Agency theory argues that shareholder interests require protection by separation of incumbency of rôles of board chair and CEO. Stewardship theory argues shareholder interests are maximised by shared incumbency of these rôles. Results of an empirical test fail to support agency theory and...

Le comité d'audit joue un rôle crucial dans la protection des intérêts des actionnaires et des autres parties prenantes. En effet, son efficacité est subordonnée à ses caractéristiques qui se rapportent essentiellement sur l'indépendance de ses membres, la taille du Comité, la...

This paper aims to outline the financial situation of the return on equity ofo Romanian companies according to the decision of external financing in the period 2007 - 2008, namely the period of occurrence of the economic crisis. There are 32 companies which were surveyed, which are in different...

The present study examines the relationship between return on equity (ROE), leverage and size of firms. A sample companies registered under Bucharest Stock Exchange were examined. The study employed regression method to estimate the impact of debt level on profitability (measured by Return on...

probability that cash flows or return will vary from expectations. Standard corporate finance theory supposes that a company chooses a capital structure that maximizes company value. A fundamental idea in finance is the relationship between risk and return. The greater the amount of risk that an...

The study is divided into four parts: in the introduction are presented the theoretical aspects of the consolidated financial statements and the consolidation methods. During the second part are shown the structure rates calculated prior and after the consolidation, and in the third are...

This paper examines the impact of credit and liquidity risk on bank's financial performance. This study especially focuses on Indonesian Conventional Bank with total asset above 10 trillion Rupiah within 2007 to 2011. Bank financial performances are measured by return on asset, return on equity...

Good corporate governance system minimises the misconduct risks of the authority to decide about the company contribute to the fall of capital costs and therefore has a positive effect on the economic activities of the company. Moreover, it is expected that these positive results reflect on the...

Business value added is a complex multilayer category whose elements are conflicting from the perspective of the company. It can be defined as the difference between revenues and costs of purchased or produced goods and services. Elements of the value added structure are: salaries, wages and...

Islamic banks operate in a different manner from conventional banks, particularly in adopting profit loss sharing contracts, resulting in arguably different risks and profitability rofiles. Drawing from the Islamic principle of full disclosure, stakeholder and signalling theories, this research...