442–454‚ 2012 DIVIDEND POLICY AND FIRM PERFORMANCE: A STUDY OF LISTED FIRMS IN NIGERIA Uwalomwa UWUIGBE1 Covenant University‚ Ogun State‚ Nigeria Jimoh JAFARU Auchi Polytechnic‚ Edo State‚ Nigeria Anijesushola AJAYI Covenant University‚ Ogun State‚ Nigeria ABSTRACT This study basically investigates the relationship between the financial performance and dividend payout among listed firms’ in Nigeria. It also looks at the relationship between ownership structure‚ size of firms and the dividend payouts.
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Chapter 12 Statement of Cash Flows True / False Questions 1. Interest and dividends from investments held by a company are reported as cash inflows from investing activities on the statement of cash flows. True False 2. Under the indirect method‚ changes in current assets are used in determining cash flows from operating activities and changes in current liabilities are used in determining cash flows from financing activities. True False 3. Using the indirect method‚ the increase
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1. Discuss the typical risks faced by a firm. 2. In a market economy‚ the price system facilitates allocation of resources. Discuss how a manager may contribute to the profit maximization goal of a firm by studying managerial economics. Typical risks faced by a firm. According to Keat & Young (2009)‚ the typical risks faced by a firm would be: 1. Changes in demand and supply condition 2. Technological changes and effects of competition 3. Changes in interest rates and inflation rates 4.
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Why firms go international? There are many reasons can promote firms go international‚ includes the domestic market saturation‚ end of PLC in domestic market‚ geographic diversification‚ to gain the economies of scale‚ stiff competition in domestic market and absence of competitors overseas etc. 1. Some firms go international in order to gain the economies of scale. As a research has pointed out that a doubling of output can reduce the production costs by up to 30 per cent. This is very obvious
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WHY DO FIRMS GO PUBLIC? Forthcoming in the Oxford Handbook of Entrepreneurial Finance James C. Brau‚ PhD‚ CFA Professor of Finance Editor‚ Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance July 1‚ 2010 Department of Finance Marriott School Brigham Young University 640 Tanner Building Provo‚ Utah 84602 Phone: 801.318.7919 Fax: 801.422.0741 Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1649008 WHY DO FIRMS GO PUBLIC? Six months after he founded Netscape‚ Clark agitated for the company
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DIDEM OZTURK 110604108 SUBMITTED TO: CAN KARAŞIKLI / ÇİĞDEM ASARKAYA BUS 521 ASSIGNMENT 4 (CHAPTER 7) The short term activities of firms are buying raw materials‚ paying cash‚ manufacturing the product‚ selling the product and collecting cash. During the payment‚ the cash need occurs. Cash need should be covered by going into a debt. Cash budget is a primary tool in short-term financial planning. It is prepared after the operating budgets (sales‚ manufacturing expenses
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GROUP ACTIVITY: UTILIZING THE FINANCIAL MARKET As a financial manager of a large firm‚ you plan to borrow $70 million over the next year. 1) What are the most likely ways in which you can borrow $70 million? The best way the company must do in order to borrow $70 million over the next year is by issuing bonds to financial institutions such as mutual funds and insurance companies. As to attract investors‚ issuing bonds is seems to be less risky than shares and they may be willing to purchase them
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School of Accounting & Finance The Hong Kong Polytechnic University AF2111 Accounting for Decision making Semester 1 of 2013/2014 Academic Year Meeting Time: Thursday‚ 19:30 - 21:20 Venue: DE401 (subject group S01) Instructor: Ms Sarah Cheng Mei Ling Office: M754‚ Li Ka Shing Building Tel. No.: (852) 2766-7027 E-mail:
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The traditional profit maximizing theories of the firm have been criticised for being unrealistic. As a result‚ alternative theories of the firm were introduced (Sloman & Sutcliffe‚ 2001). One of the alternative theories of the firm is Growth maximization. Following are the main motives for the firms to grow: The cost motive: A growth maximising firm can lower its long run average costs by exploiting economies of scale and economies of scope. Economies of scale come into effect when increasing
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CORPORATE Cash HoldingS During the Recent Crisis b.sc. Thesis 2010-05-24 Lucas Kuijsters 722689 Abstract In this thesis I investigate the development of determinants of corporate cash holdings during the recent crisis. I create two categories of firms; one with financially constraint and unconstraint firms classified on their size and one with financially constraint and unconstraint firms based on the de size of their dividend payments. Unconstraint firms do not manage their cash holdings
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