The current study aims to test the relationship between certain accounting measures of profitability calculated based on the published annual reports and stock market prices. The study covers a sample of the industrial companies listed on the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE). The relationship is...

This article aims to determine which is better earnings or cash flows as performance measure. We follow the more direct approach used in several recent U.S. studies, in which earnings and cash flows are considered as competing variables. Specifically, our methodology is a development of the...

This study analyzes the role of off-balance sheet activities in banks profitability and banks risk in the Middle East and North Africa banking system. The uniqueness of this study stems from the investigation timing of and its sample data. The study covers the period covering the 2006/2007...

This study analyzes the role of off-balance sheet activities in banks profitability and banks risk in the Middle East and North Africa banking system. The uniqueness of this study stems from the investigation timing of and its sample data. The study covers the period covering the 2006/2007...

This study analyzes the role of off-balance sheet activities in banks profitability and banks risk in the Middle East and North Africa banking system. The uniqueness of this study stems from the investigation timing of and its sample data. The study covers the period covering the 2006/2007...

This study analyzes the role of off-balance sheet activities in banks profitability and banks risk in the Middle East and North Africa banking system. The uniqueness of this study stems from the investigation timing of and its sample data. The study covers the period covering the 2006/2007...

Purpose – This paper seeks to focus on the diffusion of activity-based costing (ABC) in Jordan. A conceptual framework from general diffusion theory is adopted to describe the diffusion process within the Jordanian industrial sector. The main objective of the study is to determine the...

The purpose of this study is to investigate the improvement in financial performance associated with the use of activity-based costing (ABC). Data were obtained through a cross-sectional mail survey of financial managers who furnished information regarding company financial performance, the...