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Post‐acquisition performance of apparel retailers: Is bigger necessarily better?

Cushman, Linda M.; Dyer, Carl L. - In: Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management: An … 2 (1997) 1, pp. 34-40

The merger and acquisition activities of the past two decades have brought about dramatic structural and strategic changes in the retail industry. Retail experts envision this consolidation as a necessary survival tactic for retail formats, especially the department store format, adding that the...

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EVA versus traditional accounting measures of performance as drivers of shareholder value – A comparative analysis

de Wet, J.HvH. - In: Meditari Accountancy Research 13 (2005) 2, pp. 1-16

Several researchers and practitioners, notably Stern Stewart Consulting Company and Associates, have claimed that economic value added (EVA) is superior to traditional accounting measures in driving shareholder value. Other researchers have refuted these claims by supplying data in support of...

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FDI Impacts On Industrial Agglomeration: The Case Of Java, Indonesia

Kuncoro, Mudrajad; Wahyuni, Sari - In: Journal of Asia Business Studies 3 (2009) 2, pp. 65-77

This paper attempts to examine which theory is best at explaining the geographic concentration in Java, an island in … Java have found that there was a stable – albeit increasing trend – and persistent geographic concentration in Java over … the period 1976‐1995. Yet some critical questions exist: Why geographic concentration in Java persisted during this period …

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Investigating Perceived Security Threats of Computerized Accounting Information Systems An Empirical Research applied on Jordanian banking sector

Hayale, Talal H.; Abu Khadra, Husam A. - In: Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences 24 (2008) 1, pp. 41-67

The objective of this study is to investigate perceived security threats of Computerized Accounting Information Systems (CAIS) that face Jordanian domestic banks. An empirical survey using self‐administrated questionnaire has been carried out to achieve the above‐mentioned objective. The...

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Size, Target Performance and European Bank Mergers and Acquisitions

Sanfilippo Azofra, Sergio; Garcia Olalla, Myriam; Torre … - In: American Journal of Business 23 (2008) 1, pp. 53-64

During the 1990s, the banking sector experienced an important consolidation process in most developed countries, where mergers and acquisitions (M&As) between credit institutions reached unprecedented levels. Financial deregulation and technological progress have played an important role in this...

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The Regional Nature of the World’s Banking Sector

Rugman, Alan M.; Brain, Cecilia - In: Multinational Business Review 12 (2004) 3, pp. 5-22

Of the forty banks included in the world’s largest 500 firms, none operate on a global basis. All but one are heavily dependent on their home region, with an average of 78.3 percent of their sales being intra‐regional. The other bank is European owned but has a majority of its sales in North...

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An Empirical Study of Firm Structure and Profitability Relationship: The Case of Jordan

Mahmoud Abu‐Tapanjeh, Abdussalam - In: Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences 22 (2006) 1, pp. 41-59

The present study examines the relationship of firm structure and profitability, taking into consideration major … order to test the hypotheses, using the profitability measurement of Rate of Return on Equity (ROE) and Rate of Return on … Investment (ROI). The empirical findings suggest that firm structure emerges as an important factor affecting profitability. The …

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The impact of the corporatization process on the financial performance of Canadian state‐owned enterprises

Bozec, Richard; Breton, Gaétan - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 16 (2003) 1, pp. 27-47

mission of the firm away from social and toward profitability goals. Most SOEs become profit‐seeking organizations. The … measured from a multi‐criteria approach including measures of profitability and productivity. The results suggest that the …

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The Location of Licensed Premises in the UK

Egan, David; Knowles, Tim; Bey, Joudallah - In: International Journal of Wine Marketing 12 (2000) 1, pp. 5-15

The licensed retail market in the UK operates in a dynamic environment, yet one aspect that appears to get little consideration is how spatial location may determine the success of particular business or, influence the appropriate use of an existing licensed premises. This paper suggests that it...

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The sustainability of return on assets among sectors in the food economy

Boland, Michael; Schumacher, Sara - In: Agricultural Finance Review 65 (2005) 1, pp. 31-43

Using return on assets as a proxy for profitability, this study evaluates the sustainability of profits in the food …

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