This paper presents an empirical study of the international operations of Brazilian MNCs in Cement Industry with a dynamic approach using knowledge-based strategies (KBV) through the analysis of the development of three families of intangible assets (individual competence, internal structure,...

This article examines an empirical analysis of determinant of capital structure in Nigerian Cement Industry for the period of 2000-2009. The analyses are performed using time series data pertaining four listed cement firms. The regression analyses are estimated using OLS. We used eight exogenous...

The paper reports that, when firms follow the Pecking Order Theory, a sub-optimality with the cost components of firms' capital structure exists. The sub-optimality drives firms to follow the Trade-Off Theory to reach optimality concerning the cost components of capital structure. At higher...

In this study an attempt has been made to examine the determinants of capital structure in companies belonging to the Indian Cement Industry during Pre and Post Recession period. To study the influence of various independent variables on the capital structure, Multiple Regression Analysis has...