With the cost of solar and wind technologies having declined, governments are scaling back subsidies guarantees that have historically supported development renewable power. The renewables sector is struggling to stand commercially on its own feet, however: without state support, it often difficult for developers secure project funding. This article examines both this growing challenge energy t...

In resource allocation and target setting problems, a central decision makers? managerial standpoint has pivotal role, especially when we encounter undesirable outputs such as the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. circumstances, firms have to cooperate with each other, achieve planner?s aims. Looking into literature reveals that existing models based on data envelopment analysis (DEA) not aptly c...

this study examines inventory management practices of flour milling manufacturing firms and their effects on operational performance. five flour milling manufacturing firms in lagos were used for this study. structured questionnaire was the major instrument for the collection of relevant primary data while descriptive statistics such as mean and standard deviation was deployed to analyzing the ...

recently many researches have studied technological innovation capabilities (tics) and their impacts on firm’s competitive performance in the field of manufacturing industries. this paper pursued yam et al. (2004) framework to study the relevance of tics and firm's competitive performance in a mainly-service-based industry in iran (ict). empirical data were collected through a questionnaire...

abstract in the past few years, diversification has turned into a highly controversial issue amongst numerous managers in almost each and every business. it is contended by many that diversification is vitally important and highly effective especially when it comes to evaluating the financial performance. there are several studies about the relationship between diversification and financial per...

Abstract In the past few years, diversification has turned into a highly controversial issue amongst numerous managers in almost each and every business. It is contended by many that diversification is vitally important and highly effective especially when it comes to evaluating the financial performance. There are several studies about the relationship between diversification and financial per...

This study empirically examines whether managers manipulate reported income through the timing of sales of long-lived assets and investments. Several empirical implications of the income-smoothing and debt-equity hypothesis in the context of asset sales were tested. The findings are consistent with the timing of asset sales by managers so that the recognized accounting income from these sales s...

Recently many researches have studied technological innovation capabilities (TICs) and their impacts on firm’s competitive performance in the field of manufacturing industries. This paper pursued Yam et al. (2004) framework to study the relevance of TICs and firm's competitive performance in a mainly-service-based industry in Iran (ICT). Empirical data were collected through a questionnaire from...

This paper aims to investigate the effect of firm reporting quality, timeliness andquantity for disclosure and reliability of financial reports on the reaction of stockprice delay. Statistical population includes 111 active firms in Tehran stock exchangeduring 2010-2014 using Cochrane method with the confidence level of95%. Totally, they were 555 firms-years. In this paper, linear and nonlinear...