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Description Empirical studies in the capital structure find a positive relationship between firm size and leverage. Suggested explanations in the literature include: large firms tend to have more leverage perhaps because they are more transparent; have lower asset volatility; more diversified...

Description Capital Structure (def) - The structure of a firm's long-term (capital) financing. How a firm buys its long-term assets [debt, preferred stock, common stock (retained earnings, new common stock)] Leverage (def) - The financing of any portion of assets with money raised from debt. The...

Description A high degree of financial leverage means high interest payments, which negatively affect the company's bottom-line earnings per share. Financial risk is the risk to the stockholders that is caused by an increase in debt and preferred equities in a company's capital structure...

Description Corporate financial policy plays an important role in many real economic decisions including fixed business investment, inventory investment, research and development expenditures, product market strategy, and employment decisions. As such, corporate capital structure has received a...

Description Business risk depends on business factors such as competition, product liability, and operating leverage. Financial risk depends only on the types of securities issued. More debt, more financial risk., Concentrates business risk on stockholders. 13-1 CHAPTER 13 Capital Structure and...

Description The Industrial Revolution took place over more than a century, as production of goods moved from home businesses, where products were generally crafted by hand, to machine-aided production in factories. This revolution, which involved major changes in transportation, manufacturing...

Description The development of small-scale industries is hampered by a diversity of problems. There are certain problems common to all types of cottage and small scale industrial units. In this context, the present chapter is devoted to a detailed study of the problems of the small-scale...

Description One of the most profound changes taking place in the agro-food economy of developing countries is the emergence of agro-industrial enterprises as part of broader processes of agribusiness development. In turn, the transformation of agro-processing from the informal to the formal...

Description Interest in diversifying agriculture has been increasing, due to changes affecting the industry. Widely fluctuating farm incomes ($38 billion in 1979,$13 billion in 1983, and $34 billion in 1986)1 have led the agricultural community to seek new, high-growth markets. Erosion of the...

Description Chemical process industry play an important role in the development of a country by providing a wide variety of products, which are being used in providing basic needs of rising population which is 6.4 billion globally and 1.2 billion in India in 2012. Chemical process industries...

Description The essential practice in enhancing of Islamic Banking competitiveness is the implementation of Quran-based human resource management. The purpose of this study is to describe the application of the Quran-based human resource management in Islamic banking, as well as make empirical...

Description This study attempts to make empirical examination in how psychological empowerment program created by Islamic banking enhancing organizational commitment. This paper develops a model of organizational commitment dimension and the impact of psychological empowerment. Pak. J. Commer...

Description This study dealt with the effect of human resource accounting on financial statement of Nigerian Bank using Zenith Bank Plc as a case. The main objective of this Study is to determine whether accounting for human resources will influence the financial position of Zenith Bank Plc and...

Description The research problem was formulated as: With the increased emphasis on human capital as a global trend, what is the extent of strategic orientation of Human Resource Managers in South Asia? The objectives were to identify the personal factors as well as organizational factors that...

Description In current era of highly volatile business environment organizations are facing emerging challenges in form of acquisition and optimization of human resource. Being valuable and scarce capabilities, human resources are considered as a source of sustainable competitive advantage.  ...

Description Human resource development as an emerging system in modern organizations has been recognized as a panacea for many workforce problems. Surprisingly, HRD in financial institutions has not much received attention as it deserves when compared with the other avenues of business...

Description An organization is made up of a number of people who strive to achieve the organization’s goals. Human resources have a significant bearing on the profitability, efficiency and overall organizational effectiveness. 67 CAB CALLING July-September, 2008 *Lecturer Department of...

Description Effective management of human resources play a vital role in sound management of banks as human resource management is a central sub system of modern management system. This truism is well recognised by even market economies of USA, UK, and France etc. International Journal of...

Description Efficient human resource management is one of the most essential requirements for survival in this competitive world. In this paper, an attempt has been made to test the hypothesis for administrative skills, competitive advantage and human resource development (HRD) policies...

Description Human Resource Management is important for banks because banking is a service industry. Management of people and management of risk are two key challenges facing banks. How you manage the people and how you manage the risks determines your success in the banking business. Efficient...