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...

Based on national surveys of women entrepreneurs and micro-finance clients in Nepal (135 clients) and Pakistan (104 clients). Examines the impact of micro-finance and microenterprise development on the economic and possible social empowerment of women in the two countries, highlighting...

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...

This paper attempts to determine the capital structure of listed firms in the cement industry of Pakistan. The study finds that a specific industry's capital structure exhibits unique attributes which are usually not apparent in the combined analysis of many sectors as done by Shah & Hijazi...

Bureaucratic organizational structure (OS) is perceived as an impediment to employees' positive behavior including their knowledge-sharing behavior. This study investigates the role of formal, centralized and hierarchal OS in shaping the knowledge sharing behavior of public employees. It...