Regional financial performance could influence the attitude of shareholders and of the investors. It is important as it provides information about the entities that act in the area and about the factors, qualitative: like auditor type or quantitative such as individual financial elements that...

Effectiveness of Signaling Theory in Pakistan- testing the relationship between current dividend and future profits Author: Misbah Iqbal Institute of Business Management Abstract The importance of dividend policy has always been a topic of discussion amongst academicians. Many authors continue...

This study reports the views of European fund managers and investors on dividends. Specifically, the study uses semi-structured interviews with twenty participants and analyses their responses concerning the role of dividends in the stock screening process; the perceived relationship between...

Wealth maximization is the main objective of a business firm. One of the instruments to achieve that goal is dividend policy. However, dividend policy is also considered to be timelessly complicated as managers have to alternate between new investment decisions and wealth distribution to...

Innovation is nowadays one of the most important factors of modernity and competitive position of business units and the entire economy. To continue developing and maintaining an advantage in the market enterprises will increasingly need to focus on radical innovation. This undoubtedly is...

In this paper sustainable management of European cities in contemporary business environment is analyzed. Recognition of culture diversity and market responsiveness are of substantial importance for new context of urbanization. Economic cooperation among cities is executed in the framework of...

Banking has an important place in the financial sector in Turkey and so that low or high banking performance affects the financial system and hence the whole economy. The purpose of this study is to determine the factors affecting the performance of state-owned and privately-owned deposit banks...

This article reviews empirical studies on the relationship between independent directors and firm performance in Chinese listed companies. The purpose is to generalize empirical evidence on the theoretical claim that independent directors can improve firm performance by performing their...

The study investigates the relationship between capital structure and profitability of conglomerate, consumer goods, and financial services firms quoted in Nigeria Stock Exchange. In this paper, the sample data collected from the ten randomly selected firms among the three industries were from...

In this paper we focus on financial innovations that have emerged as a result of the convergence of the capital market and insurance market. These new solutions called Insurance-Linked Securities (ILS) were created in 1990s. by insurers and reinsurers in order to improve the liquidity of...