Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between dividend policy and the life cycle of firms in India. In addition, this study intends to examine the variation in dividend behaviour over the life cycle of a firm. The study anticipates that a firm's dividend behaviour...

The present study is in continuation of our earlier attempt of developing quantitative benchmarks at the firm as well as at the industry level to evaluate Working Capital Management Performance of Corporate India from time to time. The previous attempt was based on the methodology designed by...

We study the association between the ritual of menstrual restrictions and maternal health- care access as well as women's subjective well-being. Similar restrictions, also practised around the time of childbirth, are based on the assumption that women are ritually impure during these phases of...

We study the association between the ritual of menstrual restrictions and maternal health- care access as well as women's subjective well-being. Similar restrictions, also practised around the time of childbirth, are based on the assumption that women are ritually impure during these phases of...

Using the event study method, we examine the impacts of the Russia-Ukraine war 2022 on the global tourism sector stocks. The findings suggest that the impact is different for firms in different market sets. The cross-sectional analysis reveals that some country- and firm-specific variables...

The purpose of this review paper is to critically investigate the underlying factors that affect firm's financial leverage from the perspective of theoretical underpinnings. We reviewed 107 papers published from 1991 to 2005 in the core, non-core and other academic journals. On the basis of...

Indian economy is going through a challenging time. The dream period from 1991 to 2013 is now over. In between it has faced a lot of challenges like Global financial market crisis in 2008 and persistent slow down from 2017, which is aided by present COVID-19 pandemic. It has created havoc in our...