The study assesses the impact of privatisation on employment and output in Pakistan by using edible oil and cement sectors for a case study. Though the term privatisation has broad connotations, it stands for the transfer of ownership to the private sector in Pakistan. By the end of 2000, the...

Housing is considered the basic necessity of human being and its shortage is a major problem worldwide especially in less developed countries including Pakistan. Recently the commercial banks in Pakistan have started looking for housing finance. In addition to conventional banks Islamic banks...

This study examines relationship between measures of working capital management and corporate profitability. Working capital management is an important element of financial management for many firms as they make significant investment in working capital components. Applying fixed effect...

In this paper, we study the potential determinates of the capital structure of non-financial firms listed on Karachi Stock Exchange. We analyse a sample of 445 firms listed on the KSE for the period 1997-2001. We have chosen tangibility of assets, size, firm growth rate, and profitability as...

Corporate governance refers to the mechanism which ensures that the affairs of a corporate body are conducted in order to serve and protect the individual and collective interests of all stakeholders. It ordains that while a firm is achieving its goal of shareholder's wealth maximization, this...