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Relationship between Efficiency Level of Working Capital Management and Profitability of Firms in the Textile Sector of Pakistan
Chhapra, Imran Umer; Naqvi, Nousheen Abbas - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
, and size (capital) and profitability. However, results show a significant negative relationship between debt used by the …’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 …
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DOES DEBT AFFECT PROFITABILITY? THE CASE OF FRENCH AGRO-FOOD FIRMS
Kebewar, mazen - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This article aims to expand existing empirical knowledge on the impact of debt level on profitability of companies. We … the generalized method of moments (GMM), that debt affects negatively on the profitability, but this effect is negligible … existence of non-linear relationship (concave curve) between level of debt and profitability, but this non-linear impact is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108803
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Does debt affect profitability? An empirical study of French trade sector
Kebewar, mazen - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This article aims to expand existing empirical knowledge on the impact of debt level on profitability of companies. We … 2006. By using the generalized method of moments (GMM), we show that the debt affects negatively the profitability, not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109437
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The effect of debt on corporate profitability: Evidence from French service sector
Kebewar, mazen; SHAH, Syed Muhammad Noaman Ahmed - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Current study aims to provide new empirical evidence on the impact of debt on corporate profitability. This impact can … (GMM) econometric technique on three measures of profitability ratio (PROF1, PROF2 and ROA), we show that debt ratio has no … effect on corporate profitability, regardless of the size of company (VSEs, SMEs or LEs). …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110894
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Corporate competition: A self-organized network
Braha, Dan; Stacey, Blake; Bar-Yam, Yaneer - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
A substantial number of studies have extended the work on universal properties in physical systems to complex networks in social, biological, and technological systems. In this paper, we present a complex networks perspective on interfirm organizational networks by mapping, analyzing and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009211228
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Broadening monitoring and evaluation within reforming national agricultural research systems
Yawson, Robert M.; Sutherland, Alistair J.; Amoa-Awua, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2003
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Ghana, together with the Natural Resources Institute of the United Kingdom and with input from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration convened a one-day Policy Dialogue Forum on “Broadening Monitoring and Evaluation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009372525
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Corporate environmental and economic performances of Japanese manufacturing firms: Empirical study for sustainable development
Fujii, Hidemichi; Iwata, Kazuyuki; Kaneko, Shinji; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This study examines the relationships between environmental performance and economic performance in Japanese manufacturing firms. The environmental performance indicators include CO2 emissions and the aggregate toxic risk associated with chemical emissions relative to sales. Return on assets...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111429
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We're on a road to nowhere... new forms of work organization and national cultures
Ferreira, Pedro - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The main objective of this paper is to discuss how far the cultural environment is related to the potential that new forms of work organization, namely autonomy and teamwork, have for success. To accomplish this objective two main approaches will be used: on the one hand, the Socio-Technical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009647336
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Impact of social capital on flexible work organisation models: comparative study of european countries
Ferreira, Pedro; Vieira, Elvira; Neira, Isabel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The present economic context is heavily marked by a global crisis without precedents. Facing this constraint, companies feel pressured to undertake even greater efforts in order to optimize available resources. Work organisation is one of the mechanisms that managers use to align human resources...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009647419
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Dalla crisi allo sviluppo: quali strategie per le PMI?
Birolo, Adriano - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
In this short essay the contributions discussed at the Conference “From the crisis to the growth. Policies to sustain the SM firms”, taken place in June 2009 at the University of Padova, have been collected. In the contributions presented, moving from different points of view, the authors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009025299