We report our analysis, using account data from a large discount brokerage firm, of the common stock investment performance of 166 investment clubs from February 1991 through January 1997. The average club tilted its common stock investment toward high-beta, small-cap growth stocks and turned over 65 percent of its portfolio annually. The average club lagged the performance of a broad-based mar...

In many cases, buyers must incur search costs to find the price of a product. This search cost affects the behavior of consumers, and through that, it affects the profit maximizing behavior of the firms. As search costs change, so do the competitive marketing mix strategies of the firms. In predicting the effect of changing search costs on the equilibrium prices and allocations, it is important...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of extension services in enhancing effectiveness of out growers’ credit system in Kisumu County, Kenya. The study specifically sought to determine whether public and private extension services play a significant role in enhancing effectiveness of out-growers’ credit system among smallholder sugarcane farmers. A total of 110 small scale farme...

The study assessed adoption of improved fish pond management technologies among fish growers in Benue State, Nigeria. Stratified, purposive and simple random sampling techniques were used in selecting 221 respondents. Primary data were collected using structured questionnaire. Data collected were analysed using both descriptive such as frequency distribution tables and inferential statistics su...

Medicinal herbs are increasing in popularity across the world. Consumer sales of herbs and botanicals reached $4.41 billion in 2005 (Nutrition Business Journal 2006). Many medicinal herb products are made from native woodland botanicals that are wild-harvested from natural stands. Most, if not all, of these woodland botanicals can be cultivated commercially. This is beneficial for the conservat...

this research was done aimed to investigation the effective factors on production skills of tobacco growers in mazandaran province. this is an applied study based on descriptive-correlation method. statistical population of this research consisted of 1500 tobacco growers  of mazandaran province, and 306 people were selected based on morgan table. content validity of the questionnaire was determ...

Aims: This study mainly intends to analyze the production side of coffee that would throw light on scenario growers understand cost structure and returns from cultivation in area.
 Study Design: Purposive sampling technique was adopted for current Araku valley coffee, where primary data has been collected 120 growers.
 Place Duration Study: The research carried out Visakhapatnam distr...

This article examines the determinants and impacts of rising market concentration in food retail. We argue that differentiated nature retail complicates common assumption is evidence growing power prices. provide a theoretical explanation for but relatively unchanging also empirical data on prices, gross margins, profit demand elasticities to support our hypothesis fixed costs have been main dr...

This research examines empirically the effect of Gross Profit Margin (GPM), Return On Aseet (ROA), Debt To Equty Ratio (DER), dan Net (NPM) to profit growth companies PT. Sat Nusa Persada Tbk. The in this is all financial statements Tbk for 15 from 2007-2021, sample used study was f10 years 2011-2020. Sampling conducted tusing purposive sampling. analytical method quantitative method, with clas...

This research was conducted with the aim to determine effect of Gross Return on Assets, Equity, and Net Profit Margin partially or simultaneously profit growth in pharmaceutical sub-sector companies listed Indonesia Stock Exchange for 2016-2020 period. The method used is descriptive verification. technique sample this study purposive sampling obtained 10 during 5 years research. results showed ...