In this research paper, a sample of publicly listed enterprises found consecutively listed and chosen at random from the NYSE are analysed over a defined period of time using the most recent publicly available annual reports. The list should be diversified enough to provide an interesting...

Objective - This research is conducted in order to determine what factors in corporate governance affect the financial performance of a firm.Methodology/Technique - Financial performance, as the dependent variable, is measured by Return on Asset (ROA), while the independent variables (corporate...

In order to implement the profitable projects, achieve the maximum efficiency, and increase their shareholders, companies may use different types of financial resources in different ways. The ability of companies to identify the internal and external resources for providing capital and financial...

This study is conducted about corporate social responsibility disclosure according to guidelines to corporate social responsibility reporting of Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) through annual report (Form 56-1), annual financial statement, footnotes to financial statement, corporate social...

This paper examines the reaction of market share prices on announcement of share buyback, as a tool of restructuring of shares and the regulation of buyback practices in India. Companies announce buyback of shares either to increase the value of issued shares or to eliminate any fear by...

Lack of monitoring the performance of managers not only has trampled the rights of shareholders and other stakeholders of the company, but also has increased the personal interests of managers in the absence of adequate monitoring on their performance. The aim of this study is to investigate the...

Newly listed firms are more and more active in Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As). The ‘stock as currency' motivation explains why firms use publicly traded stocks as acquisition currency after their Initial Public Offering (IPO). We extend its implications by focusing on the role played by stock...

Data collection procedures remain paramount to quantitative research. However, there is a difficulty in presenting same in the research design, since the researcher is tempted to give an outline that does not directly reflect the specific research in question. This write-up focuses on the...

Research design is one of the cardinal tools for successful quantitative researches. However, there is the temptation to define terms rather than focusing on the key components of the research that must relate to the current study. This write-up presents an example of what research designs...

Using a large sample of 3,066 firm-year observations, representing 372 distinct firms listed on IDX during the period 1995-2012, we show that dividends are reliably positively priced by the capital market, violating thus the dividend displacement theorem. This result persists even after...