The management of current assets (CA) such as cash, marketable securities, inventory and debtors, etc. is a vital aspect of corporate finance. These assets must be managed efficiently in order to maintain the liquidity of the firm while also ensuring that they are not kept at high levels either....

This paper examines the technical efficiency and productivity of 81 firms of the Indian pharmaceutical industry. The study found that technical efficiency and productivity are higher in the product patent regime than in the process patent regime. The analysis of Malmquist productivity index...

Indian apparel exporting firms have proved their competitiveness in some market segments in recent years. Global trade in apparel is likely to change significantly due to major changes in the international business environment. The paper takes a view that Indian apparel export firms will have...

The present article examines the short-run abnormal returns to India based mergers and acquisitions during 2003–2008 by using event study methodology. The present work is based on a sample of 623 mergers and acquisitions. We find that acquisitions by Indian companies significantly create...

The objective of this paper is to study and compare the debt financing decisions and practices of the public sector, private sector and foreign controlled companies in India. It also finds out the impact of the liberalized environment, in terms of the significant changes, if any, in the phase-2...

Developed financial system is one of the important determinants of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). The article analyzes the impact of financial system development on FDI with respect to BRIC countries for the period 1991 to 2010. Using the panel data analyses, fixed and random effect, our...

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the efficiency of the countries over the period of 10 years by applying data envelopment analysis (DEA). Based on rational and factual parameters such as freedom of press, freedom of religion, percentage of export in Gross Domestic Product (GDP), index of...

Global warming is an alarming issue for the whole humanity. The manufacturing and food supply chains are contributing significantly to the large-scale carbon emissions. Beef supply chain is one of the segments of food industry having considerable carbon footprint throughout its supply chain. The...