the purpose of this research was to investigate promoter factors in nanotechnology development as related to iranian agriculture sector. the method of the research was applied survey. the target population of the study was researchers of national research centers/institutes (n=187) of whom 123 individuals were selected for the study. a questionnaire was developed and its validity evaluated thro...

Executive summary Future investment returns are uncertain; no reliable means to foresee them exists. However, institutions and individuals making financial decisions need an approach to model the range of possible future returns. Any approach requires two fundamental ingredients: • First, long-term historical returns must be examined to determine the attributes and interrelationships that chara...

Research ...nds that ...rms’ investment decisions are distorted by irreversibility and ...nance constraints. Whereas the existing literature examines the e¤ects of these features separately, this paper studies their interaction. The impact of these constraints on a ...rm’s incentive to invest is characterised using option pricing techniques. Financial constraints reduce the initial capacity, ra...

We show that financial innovations that change the collateral capacity of assets in the economy can affect investment even in the absence of any shift in utilities, productivity, or asset payoffs. First we show that the ability to leverage an asset by selling non-contingent promises can generate over-investment compared to the Arrow-Debreu level. Second, we show that the introduction of naked C...

This paper discusses the use of fuzzy logic and modeling as a decision making support for long-term investment decisions in financial markets. A simple model is proposed to calculate recommendations for investors. This research required thorough analysis of historical data that lead to discovery of interesting dependencies between the Dow Jones index, currency pairs, oil price and the VIX volat...

The impact of financial leverage on firm investment is one of the most important issues in corporate finance. Debt overhang reduces the incentives of shareholder–management coalition in controlling the firm to invest in positive net-present-value investment opportunities. On the other hand, firms without debt in their financial structure face with a new problem known as over-investment. T...

introduction: the quality of financial reports is measured by accruals, and these accruals can be manipulated by managers. therefore, managers by manipulating the accruals can affect the quality of financial reports. in this research, a new non-financial element has been considered as manager's ability, and its goal is to investigate the effect of manager's ability on the relationship between t...

in every society the optimal performance of economic system is depened upon two efjkient, powerful and administered sections: real and financial. the existence of different institutions in financial markets make different financial instruments available to real section. investment companies are among active financial institutions which collect small amounts ofcapital by selling thier shares and...

One of the major problems that a financial manager faces is the enormous amount of financial data. There is a variety of software systems used to support the process of investment decision making. In this paper, a software system for financial asset management is presented. The system is based on fuzzy logic, operates in real time and differs from existing systems for portfolio management in fi...