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Can companies profit from greener manufacturing?

Menzel, Vanessa; Smagin, Jan; David, Felix - In: Measuring Business Excellence 14 (2010) 2, pp. 22-31

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the trend and effect of environmentally friendly manufacturing on the financial performance of companies in the European automotive and pharmaceutical industries. Specific attention was given to resource utilization....

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An Investigation of Asymmetric Earnings Forecasts of Japanese Financial Analysts

Mande, Vivek; Wohar, Mark E.; Ortman, Richard F. - In: Multinational Business Review 11 (2003) 1, pp. 13-43

A number of U.S. studies have documented an optimistic bias in analysts’ forecasts of earnings. This study investigates whether the optimistic bias and asymmetric behavior of forecast errors found in most U.S. studies exists in Japan. We find that for firms reporting profits, Japanese...

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A Comparison of Capital Structure Determinants: The United States and The Republic of Korea

Kim, Hanjoon; Berger, Paul D. - In: Multinational Business Review 16 (2008) 1, pp. 79-100

States and Korea. We consider five explanatory variables: profit, company size, non‐debt tax shields, growth, and business …

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Rewards in faith‐based vs conventional banking

Muhammad Khan Ghauri, Shahid; Sabah Obaid Qambar, Amal - In: Qualitative Research in Financial Markets 4 (2012) 2/3, pp. 176-196

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the performance of conventional and Islamic paradigms of banking through profitability. Profitability of conventional and Islamic banks is compared through four authentic methods of ratio through reliable statistical data from seven countries....

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Sukuk investment

Jamilah Abdul Jalil, Mariam; Abdul Rahman, Zuriah - In: Qualitative Research in Financial Markets 4 (2012) 2/3, pp. 206-227

. Design/methodology/approach – In total, two models were used to calculate profit. These models are based on ijarah and …

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Further evidence on the information content of economic value added

Palliam, Ralph - In: Review of Accounting and Finance 5 (2006) 3, pp. 204-215

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to test assertions that economic value added (EVA) is more highly associated with stock returns and firm values than accrual earnings, and evaluates which components of EVA, contribute to these associations. Design/methodology/approach – Thirty three...

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Disaggregated earnings and prediction of future profitability: evidence from industrial groups in Japan

Habib, Ahsan - In: Review of Accounting and Finance 5 (2006) 4, pp. 355-369

Purpose – This paper seeks to examine the predictive ability of disaggregated earnings in forecasting future profitability conditional on keiretsu affiliation in the context of Japan. Design/methodology/approach – Industry‐adjusted future profitability measure is regressed on current...

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The implications of retained and distributed earnings for future profitability and stock returns

Papanastasopoulos, Georgios; Thomakos, Dimitrios; Wang, Tao - In: Review of Accounting and Finance 9 (2010) 4, pp. 395-423

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the informational content of retained and distributed earnings for future profitability and stock returns. Design/methodology/approach – The paper utilizes firm‐level cross‐sectional persistent regressions, Mishkin's econometric framework...

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Elements for sociology of profit

Breton, Gaétan; Caron, Marie‐Andrée - In: Society and Business Review 3 (2008) 1, pp. 72-90

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to revisit the foundations of profit and then consider the central role of the … profit in the society inspired by the accounting practice, through its influence in the social construction of the accountant … conventional notion of profit in the society. Findings – The paper presents the accountant as the master and great academic of this …

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Leviticus on how to make and distribute profit

Shapiro, Brian P.; Cohen, Norman M.; Naughton, Michael - In: Society and Business Review 8 (2013) 1, pp. 45-54

profit. The paper highlights the implications of this distinction for management education through the use of cases and …: Leviticus 19:9‐10, on leaving the gleanings of one's harvest (e.g., the modern equivalent of profit) for the poor; and Leviticus … – Leviticus 19's moral vision understands profit making and distribution in relation to the poor and other stakeholders. In …

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