The Strategic Partnership between Public and Private Sectors in the Rebuild Phase of Syria; defining Success Factors Analytical Study of Partnership in Telecommunication Sector

The study aims at shedding light on the concept of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) as an effective, innovative and indispensable strategic tool in managing the developmental crisis in Syria, in addition to indicating the driving reasons for adopting it, the advantages it brings as of converting the opponent and the usual competitor, i.e. the private sector into strong partner and contributor to development and its sustainability.

The Impact of Stakeholders’ Pressures On The Environmental Management Accounting Adoption Level "An Empirical Study On Syrian Manufacturing Companies"

This research examines the impact of stakeholders’ pressures on the environmental management accounting (EMA) adoption level. Drawing from the stakeholders theory, the research seeks to identify the extent to which stakeholders’ pressures (government, customers, labor unions, and local community) influences EMA adoption level among manufacturing companies in Syria. Hypotheses were constructed for there is a positive relationship between the stakeholders’ pressures and EMA adoption level. A total of 62 managers working in 20 Syrian manufacturing companies participated in the survey. stakeholders’ pressures was tested against the EMA adoption level via simple regression analysis, correlation, and frequency rate. The findings indicated that there is a positive relationship between the government, customers pressures and the EMA adoption level. In addition, there is no relationship between the labor unions, local community pressures and the EMA adoption level. The findings were discussed, and some recommendations and suggestions were provided.