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Sustainable Engagement of Stakeholders for Socio-Economic Development in Oil Producing Communities Niger Delta Region Nigeria. A Case Study of Multinational and Indigenous Oil Companies (2024)
Thesis
Muhammad, N. D. Sustainable Engagement of Stakeholders for Socio-Economic Development in Oil Producing Communities Niger Delta Region Nigeria. A Case Study of Multinational and Indigenous Oil Companies. (Thesis). University of Salford

ABSTRACT
This study examines current engagement between oil producing communities and oil companies operating in the Niger Delta Communities in Nigeria while attempting a comparison of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) practices of Multina... Read More about Sustainable Engagement of Stakeholders for Socio-Economic Development in Oil Producing Communities Niger Delta Region Nigeria. A Case Study of Multinational and Indigenous Oil Companies.

Applying Internationalisation to Corporate Social Responsibility: A case study of Oil Companies in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria (2024)
Thesis

Background: Internationalisation is a strategy adopted by organisations in global expansion which involves moving an organisation’s operations, structure, and resources into an international market. With multinational oil corporations (MNOCs) operati... Read More about Applying Internationalisation to Corporate Social Responsibility: A case study of Oil Companies in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria.

Big Four ‘rhetorical’ strategies: Carillion’s collapse (2024)
Journal Article
Alkaraan, F., Albahloul, M., Abdoush, T., Elmarzouky, M., & Gulko, N. (2024). Big Four ‘rhetorical’ strategies: Carillion’s collapse. Journal of Accounting and Management Information Systems, 23(2), 295-316. https://doi.org/10.24818/jamis.2024.02001

Research Question: How have the Big Four accounting firms taken advantage of impression management in reacting/responding to the public scrutiny regarding Carillion plc’s collapse? Motivation: Despite the contribution of previous research through nar... Read More about Big Four ‘rhetorical’ strategies: Carillion’s collapse.

Accounting Information Quality, Free Cash Flow, and Over-Investment: Evidence from an Emerging Market -a Study in Iran (2024)
Journal Article
Afsharmehr, M., Nasseri, A., Yazdifar, H., & Albahloul, M. (2024). Accounting Information Quality, Free Cash Flow, and Over-Investment: Evidence from an Emerging Market -a Study in Iran. Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development, 15(4), https://doi.org/10.1504/JIBED.2023.138123

This paper investigates the relationship between accounting information quality (AIQ) and over-investment based on data from 110 companies in the Tehran Stock Exchange from 2008 to 2014 and also compares the relationship between AIQ and over-investme... Read More about Accounting Information Quality, Free Cash Flow, and Over-Investment: Evidence from an Emerging Market -a Study in Iran.

The relation between innovation and earnings management : evidence for the UK (2023)
Journal Article
Marei, Y., Al Bahloul, M., Almasarwah, A., & Alam, M. (2023). The relation between innovation and earnings management : evidence for the UK. Global Business and Economics Review, 29(1), 16-40. https://doi.org/10.1504/GBER.2023.131939

The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether the executives of innovative firms in the UK economy prefer to support innovation over earnings. This study uses discretionary accruals and abnormal activities as proxies for earnings management and... Read More about The relation between innovation and earnings management : evidence for the UK.

Cryptocurrencies in accounting schools? (2023)
Journal Article
Marei, Y., Almasarwah, A., Al Bahloul, M., & Abu Afifa, M. (2023). Cryptocurrencies in accounting schools?. Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 13(6), 1158-1173. https://doi.org/10.1108/heswbl-12-2022-0284

Purpose

This study aims to investigate the extent to which newly certified public accountants (CPAs) and accounting graduate students possess a comprehensive understanding of cryptocurrencies and the skills they have acquired throughout their educ... Read More about Cryptocurrencies in accounting schools?.

Carillion’s strategic choices and boardroom’s strategies of persuasive appeals: ethos, logos, pathos (2023)
Journal Article
Al Bahloul, M., Alkaraan, F., & Hussainey, K. (in press). Carillion’s strategic choices and boardroom’s strategies of persuasive appeals: ethos, logos, pathos. Journal of Applied Accounting Research, https://doi.org/10.1108/JAAR-06-2022-0134

Companies documents such as annual reports incorporate narratives of repetitive rhetorical strategies
as effective mechanisms adopted by companies’ boardrooms to promote strategic change and strategic
choices. These mechanisms can be viewed as pers... Read More about Carillion’s strategic choices and boardroom’s strategies of persuasive appeals: ethos, logos, pathos.

Accounting conservatism and income smoothing practices in EU food and drink industry (2021)
Journal Article
Al Bahloul, M., Francesco, P., & Riccardo, T. (2021). Accounting conservatism and income smoothing practices in EU food and drink industry. British Food Journal, https://doi.org/10.1108/BFJ-11-2020-1041

Purpose:
The purpose of this paper is to identify the application of the fundamental principle of accounting conservatism within the EU food and drink industry. Furthermore, the authors would also investigate in-depth the above relationship in two d... Read More about Accounting conservatism and income smoothing practices in EU food and drink industry.