May 2016

Early adopters of integrated reporting: The case of the mining industry in South Africa

This study aims to investigate the structure and the content of Integrated Reporting, a new corporate reporting model that seeks to link financial and non-financial information disclosed by companies. This paper assesses the nature and extent of non-financial disclosures in corporate reports of the mining companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. The methodological approach is Content Analysis with the aim of...

Author(s): Federica Doni, Andrea Gasperini and Pasquale Pavone

May 2016

Decision support model for supplier selection in healthcare service delivery using analytical hierarchy process and artificial neural network

The healthcare industry today has grown rapidly and emphasizing the efficiency and effectiveness within the healthcare delivery systems has become a major priority in the field. In order to increase the satisfaction and safety of patient, hospitals must improve their overall performance. We established from our review that a number of models have been developed for supplier selection using diverse methods. Most of the...

Author(s): Stephen Gbenga Fashoto, Boluwaji Akinnuwesi, Olumide Owolabi and David Adelekan

May 2016

Strategic management in retail pharmacy: The case of Zimbabwean companies

Retail pharmacies operating in developing and emerging nations are faced with a myriad of intractable macro-economic conditions including over-regulation, government interference, inept policy implementations and intensive competition. These conditions demand that retail pharmacies become strategic in their approach to business management in order to diminish the impact of macro-economic conditions conspiring to...

Author(s): Amon Simba and Zivanayi Nyandoro