{"title":"Practical Approaches to Enhance the Effectiveness of Student Learning in Internet Courses","authors":"Chon-Huat Goh","doi":"10.31031/siam.2020.01.000518","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31031/siam.2020.01.000518","url":null,"abstract":"With the current crisis of COVID-19, many universities are ordering shutdowns and moving courses on-line. Course offered via the internet is growing rapidly in recent years and will continue to grow into the future. We believe the recent crisis will further accelerate the growth of Internet courses. The reasons for this high growth include the need for social distancing, high cost of providing the education, the geo-graphical dispersion of students who may also currently hold jobs, the students’ increasing access to the internet, the increasing effectiveness internet tools, as well as the lowering of the costs, associated in aiding the communication and learning between the students and instructor. Unlike face-to-face classroom experience, in internet e-learning the instructor does not meet with the students and, thus, the effectiveness of the learning can be difficult to assess because lack of direct face-to-face contact. In this paper, we first discuss the state-of-the-art literature of e-learning. We then propose several important course design principles for asynchronous internet e-learning as well as suggest several implementation guidelines to ensure that such that the internet e-learning course is effective. Finally, we propose several important areas for further research for enhancing e-learning.","PeriodicalId":158514,"journal":{"name":"Strategies in Accounting and Management","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115410575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Managing in the Hyper-Connectivity Era: The New Managerial Agenda","authors":"Jaume Llopis","doi":"10.31031/siam.2020.01.000517","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31031/siam.2020.01.000517","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":158514,"journal":{"name":"Strategies in Accounting and Management","volume":"85 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121152594","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Alternate Interpretation of VIX Evidence: Will the Real VIX Please Stand-Up?","authors":"Hancock Gd","doi":"10.31031/siam.2020.01.000516","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31031/siam.2020.01.000516","url":null,"abstract":"In spite of efforts to securitize the VIX, it cannot be done. The theoretical benefits of VIX have provided in valuable insight into the behavior of volatility but the attempts to create a tradable alternative have failed. This paper rejects the notion that VIX-products are related to the VIX, rejects the misnomer index, in favor of statistic, rejects the idea of the VIX-statistic as a separate asset class and rejects the VIX as a measure of fear. Instead, VIX-products are by design between 6-16 times different from the VIX-statistic. Using daily data from inception, the VIX is first tested as a predictor for the actual 30-day forward volatility of the S&P 500 Stock Index. Subsequent tests are based on hypotheses of equality between movements in VIX and selected VIX-products to changes in the S&P 500 Stock Index. The specific products studied are: VIX Futures 1-month roll, VIXM, VIXY, VIIX, VXX and VXZ. The VIXM and VIXY funds comprise the ETF group, while VIIX, VXX and VXZ notes represent the ETN group. The findings show that VIX is a poor predictor of SPFV and VIX-products exhibit large, significant differences from the VIX-statistic. The basic idea behind tradable volatility is to offer the benefits of VIX by mimicking its behavior. But the very creation of a secu rity provides a tangible contract that, by definition, is no longer just a statistic.","PeriodicalId":158514,"journal":{"name":"Strategies in Accounting and Management","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128905616","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Managing with Social Responsibility: Reflection","authors":"Orlando Petiz Pereira","doi":"10.31031/siam.2020.01.000515","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31031/siam.2020.01.000515","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":158514,"journal":{"name":"Strategies in Accounting and Management","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115626052","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Effect of The Recent IFRS 16 on Major Financial Statements’ Ratios","authors":"Michael E Yampuler","doi":"10.31031/siam.2020.01.000514","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31031/siam.2020.01.000514","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":158514,"journal":{"name":"Strategies in Accounting and Management","volume":"2017 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126009919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ecological Governance and the Independent Assurance of Sustainability Reporting by Chinese Listed Companies","authors":"John Margerison, J. Liao, Hongtao Shen","doi":"10.31031/siam.2020.01.000513","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31031/siam.2020.01.000513","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this paper is to examine independent assurance of sustainability reports in a major emerging economy - China. It draws on a theory of ecological governance which offers models, one of which China’s governance model appears to fit. Desk based research has been used to establish the take-up of independent assurance by all Chinese listed companies from 2003 to 2015. The findings are that the take-up of independent assurance by Chinese listed companies has been very low and was falling in 2015. Companies using independent assurance do not fit into the typical types identified by previous Western research and are dominated by financial companies. The key explanation for the low take-up is that Chinese governance based on ecological authoritarianism exercised by the government has little need for public exercises in legitimation such as independent assurance. The