The analysis of bank failures enables the understanding of the relevant financial and economic factors underlying the bank's solvability and survival in a sound and competitive banking system, allowing a preventive behavior for bank management and regulators.This research is focused on the study...

Short-term financial management involves the management of current assets and liabilities, which directly affect an organisation's liquidity and profitability. This study aims to examine the relationship between the operating performance and short-term financial management of small and...

In countries with highly-developed financial systems bank portfolios have high exposure, directly or indirectly, to the real estate sector. Changes in the value of real estate can have a potentially significant impact on the default risk of banks and on their profitability as a result of this...

Companies can use working capital management as an approach to influence their profitability. This paper studies the impact of working capital management and its components upon the profitability of European companies. Cash Conversion Cycle is used as a comprehensive measure for working capital...

A wealth of research has addressed the internationalization of firms using different theories and conceptual perspectives. This paper examines the extant research on internationalization specifically delving into seven streams of research: Market Power, Evolutionary Model, Internalization &...

Portuguese Abstract: A ST I é uma software house na área das TI para a Saúde fundada em 1989. Nos últimos anos tem tido um crescimento sustentado, essencialmente junto do setor público. O Caso em análise tem como objetivo conseguir a diversificação de mercados, de forma a diminuir a...