Firms pursue diversification for sake enhancing financial performance. Some theories state positive relationship between diversification and financial performance. However, there are some theories for negative relationship about the issue. The study has filled the gap that most studies done in developed countries and there are fewer studies in developing country like Malaysia. In this study, re...

Dividend Policy is one of the most important financial decisions that managers encounter. This study contributes to the literature of dividend and empirical research investigating the effects of dynamic factors in Tehran Stock Exchange. Based on some criteria, the study contains 133 listed firms over a 10-year period from 2001 to 2010. To test the research hypotheses, this study uses Fixed Effe...

One of the goals of the government is to increase the competitiveness of domestic firms to export goods and services. Moreover, the role of exports in many economic sectors has been emphasized. There are two essential requirements for developing non-oil exports: first, the presence of firms in export markets and increasing their competitiveness; second, the survival of them in international mar...

Large and small firms pay similar health insurance premiums but this similarity is misleading. Small firms are less likely to offer insurance and when they do, provide less generous benefits than large firms. Premium data does not include the experience of small firms that do not offer coverage, perhaps because they faced higher premiums. This synthesis explores the reasons premiums for small f...

Predicting financially false statements to detect frauds in companies has an increasing trend in recent studies. The manipulations in financial statements can be discovered by auditors when related financial records and indicators are analyzed in depth together with the experience of auditors in order to create knowledge to develop a decision support system to classify firms. Auditors may annot...

Abstract Building a new political economy requires transforming our markets, institutions, and policy regulatory regimes. In this essay, I argue that it also the purpose of firm: from singular focus on maximizing financial returns to recognition firms exist support human flourishing, with profits merely means an end. suggest transformation is already under way indeed may help fundamental change...