managementjournal.info RESEARCH ARTICLE An Empirical Analysis of Capital Structure on Firms’ Performance in Nigeria Taiwo Adewale Muritala* Department of Economics and Financial Studies‚ Fountain University Osogbo‚ Osun State‚ Nigeria. *Correspondence E-mail: muritaiwo@yahoo.com Abstract This paper examines the optimum level of capital structure through which a firm can increase its financial performance using annual data of ten firms spanning a five-year period. The results from Im‚ Pesaran & Shine
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debated topic‚ and many have suggested that at the core of this distribution is rationing. According to Scheunemann & White (2011)‚ rationing is withholding or restriction of potential beneficial treatments or access to medical services via gatekeeper controls‚ controlled distribution‚ national budgeting‚ government-set prices‚ and provider fees. Healthcare rationing exists in the US healthcare system‚ and in many forms. Rationing in the US is a bottom-up‚ decentralized policy that occurs in both the private
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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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( SKUAD ) The Firm 1993 film The Firm is a 1993 American legal thriller film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Tom Cruise‚ Jeanne Tripplehorn‚ Gene Hackman‚ Ed Harris‚ Holly Hunter‚ Hal Holbrook‚ and David Strathairn Release date : june 30‚ 1993 Director : Sydeny Pollack. Story by : John Grisham Screen play : john Grisham‚ Robert towne‚ David Rabe‚ David Ravfiel. Awards: people choice award for favorite drama movie The Firm follows the main character‚ Mitch
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1 Mayan Calendar http://www.2012.com.au/unlimited.html A key truth is that there is a DIVINE PLAN. The future belongs to those that trust in the process and are willing to go with the divine plan. The main tool for understanding this plan is the Mayan calendar. The truth about the Mayan calendar is really not difficult to understand. The problem is only that we have all been conditioned by a materialist mind that makes us look for the ultimate explanations in the material reality rather than
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and Cost of Debt Capital for Private Firms: Evidence from Finland Jukka Karjalainen Department of Business University of Eastern Finland April 10‚ 2010 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to examine the value relevance of the perceived audit quality in terms of who audits‚ as well as the audit outcomes in terms of the auditor’s opinion and accruals quality‚ in the pricing of debt capital for privately-held firms by examining a large sample of privately-held Finnish firms. The findings indicate
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turnover is $180 million. SAI grew rapidly in its first years due to the semiconductor industry boom. As the industry began to slow down‚ SAI watched its revenues fall by 40%. SAI survived the decrease in revenues by cutting costs and freezing capital expenses. Shrewdly‚ SAI continued its research and development efforts and developed the IC 1032‚ a specialized chip used in data embedded mobile phones (Scenario‚ 2008. University of Phoenix). Hal Eichner‚ SAI Chairman‚ has a two point strategy
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The Fortunes of War: The protection given to aid workers under International Humanitarian Law Cian Moran 07304293 Independent Research Project for NUI Galway Supervisor: Professor Ray Murphy Highly commended by the judging panel in the Undergraduate Awards 2012 (Law) "We ’d like to help you." the consul said "But there ’s nothing we can do Well‚ you knew the risks when you took the job After all you ’re not a fool” Beirut Moon by the Stiff Little Fingers (1991) Introduction Armed
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When I first think of the word rationing‚ I think about the rationing of food during World War II to make sure each solider had enough food. Nevertheless‚ rationing is involved in health care. Health care rationing can come in many different forms and used by health insurers‚ the government‚ and individuals to save money. "Rationing health care in any form implies reduced access to care and potential decreases in the acceptable quality of services offered" (Stanhope & Lancaster‚ 2104‚ p. 133). The
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Ownership and Firm Performance: Evidence from the S&P 500 The main argument of this paper by Anderson and Reeb is the question whether family ownership is beneficial or detrimental to the future of the company. The arguments against family ownership stress on the points of forgoing profit‚ limited human resource pool‚ usage of company resources for personal reasons and general low company performance. Other researchers attribute benefits to family ownership like greater monitoring of the firm‚ increased
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