The Ghanaian banking industry has undergone several changes in the past decade because of the effects of the global financial crisis in 2008 resulting in the collapse of some banks in Ghana. The Bank of Ghana introduced many measures to make the banking industry in Ghana robust.…
The aim of this dissertation is to understand how two Portuguese SMEs in the agricultural sector, Adega Cooperativa Vidigueira, Cuba e Alvito (ACVCA) and Herdade Maria da Guarda (HMG), were able to internationalize their products and brands. Such analysis will explore the strate…
Agile methods are being adopted in the software development industry increasingly and even beyond this sector. Outsourcing software development from developing countries in the Global South is increasing in the industry. With Lebanon being the hub for outsourcing software for th…
Model interpretability may be defined as the degree to which a human can understand the cause of its outputs. In statistical modeling there is a trade-off between interpretability and prediction accuracy: interpretable models are usually less accurate, whereas complex models hav…
A situação atual das unidades de saúde é caracterizada pelo custo crescente da prestação dos cuidados, pelo consequente agravamento da situação financeira e pelos processos complicados e morosos. Aliados à procura crescente, podem tornar-se fatores que tornam a resposta do servi…
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the market reaction to Corporate Sociopolitical Activity, utilizing an event study methodology to determine the impact of an event on the companies’ abnormal stock returns. The sample consists of Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, US-bas…
This descriptive, cross-sectional, survey research study examined the potential of commercial banks in Nigeria to adopt, and strategically implement, information technology (IT). The purpose of the study was to survey executives at all Nigerian commercial banks (NCBs) to determi…
The business performance management (BPM) framework helps an organization continuously adjust and successfully execute its strategies. BPM helps increase flexibility by providing managers with an early alert about changes and, as a result, allows faster response to such changes.…