In recent years, the importance of branding has dramatically increased on the ground that brands have the potential to be a source of long-term competitive advantages for any businesses. Although it seems that brand value, theoretically, has a significant impact on corporate profits, evaluating the brand value's influence level on corporate profits can give clear signals to both managers and in...

This study empirically observes the impact of corporate governance index on dividend payout policy by using the data on thirty textile firms listed at Karachi Stock Exchange. The data cover the five-year period from 2009 to 2013. The data were gathered from financial statements of all the sample firms. Multiple regression models were used to check the impact of corporate governance on dividend ...

The goal of corporate activities is to make a profit, and it is prudent for companies to estimate the profitability of products they provide. For securement of sustainable profit, it is important to forecast long-term changes to variables which affect a system planning, such as customer’s characteristics, economic indicators and social conditions, as well as technical advancement. It is also ne...

We extend the scarce research on corporate crime to include gender by developing and testing a gendered focal concerns and crime opportunities framework that predicts minimal and marginal female involvement in corporate criminal networks. Lacking centralized information, we developed a rich database covering 83 corporate frauds involving 436 defendants. We extracted information from indictments...

This paper presents a model of optimal control of corporate boards of directors. In particular, we determine when one would expect inside directors or outside directors to control the board, when the controlling party will delegate decision-making to the other party, the extent of communication with the deciding party, and the number of outside directors. Our model incorporates the traditional ...