Faculty Research Collection: Recent submissions
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Detecting anomalies in financial statements using machine learning algorithm: The case of Vietnamese listed firms
(Asian Journal of Accounting Research, 2019)The vast amount of data and the increasing development in technology in recent years have changed the way in which many industries operate and compete with each other. Millions of bytes, commonly referred to as big data, ... -
Canadian global leadership students engaged in strategic partnerships in Ecuador
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018)Recognizing the need to build global-minded citizens, higher education institutions are increasingly trying to find ways to leverage their international programs to develop students’ intercultural competence. The MA in ... -
Classifying and modeling nonlinearity in commodity prices using Incoterms
(The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, 2019)This paper proposes a novel approach of classifying and modeling the nonlinear behavior of commodity prices using regime-switching models with exogenous transition variables. The approach rests on using the International ... -
Testing the empirical validity of the adaptive markets hypothesis
(Review of Economic Analysis, 2018)The issue of market efficiency attracted the attention of academicians since the existence of financial markets. Over time, two schools of thoughts were established: the efficient markets school and the behavioral finance ... -
Asset allocation and security selection in theory & in practice: A literature survey from a practitioner’s perspective
(Applied Finance and Accounting, 2015)Whether for the sake of trying to make a fortune or for the sake of knowledge, both practitioners and academicians have had interests in studying the behavior of financial time series data since the existence of financial ... -
Modelling nonlinearities in commodity prices using smooth transition regression models with exogenous transition variables
(Statistical Methods & Applications, 2014)This paper investigates the nonlinearities in commodity prices using smooth transition regression (STR) models. What distinguishes this paper from the majority of the studies in the smooth transition literature is its use ... -
The banks and market manipulation: A financial strain analysis of the libor fraud
(Advances in Public Interest Accounting, 2019)The London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) is considered to be the most important interest rate in finance upon which trillions in financial contracts are decided. In 2008, it was revealed that the LIBOR traders were rigging ... -
Diversity in Canadian election-related Twitter discourses: Influential voices and the media logic of #elxn42 and #cdnpoli hashtags
(Journal of Information Technology and Politics, 2019)Using qualitative and quantitative content analysis of Twitter, this study examined 5,209 tweets with popular hashtags #elxn42 and #cdnpoli to determine what was discussed on the social media platform one week preceding ... -
Heavy metal content and potential health risk of geophagic white clay from the Kumasi Metropolis in Ghana
(Toxicology Reports, 2016)Geophagia is the craving for non-food substances and commonly practiced among pregnant women and children. Consumption of geophagic clay samples can have serious implications on the health of the consumers as a result of ... -
Distribution and ecological risks of toxic metals in the topsoils in the Kumasi metropolis, Ghana
(Cogent Environmental Science, 2017)The distribution, and ecological risks due to toxic metals in topsoils of an urban commercial centre of Kumasi metropolis were determined. Concentrations of heavy metals in the samples were initially screened using field ... -
Assessment of pollution levels, potential ecological risk and human health risk of heavy metals/metalloids in dust around fuel filling stations from the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana
(Cogent Environmental Science, 2017)The aim of this study was to evaluate the levels of selected heavy metals/ metalloids in filling station dust from the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana. A total of forty (40) dust samples were analysed for Fe, Ti, Zn, Zr, Mn, ... -
An ecological model of climate marketing: A conceptual framework for understanding climate science related attitude and behavior change
(Cogent Social Sciences, 2019)Climate change is a problem that will require cooperation across different levels of government, society, community and individual action. For this reason, communicating about climate change represents a distinct challenge ... -
On financial statements modelling and fundamental analysis
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Financial analysis, asset allocation, and portfolio construction: Theory & practice
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Evidence that financial markets are efficient sometimes and inefficient most of the times
(Rimini Conference in Economics and Finance, 2016)The issue of market efficiency attracted the attention of academicians since the existence of financial markets. Over time, two schools of thoughts were established: the efficient markets school and the behavioral finance ... -
The mathematics of statistical modelling: Abstract to specific
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Human health risk and bioaccessibility of toxic metals in topsoils from Gbani mining community in Ghana
(Journal of Health and Pollution, 2019)Background. Anthropogenic activities such as artisanal mining pose a major environmental health concern due to the potential for discharge of toxic metals into the environment. Objectives. To determine the distribution ... -
Convening interdisciplinary communities of practice in an institution of higher education
(Papers on Postsecondary Learning and Teaching, 2017)Communities of practice (CoP) are rich learning spaces that support knowledge creation, social engagement and practice improvement. In some university settings, there is a buoyant interest in creating and supporting ... -
A study of authentic assessment in an internship course
(Papers on Postsecondary Learning and Teaching, 2019)Internship courses are an active and applied opportunity to integrate educational learning programs and courses within practice settings. Individual learners in internship courses have different work internship placements ... -
A posthumanist critique of flexible online learning and its “anytime anyplace” claims
(British Journal of Educational Technology., 2019)Flexible approaches to online learning are gaining renewed interest in some part due to their capacity to address emergent opportunities and concerns facing higher education. Importantly, flexible approaches to online ...