practical implications are that through understanding of governance mechanisms in an authoritarian model such as China’s this leads to understanding about a different approach to ecological governance. The paper is original in that it looks at independent assurance in China from a new perspective with emphasis on absence of such assurance, rather than statistical analysis of determinants.","PeriodicalId":158514,"journal":{"name":"Strategies in Accounting and Management","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133233623","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of 2008 Recession on Consumer Discretionary Sector","authors":"Atasi Basu","doi":"10.31031/siam.2020.01.000512","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31031/siam.2020.01.000512","url":null,"abstract":"The economic recession in 2008, sometimes called the financial meltdown, affected all sectors of the industry in the USA. In the academic literature, there are many articles that examined the impact of the 2008 recession/meltdown [1-3]. Goodman & Mance [1] focus on labor, oil, construction-related manufacturing, real estate, mortgage finance, and retail furniture stores. Roubini’s article (2008) relates to twelve steps: financial systems related to subprime mortgages, prime mortgages, financial institutions, consumer debts like credit cards, auto loans, student loans, commercial real estate loan markets, regional and national banks, and more. Roubini [3] also discusses issues related to housing problem. Kerr’s paper (2011) presents three stories regarding 2008, related to corporate laws. Kerr [2] examines Bank of America, Citigroup, and General Motors. These papers do not show extreme changes of assets and incomes during 2008. My paper is based on Consumer Discretionary Sector related to simple accounting information.","PeriodicalId":158514,"journal":{"name":"Strategies in Accounting and Management","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128315480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Italy and Challenges they Face","authors":"Grażyna Śmigielska","doi":"10.31031/siam.2020.01.000510","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31031/siam.2020.01.000510","url":null,"abstract":"SME is the acronym for small and medium sized enterprises. It is very difficult to provide a definition of SME since certain criteria have been used to define what SME stand for most especially according to the countries, sizes and sectors1. It should be stressed that these kinds of businesses arose as a result of entrepreneurial activities of individuals. A commonly accepted definition of SMEs in UE countries is enterprises which employ less than 250 people, whose annual revenue does not exceed 50 million Euro or whose the total balance sheet does not exceed 43 million Euro2. The importance of the SMEs in the world’s economy is not an unexplored topic and their strong impact on the countries’ economies is unanimously recognized3 . SMEs’ features such being:","PeriodicalId":158514,"journal":{"name":"Strategies in Accounting and Management","volume":"504 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115941582","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Grooming Accountants of the Future","authors":"Adi Masli","doi":"10.31031/siam.2019.01.000509","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31031/siam.2019.01.000509","url":null,"abstract":"Business enterprises are now operating in the fourth industrial revolution or Industry 4.0. As described by Professor Klaus Schwab [1], Industry 4.0 has introduced a range of new technologies that are combining the physical, digital, and biological domains. Schwab [1] suggests that the current industrial revolution affects all disciplines, economies, and industries. Advancements in technology, such as cyber-physical systems, artificial intelligence (AI), and the Internet of Things, can yield positive benefits for businesses and society. Marr [2] for example, advocates that these technologies can connect billions of more people to the web, significantly improve the efficiency of business organizations, and help regenerate the natural environment through better asset management.","PeriodicalId":158514,"journal":{"name":"Strategies in Accounting and Management","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132381224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Managing Diversity and Inclusion in the Global Value Chain","authors":"Mustafa F Ozbilgin","doi":"10.31031/siam.2019.01.000508","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31031/siam.2019.01.000508","url":null,"abstract":"Although many global and multinational organizations today have global diversity management statements, strategies and policies, their practices of diversity tend to remain local at the national level, rather than to comply with the global policies that organizations espouse to have [1-3]. There are significant reasons for this. First, diversity means different things across different countries as history gives meaning to diversity and inclusion [4-7]. For example, in the case of Britain the colonial past and therefore multiculturalism has been the dominant rationale for diversity [5]. Yet, in the case of Germany, the Nazi past prevents measurement and discussion of race and ethnic diversity unlike the way it is customary in English speaking countries Al Ariss et al. Second owing to significant differences among social movements and historical context that give meaning to categories of diversity and inclusion, highly varied priorities, practices and regulatory schemes have developed in each country [8]. Third, laws that regulate the diversity and Inclusion in organizations are national rather than global or international in nature, which means that in the absence of international laws in this field, cross-nationally consistent regulation of global organizations for diversity and inclusion remains an aloof ideal [9].","PeriodicalId":158514,"journal":{"name":"Strategies in Accounting and Management","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130726648","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}