Corporate managers are actively engaged to take business and financial decisions which results in long term value to their shareholders. Managers pursue this goal through their investment, financing and dividend decisions. Dividend policy refers to the payout the management decides to compensate...

Andra Pradesh is one of the leading producers of paper in India -- there are 22 paper mills in the State; regrettably, the majority of the paper mills in the state are in red/(showing losses) due to the poor performance and failure to manage their finances effectively. Therefore, there is a need...

The purpose of this paper is to study the profitability of the 166 non-financial companies of the BSE 200 index with particular emphasis on a pre- and post-recession analysis for the period 2001-2011 with an attempt to link the profitability with the liquidity of the sample firms. The study...

The US dollar is the most prevalent currency to settle internationally traded merchandise. A few existing studies demonstrate that the US dollar can significantly impact a country's trade balance with a non-US partner. Nevertheless, the current literature indicates the remarkable deficiency of...