This report is a pre-final version of a report published by the Greater London Authority and the London Development … Agency in March 2008. It benchmarks London’s cultural offer against four other world cities: Paris,  New York, Tokyo and … version can be downloaded from http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/culture/docs/cultural-audit.pdf The printed version includes …

’s profitability in the textile sector of Pakistan. WCM plays an important role in firm’s financial management decisions. An optimal … WCM is expected to contribute positively to the creation of firm’s value and enhancement of its profitability. Working … variables are also used to investigate their effect on profitability (net income). A sample size of 55 textile companies in …

profitability. We find that the relation between customer concentration and firm profitability is more complex than recent … find a different result for younger, less profitable firms where customer concentration impairs firm profitability and … significantly increases distress risk. Thus, the relation between customer-base concentration and profitability is non-linear; it is …

. This is the common banking system around the world. This study will analyze determinants of profitability in Islamic banks … ASEAN Islamic and conventional banks. The study of profitability will look at different banking characteristics such as …

, specifically the impact of R&D expenditure, profitability, and sales revenue on firms’ productivity, R&D intensity, in …-year lagged R&D expenditure (t-1) and lagged profitability (t-1) to be positive in increasing significantly the firms’ amount of R …

financial freedom positively influences the profitability of Islamic banks operating in the MENA banking sectors. Interestingly … independence reduces Islamic banks’ profitability, thus, supporting the benefits of government intervention in the development of …