The core purpose concerned in this study remains to explore the impact of the financial leverage on the stitched textile industry, and mainly on the profit margin. The textile industry in Pakistan is said to be the largest manufacturing industry and so is the stitching industry increasing with...

This paper investigates relationship between institutional quality and economic performance in Pakistan using the Johansen-Juselius cointegration technique and the Granger causality test. The study results indicate that Institutions and growth are cointegrated and thus exhibit a reliable long...

This paper presents an index of institutionalized social technologies for Pakistan, covering its two main dimensions namely Risk reducing technologies and Anti Rent seeking technologies and in turn covers several social, institutional, political and economic aspects. It is also analyzed...

The role of institutions in promoting economic growth and development has generated considerable interest among researchers and practitioners in recent years. This paper explores the role of state institutions in promoting growth using a GMM econometric model. Specifically it attempted to test...

This paper investigates relationship between FDI and current account (CA) in Pakistan using the Johansen-Juselius cointegration technique and the Granger causality test. The study results indicate that FDI and CA are cointegrated and thus exhibit a reliable long run relationship. The Granger...

This paper presents an index of institutionalized social technologies covering its two main dimensions namely Risk reducing technologies and Anti Rent seeking technologies and in turn covers several social, institutional, political and economic aspects. Specifically it attempted to classify and...

This paper aims to investigate how credit risk, liquidity risk, capital adequacy ratio, and audit quality affect a bank's stability both separately and in combination, and then compare the resulting banking stability between Islamic and commercial banks in Pakistan, while also taking into...

Objective: The goal of this study is to observe the integrated reporting (IR) disclosure pattern and examine how it relates to a company's worth as measured by its yearly average prices. The study also aims to determine the relationship between integrated reporting and companies’ intrinsic...

Like other emerging and developing economies of the world, business groups dominate the Pakistani economic landscape. The political economy of the country makes it easier for business groups to take bold business decisions in uncertain and inconsistent policy regimes. By incorporating new...

The idea of startup growth and promoting entrepreneurial values to promote economic growth is one met with an agreement in related literature. With that in mind, it becomes important to investigate success factors for raising finances within these startups, and funding becomes even more relevant...