The aim of this study was to identify factors influencing profitability in a feedlot environment and to estimate genetic parameters for and between a feedlot profit function and productive traits measured in growth tests. The heritability estimate of 0.36 for feedlot profitability shows that this trait is genetically inherited and that it can be selected for. The genetic correlations between fe...

This paper compares the performance of regional banks and national banks in Korea for the period of 19922004 by examining how the profitability of these two groups differs, identifying major determinants of profitability for each group, and explaining their similarities and differences. Two competing hypotheses, the market power hypothesis and the efficient structure hypothesis, are tested in a...

Prior research shows that firms generating earnings growth by improving profitability create shareholder value, while firms generating earnings growth through investment destroy value. This paper examines whether compensation committees consider this while determining CEO compensation. We first confirm prior results that growth from increased profitability is perceived by markets to add value w...

The study aims to look at the influence of profitability, leverage and gender diversity on carbon emissions disclosure. In this study, samples used were from mining agricultural companies listed Indonesia Stock Exchange in period 2017 2019. Profitability is measured by Returns Asset, Debt Asset Blau heterogeneity index. Carbon disclosure using an checklist containing 18 items related climate ch...

In this study, working capital policies measured by Working Capital Investment Policy (WCIP) and Financing (WCFP) affect the corporate performance (profitability goodwill) of nine companies included in Jakarta Islamic Index (JII). We are investigating impact. Listed during period 2014-2020. The analysis tool used is a descriptive statistical path method using software program WarpPLS 7.0. data ...

This study examines the determinants of bank profitability in China over the period 2003-2009. The determinants are divided into three groups: bank-specific, industryspecific and macroeconomic variables. The two-step General Method of Moments (GMM) system estimator is used. The results show that there is a positive relationship between bank profitability, cost efficiency, banking sector develop...

The main objective of this research is studying the relationship between working capital management and profitability. Cash conversion cycle is one of the important measuring tools to calculate the efficiency of working capital management. The time realm of the research was 2001-2006 and the studied companies have been the ones accepted in Tehran stock exchange. In general, out of 2628 companie...

This paper presents a conceptual framework for explaining credit union (CU) loan delinquency and profitability in developing countries, together with empirical estimation for a unique sample of Latin American CUs. Delinquency and profitability were found to be responsive to the incentives that CUs create for their borrowers to repay loans. These incentives include loan and deposit rates, the us...

We investigate the effect of exploitative and exploratory learning activities on ITO vendor profitability. We present a mixed-method strategy to iteratively inform our research with an unprecedented data set of both qualitative and quantitative data on projects of the ERP service vendor OMEGA. In this paper, we report on initial quantitative findings, which show that exploitative activities hav...

This paper offers a synoptic account of the state of the debate within Marxist scholars regarding the current structural crisis of capitalism, identifies two broad streams within the literature dealing, in turn, with aggregate demand and profitability problems, and proceeds to concentrate on an analysis of issues surrounding the profitability problem in two steps. First, evidence on profitabili...