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Impact of international financial reporting standards on the profit and equity of AIM listed companies in the UK (2015)
Journal Article
Ali, A., Akbar, S., & Ormrod, P. (2016). Impact of international financial reporting standards on the profit and equity of AIM listed companies in the UK. Accounting Forum, 40(1), 45-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.accfor.2015.12.001

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. This study examines the extent to which the change from UK GAAP to IFRS has affected companies listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in the UK. The results suggest that, on average, profit reported under IFRS is highe... Read More about Impact of international financial reporting standards on the profit and equity of AIM listed companies in the UK.

Effectiveness of performance appraisal: An integrated framework (2014)
Journal Article
Iqbal, M. Z., Akbar, S., & Budhwar, P. (2015). Effectiveness of performance appraisal: An integrated framework. International Journal of Management Reviews, 17(4), 510-533. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijmr.12050

© 2015 British Academy of Management and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Based on a robust analysis of the existing literature on performance appraisal (PA), this paper makes a case for an integrated framework of effectiveness of performance appraisal (EPA)... Read More about Effectiveness of performance appraisal: An integrated framework.

Firm size, sector and market valuation of R&D expenditures (2008)
Journal Article
Shah, S. Z. A., Stark, A. W., & Akbar, S. (2008). Firm size, sector and market valuation of R&D expenditures. Applied financial economics letters, 4(2), 87-91. https://doi.org/10.1080/17446540701537756

Significant market value effects of RD are found for UK firms of all sizes. Sector-based analyses indicate large, positive and statistically significant influences of RD on market values of UK firms in both manufacturing and nonmanufacturing sectors.

Spin-offs, stages of growth and funding issues: Some UK evidence (2007)
Journal Article
Ullah, F., Akbar, S., & Taylor, P. (2007). Spin-offs, stages of growth and funding issues: Some UK evidence. International journal of entrepreneurship and innovation management, 7(6), 524-540. https://doi.org/10.1504/ijeim.2007.014595

This paper explores funding issues at the early development stages of Technology-Based Small Firms (TBSFs) spun-out from universities, non-university research organisations and parent companies. This paper presents empirical evidence for the UK, deri... Read More about Spin-offs, stages of growth and funding issues: Some UK evidence.