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  Practising lawyers in Nova Scotia: cognitive style and preferences for practice 

  Murphy, H. Joseph; Doucette, Pauline A.; Kelleher, William E.; MacGillivary, Ann C.; Reid, John G., 1948-; Young, Jeffery D. (Atlantic Schools of Business, 1999)

  The Cognitive Style Index and a demographic survey were administered to 524 practising lawyers in Nova Scotia. Results indicate that lawyers, as a group, have a more analytical than intuitive cognitive style. Differences ...
  
  
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  The predictive value of interim earnings 

  Song, Xiaofei (Atlantic Schools of Business, 1999)

  This study empirically examines the value of interim earnings in predicting annual earnings. I find that analysts’ annual earnings forecast revisions are positively associated with interim earnings forecast error when the ...
  
  
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  ABC accounting systems an example of technological change and diffusion 

  Ralph, Neville; Strain, Frank (Atlantic Schools of Business, 1999)

  Activity-Based Costing has been around for over a decade and is used extensively in the for-profit sector. Universities, however, are slow to adopt this innovative costing and management technique in spite of abundant ...
  
  
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  Academia's role in accounting career choice: an application of the theory of reasoned action 

  Pugsley, David (Atlantic Schools of Business, 1999)

  This paper examines the role of academics in the formation of students' perceptions of accounting and the ability to modify those perceptions. The study made use of a single class career-based lecture and a questionnaire ...
  
  
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  S&T rankings: do countries change the level of their technological competitiveness? 

  Nasierowski, Wojciech; Arcelus, Francisco (Atlantic Schools of Business, 1999)

  The paper examines stability of rankings of National Technology Systems (NTS). It is shown, based on statistical analyses of data from 1993 through 1997, that rankings of NTS have remained stable over the investigated ...
  
  
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  National technology policies and stability of NTS indexes 

  Nasierowski, Wojciech; Arcelus, Francisco (Atlantic Schools of Business, 1999)

  The paper examines stability of Indexes of systems, which are used, at a country level, in order to develop technology. It is shown, based on statistical analyses of data from 1993 through 1997, that the set of variables, ...
  
  
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  Supplier-partnering management: a case study of the Kaisha 

  McLarney, C.; Randoph, Sheila A. (Atlantic Schools of Business, 1999)

  Over the last decade many business have begun to recognise the competitive advantages that can be found from developing co-operative partnerships with suppliers. The automotive industry has been in the forefront in developing ...
  
  
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  The nature of the accounting profession today: a poststructuralist critique 

  Macintosh, Norman B.; Shearer, Teri (Atlantic Schools of Business, 1999)

  
  
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  A preliminary study of university disclosures 

  MacDonald, Roberta; Adams, David; Dougan, Tyler; Paquet, John (Atlantic Schools of Business, 1999)

  Disclosures, such as financial statements and annual reports, provide relevant and reliable information for decision-making and general interest. This study evaluates the disclosures by universities to the public using ...
  
  
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  Pensions and quitting: a test among competing explanations 

  Luchak, Andrew A. (Atlantic Schools of Business, 1999)

  Multiple regression analysis of 402 unionized, public utility employees is used to examine the effects of a final-earnings pension plan and other human resource management programs on the willingness to engage in quit ...
  
  

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