This report updates and expands earlier studies to look at the profitability of $349.7 billion of buybacks executed …

a profit or loss for a firm. In actual practice, however, few purely financial decisions rival stock repurchases in … their bearing on the well-being of shareholders. Because profit/loss on buybacks is excluded from the audited financial … studies to look at the profitability of $338.4 billion of buybacks executed from 2000 through late 2009 by a sample of 280 …

logistic regression analysis. Scientific aim: To examine the effect of corporate social responsibility on firm profitability …) exerts a positive and statistically significant effect on firm profitability (PF), return on equity (ROE) and market success … significant influence on firm profitability (PF), return on equity (ROE) and market success (MS). Thus, the study recommends among …