April 2017

Managing sustainability with strategic planning tools: A longitudinal analysis of multiple case studies

Over the last few years, laws concerning the waste sector have changed considerably. The European and national laws apply strict rules to companies in order to protect the environment and quality of life. The issue of sustainability is receiving increasing attention, and many organizations have implemented environmental and social management systems in order to manage and control sustainability-related issues. This...

Author(s): Elisa Truant

April 2017

Model selection on tourism forecasting: A comparison between Bayesian model averaging and Lasso

This study tries to tackle the tourism forecasting problem using online search queries. This recent-developed methodology is subject to several criticisms, one of which is how to choose satisfying search queries to be built in the forecasting model. This study compares two popular candidates, which are the Bayesian Model Averaging (BMA) approach and the Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selector Operator (Lasso) approach....

Author(s): Jiyuan Wang, Geng Peng and Shouyang Wang

April 2017

Internal auditing and financial performance of public institutions in Kenya: A case study of Kenya Meat Commission

Internal auditing provides audit services to the management at all levels, including board of directors and audit committee, thus improving the organizations corporate governance. The objectives that guided the research were effect of corporate governance on financial performance and effect of audit committee on financial performance. The researcher used case study research design; this was due to the fact that data was...

Author(s): Nelius Wangui Muchiri and Ambrose Jagongo