2012 DIVIDEND POLICY AND FIRM PERFORMANCE: A STUDY OF LISTED FIRMS IN NIGERIA Uwalomwa UWUIGBE1 Covenant University‚ Ogun State‚ Nigeria Jimoh JAFARU Auchi Polytechnic‚ Edo State‚ Nigeria Anijesushola AJAYI Covenant University‚ Ogun State‚ Nigeria ABSTRACT This study basically investigates the relationship between the financial performance and dividend payout among listed firms’ in Nigeria. It also looks at the relationship between ownership structure‚ size of firms and the dividend payouts. The
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“Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them‚ and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them and a leopard shall watch over their cities.” Finally‚ the beasts represent cities. The black and white leopard represents Florence‚ which was divided between rival political factions known as Black Guelphs and White Guelphs. Dante made enemies with both groups and when the Black Guelphs along with the pope and France came into power‚ all those that opposed were to be exiled‚ including Dante. The lion is the symbol
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UAE-based group firm Weikfield International". The Times Of India. 30 June 2012. 6. "Making A Difference." Dabur India (Media centre). Accessed October 2011. 7. (14 June 2011.) "Snapdeal adopts village in Uttar
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Merging Leading Edge Technology with Bleeding Edge Technology Emerging Technologies and Issues CMGT 557 June 20‚ 2011 Merging Leading Edge Technology with Bleeding Edge Technology We have all seen it‚ rather on television‚ in newspapers‚ magazines‚ and now on your computer. The vendors bombard us with the terms like New‚ Improved‚ Latest and Greatest‚ better than ever‚ and the Fastest. It’s amazing when it’s for the same product; the listing is somewhat endless on what the product can
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Barriers to Entry of New Firms For a firm to maintain its monopoly position there must be barriers to entry of new firms. Barriers also exist under oligopoly‚ but in the case of monopoly they must be high enough to block the entry of new firms. Barriers can be of various forms. • Economies of scale. If a monopoly experiences substantial economies of scale‚ the industry may not be able to support more than one producer. • Network economies. When a product or service is used by everyone in
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The traditional profit maximizing theories of the firm have been criticised for being unrealistic. As a result‚ alternative theories of the firm were introduced (Sloman & Sutcliffe‚ 2001). One of the alternative theories of the firm is Growth maximization. Following are the main motives for the firms to grow: The cost motive: A growth maximising firm can lower its long run average costs by exploiting economies of scale and economies of scope. Economies of scale come into effect when increasing
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Background Odysseus is a medium sized firm‚ relatively new to international business in terms of how to operate outside of its local market where it has been successful by being able to build a niche with its coupling and clutch products. Key Facts: Product • 8 products with 600 sizes and types – small batches of orders (not mass production) • Patents across the globe Sales • Odysseus Flexible coupling product - 33% of sales revenue‚ total from $64M to $169M in 2007 • Largest customer
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Published by Canadian Center of Science and Education Development Strategy for a Textile Firm Luu Trong Tuan1 1 University of Social Sciences and Humanities‚ Ho Chi Minh City‚ Vietnam Correspondence: Luu Trong Tuan‚ University of Social Sciences and Humanities‚ Ho Chi Minh City‚ Vietnam. E-mail: luutrongtuan@vnn.vn Received: September 26‚ 2011 doi:10.5539/jms.v2n2p136 Abstract The researched firm is a state-owned company of more than forty years of operation and is one of pioneer companies
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The legal issue is whether or not George is liable for Adam’s injury due to the attractive nuisance doctrine. The attractive nuisance doctrine states that possessors of property can be responsible for injury to children if 1) The defendant was the possessor of and knew there was an artificial condition around which children were likely to trespass; 2) The defendant knew or should have known the condition posed an unreasonable risk of death or serious bodily harm;
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When planning the merger between Myrtle & Associates and Bellview Law Group‚ to one firm called MAB Law Firm‚ foresight is needed so that possible issues can be seen‚ addressed as best as possible‚ and limit the integration costs as it relates to the information technology infrastructure of both firms into one site. Differences between the two firms’ infrastructure include two different sets of network operating systems‚ servers‚ network connectivity‚ workstations‚ software‚ security configurations
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