The study analysed the impact of financing patterns (FPs) on the financial performance of 226 listed small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Firm size, age, liquidity, sales growth (SG), and asset tangibility (AT) are treated as firm-specific control variables. The result indicates that total debt...

Securities exchanges have greater roles to play in regard to economic and social development in both developed and developing economies. Hence, this paper examined the influence of firm financial characteristics on the leverage of manufacturing listed companies in Nairobi securities exchange....

The research objective was to establish effects of capital structure on the performance in financial perspective of Kurdistan manufacturing firms. Theoretically it is assumed that the capital mix a firm uses to finance its operations does not matter and that its future operating income generated...

Financial indicators (ratios) are calculated from the data found in basic financial statements. Balance sheets, income statements and cash flow statements are used in making different analyses for different information users. These indicators can be used to make inferences about a company's...