This study combines Supply Chain Operation Reference (SCOR) Model, Theory of Constraint, and Six Sigma methodology to identify critical points and offer some strategies for improving supply chain performance. To identify critical points in supply chain, the measures of SCOR model, Shepherd and...

The lack of having a proper tool for evaluating companies' ability in paying debts is a reason which creates problem for managing credit risk. This study introduces Topsis technique for evaluating the risk of not paying debts and credit ranking of manufacturing companies in Tehran Stock...

This study examines the correlation between working capital management and debit structure of the firms and the effect of this correlation on the firms' profitability. If cash flow is the preferred source for financial provision of investments in the projects, it mediates the structure and...

This study aims to examine the effects of Targeted subsidies public firms on their performance in Tehran Stock Exchange. The hypotheses of this paper examine the significance of the relationship between Targeted subsidies, asset return, stockholders equity, and stock return. To test research...

One of the primary economic issues is associated with optimum resource allocation in profitable investments with reasonable risk. For this purpose, performance measurement's criteria are needed some of which emphasize cash flow variables and some others focus on information content of accounting...

For every business enterprise, net profit or specific equity after tax deduction for a specific time period is the final result of investment activities, and financial and operational provision. These activities can result from managerial decisions and a group of extrinsic or intrinsic...

One of most fundamental economic issues is optimal resource allocation towards productive investment with rational risk-taking. In doing so, there is a need to performance evaluation indices, some of which emphasize upon cash flow variables and some others upon information contents of accounting...

In this study we tried to compare two models in order to identify optimal neural networks models in predicting bankruptcy. Multi-layered perceptron (MLP) because of easy training and high efficiency and also integrated multi-layered perceptron (most used neural network in predicting bankruptcy)...

In this study we investigate the positive and negative effects of oil price volatilities (asymmetric effect) on GDP, consumer price index, imports, government expenditure and money stock using quarterly data trough the Structural VAR approach and using Impulse Response Function and Variance...

Decision making about dividend payout is one of the most important decision that companies should encounter. Identifying factors that influence dividends can help managers in making an appropriate dividend policy. In the other side, companies' dividend payouts over time and with a stable manner...