A brief review of recent literature on corporate governance is provided, which is then concluded with a proposed corporate governance framework as a starting point for further development. We propose that it is stakeholder concentration that determines the quality of corporate governance. Next...

This study develops a bankruptcy prediction model for South African companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. The model is of considerable efficiency and the findings reported extend bankruptcy literature to developing countries. 64 financial ratios for 28 companies, grouped into...

In the last few years, there has been lively debate about the appropriateness of financial ratios in determining the value of high technology stocks especially in the US market. Of particular focus in this debate has been the high to very high P-E ratios assigned to companies that by any other...

This study investigates the factors that affect Korean lodging firms’ performance measured in terms of return on assets (ROA). Using the 2005 financial data of a sample of 112 publicly traded Korean lodging firms and a stepwise regression procedure, the study identified the ratio of earnings...

To assess the impact of the recession on the financial performances of the lodging industry, this study examines sample firms’ financial ratios in 2006, the year immediately prior to the recession, to those in 2008, the year during which the recession was in full swing. The findings of this...

The purpose of this study was to identify problems and weaknesses existing in the Korean hospitality industry by examining some key financial ratios in comparison with those of its U.S. peer. Using the 2006 financial data of 194 Korean hospitality firms and 80 U.S. hospitality firms, 13...

Šopis, V., Prekybinės įmonės pelningumo didinimo galimybių vertinimas [Rankraštis]:bakalauro baigiamasis darbas: ekonomika. Vilnius, ISM Vadybos ir ekonomikos universitetas,2009.Bakalauro baigiamojo darbo tikslas – išanalizuoti prekybinės įmonės pelningumo rodikliusir nustatyti...

This study examines the effectiveness of going-concern prediction models by comparing models that incorporate corporate governance variables with models based solely on financial ratios. The aim was to compare the predictive power of going-concern models that combine corporate governance...

The aim of this study was to investigate whether firms' reporting delays are interconnected with bankruptcy risk and its financial determinants. This study was based on 698,189 firm-year observations from Estonia. Annual report submission delay, either in a binary or ordinal form, was used as...

This paper aims to compare the accuracy of financial ratios, tax arrears and annual report submission delays for the prediction of bank loan defaults. To achieve this, 12 variables from these three domains are used, while the study applies a longitudinal whole-population dataset from an Estonian...