The opinions about the relative importance of different determinants of corporate dividend policies vary across both scholars and financial mangers. This study seeks to examine the effect of ownership structure and board of directors' composition on dividend policies in Saudi Arabia, using...

The effect of ownership concentration on a firm's performance is an important issue in the literature of finance theory. This study seeks to examine the effect of ownership concentration on firm financial performance in Saudi Arabia, using pooled cross-sectional observations from the listed...

Relatively little research has examined the effects of ownership on the firms' corporate social responsibility (CSR). In addition, prior research suggests that ownership structure is associated to corporate social responsibility (CSR) in developed countries. The purpose of this paper is to...

Recent financial international scandals around the world have led to a number of nvestigations into the effectiveness of corporate governance practices and audit quality. Although evidence of corporate governance practices and audit quality exists from developed economies, very scanty studies...

Board of directors play a vital role in controlling agency problem between shareholders and managers arise due to earnings management. This paper examines the roles of independent members on the board, chief executive officer who also serves as a chairman of the company (hereinafter called CEO...

In a society depending on real time information, corporate disclosure is crucial for the capital market efficiency. The more disclosures a company makes, the more transparent becomes the information to investors, the lower becomes the information asymmetry and more credible the firms will be for...

The effect of ownership concentration on a firm's performance is an important issue in the literature of finance theory. This study seeks to examine the effect of ownership concentration on firm financial performance in Saudi Arabia, using pooled cross-sectional observations from the listed...

For the past decades, financial folks relied on old principles, techniques and theories in determining the performance of the companies and give feed backs to the executives and CEOs so they can make the necessary improvement and take decisions. The CEO wants help finding the resources to fund a...

Waste removal increases the profitability of any business. Processes are classified into value added and non-value added. The seven deadly wastes that could exist in any manufacturing process originated in Japan and are defined in the Toyota production system (TPS). The main goal became removing...

To overcome the global recession, some companies have cut resources and laid off workers, while others adopted better strategies to improve processes and change culture. Unfortunately, there remains a gap between successful and less successful companies in terms of process management, people...