This study empirically examines the social capital that facilitates the flow of export knowledge, thereby supporting the entrepreneurial stance of small export firms. By applying the VRIO (value, rarity, inimitability and organisation of firm resources) framework to the resource-based view (RBV)...

This thesis seeks to explain the extent and quality of financial ratio disclosures within the 2007 annual reports of 300 Australian listed firms. Agency theory is utilised as the underlying theoretical framework. The extent of financial ratio disclosures (EFRD) is captured through a 43-item...

It’s neccesary an early warning system to predict financial distress firm. Prediction model could be used as early warning system for user of financial ratio such as lender, investor, regulator, auditor, and management in decision making that relevant with likelihood of financial distress for...

This research is the examine of the influence financial ratio to earning forecasting in the future. This research aim to give empirical finding about the influence financial ratio to earning forecasting in the future. This examine has been done by using random sampling as many as 86...

Diese Arbeit untersucht die Anwendung von Support Vektor Machines (SVMs) zur Vorhersage der Insolvenz von deutschen Unternehmen. Die Vorhersage basiert auf 24 finanziellen Kennzahlen, die in vier Kategorien unterteilt sind: Profitabilität, Fremdfinanzierung, Liquidität und Aktivität. SVMs...

Monitoring and adjusting financial health problems play central role in the firm’s performance.Usually, small firms face difficulties in these tasks for lacking human resources and incapacityto afford a consultant. By analyzing the nature of the diagnosis and the solution of financialproblems...

PT. Bank Sumut is a bank which 59.95% of its capital is owned by North Sumatra Province government, and 40.05% is owned by North Sumatera local government. The bank has a branch office in each of the local government area and also in Jakarta. The head office and Medan Main Branch of PT. Bank...

The current study evaluates the potential of the solvency ratio in predicting corporate bankruptcy. The research is focused on Romania and, in particular, on Timis County. The interest for the solvency ratio was based on the recommendations of the scientific literature, as well as on the...

In Chapter 1, I document a negative (positive) relationship between changes in large (small) blockholders' ownership and abnormal returns. The evidence in this paper suggests that an increase in the relatively large blockholders' ownership raises the consumption of private benefits while an...