the blue ocean strategy aims to create business in the fields which didn’t exist before. this research has been developed with the aim of designing a blue ocean strategy as a modern solution. the current study is a functional one situated in the descriptive survey group, considering the nature of the subject and the goals. the judgment sampling is applied to determine the criteria frameworks an...

The operating status of an enterprise is disclosed periodically in a financial statement. As a result, investors usually only get information about the financial distress a company may be in after the formal financial statement has been published. If company executives intentionally package financial statements with the purpose of hiding the actual status of the company, then investors will hav...

BACKGROUND Recent research has begun to recognize the important influence of literacy levels and how they affect health and wellbeing, especially in older adults. Our study focuses on health and financial literacy, two domains of literacy which previous research has suggested may be significantly related to health and wellbeing. Our study examines the relation of health and financial literacy w...

Under the limitation of investment budget, a utility company is required to maximize the utilization of their existing assets during their life cycle satisfying both engineering and financial requirements. However, utility does not have knowledge about the status of each asset in the portfolio neither in terms of technical nor financial values. This paper presents a knowledge based model for th...

financial statement of a company is a reflection of the operational and financial position of a company. the comparative analysis of two companies similar in nature, size, work, location and objectives etc., facilitates an understanding of the operational and financial soundness of the companies. the kingdom of saudi arabia is aiming for rapid industrialization in its economy. sahara petrochemi...

Recent financial liberalization in Taiwan has caused local banks to face major structural changes. This paper examines the cost structure of 36 local banks in Taiwan using the translog cost function and attempts to identify suitable operating strategies for cost reduction and performance improvements. Results indicate scale economies for small and large-sized banks and scope economies for all b...

It is often easy to seewhen someonemakes a cultural blunder. For instance, during a business meeting at the Paris location of a United States multinational company, a visiting Turkish employee used an aggressive tone in his attempt to discuss the financial status of the companywith U.S. and French executives. The company had been performing poorly over the past few months and the employee not o...