All Outputs (13)

Challenging Accounting Fraud and The Corporate Psychopath Accountant through Blockchain Technology (2024)
Thesis

This research focuses on understanding why Accounting Fraud (AF) persists despite advancements in internal controls, corporate governance, and audit standards. Existing literature mainly focuses on how AF is undertaken, the motivations for why it occ... Read More about Challenging Accounting Fraud and The Corporate Psychopath Accountant through Blockchain Technology.

The CLICK -on Kaduna Programme: A Critical Evaluation of the Role of Digital Skills Acquisitions in Human Capital Development & Income Creation in Nigeria. (2024)
Thesis

This study delves into a crucial issue in Northern Nigeria, focusing on the challenges of unemployment and the dearth of skilled labour, particularly among youth and women. The research evaluates the efficacy of the Click-On Kaduna Programme (COKP),... Read More about The CLICK -on Kaduna Programme: A Critical Evaluation of the Role of Digital Skills Acquisitions in Human Capital Development & Income Creation in Nigeria..

Exploring the Productivity Puzzle: The Relationship between Exploring the Productivity Puzzle: The Relationship between Technology Investment and Organisational Productivity in UK Technology Investment and Organisational Productivity in UK SMEs SMEs Recommended Citation Recommended Citation (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Kutar, M., Griffiths, M., Syme, T., Krishnan-Harihara, S., Bahl, A., & Ojutiku, T. (2024, April). Exploring the Productivity Puzzle: The Relationship between Exploring the Productivity Puzzle: The Relationship between Technology Investment and Organisational Productivity in UK Technology Investment and Organisational Productivity in UK SMEs SMEs Recommended Citation Recommended Citation. Paper presented at UKAIS 2024, University of Kent

The UK has suffered declining growth in productivity over many decades and there have been several
attempts to study the reason for this declining growth in UK productivity. Various potential reasons
including the transition to lower productivity s... Read More about Exploring the Productivity Puzzle: The Relationship between Exploring the Productivity Puzzle: The Relationship between Technology Investment and Organisational Productivity in UK Technology Investment and Organisational Productivity in UK SMEs SMEs Recommended Citation Recommended Citation.

The Determinants of Startups and the Impact on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI): A Case Study on the Israeli Economy (2024)
Thesis

This interdisciplinary study examines the long-term causality relationship between Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows into a country and innovative startups. This study further examines the influence of latent variables related to the founders a... Read More about The Determinants of Startups and the Impact on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI): A Case Study on the Israeli Economy.

Essays on regulatory environment and firm performance in Sub-Sahara Africa (2022)
Thesis

This three-essay thesis examines how national institutions influence firm performance and activities in sub-Saharan African economies. Most developing countries generally consider businesses as the key to economic development. Unfortunately, national... Read More about Essays on regulatory environment and firm performance in Sub-Sahara Africa.

Player valuation in thin markets: the case of European Association football (2022)
Thesis
Che, V. Player valuation in thin markets: the case of European Association football. (Thesis). University of Salford

The amount of money in football is staggering and is a concern for people of all walks of life. While these concerns are valid, the money in football is justified and consumers of football as a form of entertainment, actively participate in the set-u... Read More about Player valuation in thin markets: the case of European Association football.

Exploring the connectedness of regional financial markets: application to the GCC equity markets (2022)
Thesis

This thesis explores the financial connectedness of equity markets in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries for the 2005 – 2020 timeframe. The overall study is divided into four key areas. First, we examine the intra-regional connectedness of... Read More about Exploring the connectedness of regional financial markets: application to the GCC equity markets.

Evaluating barriers to SME financing in Pakistan (2022)
Thesis
Mahmood, S. Evaluating barriers to SME financing in Pakistan. (Thesis). University of Salford

This thesis examines the two most detrimental, but obscured obstacles faced by Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) in Pakistan in obtaining finance from the formal financial sector despite a strong policy support from the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) a... Read More about Evaluating barriers to SME financing in Pakistan.

Essays on the labour market in Ghana (2018)
Thesis

Using a three-essay approach, we focus on three issues related to the labour market: unemployment, underemployment and informal sector employment.
Essay 1 looks at unemployment, the job search and job expectations of the unemployed... Read More about Essays on the labour market in Ghana.

Globalisation and sticky prices : “Con” or conundrum? (2015)
Journal Article
Albertson, K., Simister, J., & Syme, R. (2015). Globalisation and sticky prices : “Con” or conundrum?

With reference to a case study which illustrates the existence of segmented markets and international price discrimination, this paper develops a theoretical model of comparative advantage in which domestic prices may be sticky. We show, when domesti... Read More about Globalisation and sticky prices : “Con” or conundrum?.

Pattern and repertoire in history (2002)
Book

Historical landmarks, such as wars, coups, and revolutions, seem to arise under unique conditions. Indeed, what seems to distinguish history from the natural and social sciences is its inability to be dissected or generalized in any meaningful way. Y... Read More about Pattern and repertoire in history.

The nappy factor in golf : the effect of children on the sporting performance of professional golfers
Presentation / Conference
Syme, T. The nappy factor in golf : the effect of children on the sporting performance of professional golfers. Presented at MathSport International 2017, University of Padua

This study investigates the effects of children upon the sporting performance of fathers who are professional golfers. Biographical and sporting data for 225 professional golfers are used to estimate fixed-effects regressions. In line with other stud... Read More about The nappy factor in golf : the effect of children on the sporting performance of professional golfers.

Earnings gaps, segmentation and competitiveness in the Ghanaian labour market
Preprint / Working Paper

This paper examines the labour market dynamics of Ghana by specifically assessing: (1) the informal-formal earnings gaps in the country, and (2) whether informal sector employment is due to labour market segmentation (i.e. last resort) or comparative... Read More about Earnings gaps, segmentation and competitiveness in the Ghanaian labour market.