accounting policies in reporting financial results (Beattie et al., 1994; Astami & Tower, 2006; Bowen & Shores, 1995).These studies al...

Craig Knight, Asia-Pacific Digital Business and Customer Services Manager of Eastman Chemical Company, was given a mandate to sell Eastman’s philosophy for an integrated electronic supply chain, otherwise known as the Integrated System Solution (ISS), to its business partners in the region, and to encourage adoption. Having invested in a state-of-the-art technical architecture that would suppor...

One of the objectives Pacific Alliance is trade integration orientated towards Asia-Pacific; However, bloc’s members into that region’s markets circumscribed by their low levels intra-regional and limited export diversification. On this basis, research seeks to explain extent which affects its inclusion in Asia-Pacific markets. The methodology explanatory. Indicators ofeconomic interdependence ...

This special issue examines strategies for public engagement in science and technology issues in Australia, Japan and Aotearoa/New Zealand. It traverses issues relating to new energy technologies, food nanotechnology, the environmental impacts of dioxins, toxic waste disposal, genetic modification and the way scientists engage with the social dimensions of new biotechnologies. The papers look c...

234 1Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Changi General Hospital, 2Central 24-HR Clinic Group, Singapore Correspondence: Adj A/Prof Tiing Leong Ang, Chief and Senior Consultant, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Changi General Hospital, 2 Simei Street 3, Singapore 529889. [email protected] HOW RELEVANT IS THIS TO MY PRACTICE? Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a...

28 Computer Enter the Dragon: China’s Computer Industry C hina’s shift from technological nationalism to a more pragmatic strategy of developing national capabilities in conjunction with multinational corporations has transformed its economy. Consistent with this transformation, China has revamped its industrial and technology policies, moving from an isolationist approach aimed at achieving te...

The healthcare sector is growing rapidly and taking up a significant portion of the GDP in developed countries. The healthcare industry faces significant challenges such as ballooning costs, shortage of qualified personnel, rapidly aging population, and increase of chronic and epidemic diseases. Information technology (IT) has been suggested as a mitigator for some of these challenges. Particul...

In recent years enterprise integration has become an important theme in information systems research and practice. Enterprise integration pervades enterprise resource planning (ERP), supply chain management (SCM), and customer resource management (CRM) systems and applications. However, much IS research in this area seems to assume that enterprise integration is inevitable and that enterprise i...