Journal of Banking & Finance 27 (2003) 1297–1321 www.elsevier.com/locate/econbase Corporate governance‚ dividend payout policy‚ and the interrelation between dividends‚ R&D‚ and capital investment Klaus Gugler * Department of Economics‚ University of Vienna‚ WP No. 9803‚ Br€nnerstrasse 72‚ 1210 Vienna‚ Austria u Received 12 October 2000; accepted 5 November 2001 Abstract This paper investigates the relationship between dividends and the ownership and control structure of the firm
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International Journal of Environmental Science and Development‚ Vol. 3‚ No. 4‚ August 2012 Impact of Climate Change on Rainfed Agriculture in India: A Case Study of Dharwad Asha latha K. V.‚ Munisamy Gopinath‚ and A. R. S. Bhat developing countries‚ climate change will cuase yield declines for the most important crops and South Asia will be particularly hard hit (IFPRI‚ 2009). Many studies in the past have shown that India is likely to witness one of the highest agricultural productivity losses
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2.3.1 Improves Access and Mobility Choices In congested cities‚ especially in central business districts cycling may be the fastest transport option. The bicycle therefore offers time savings and makes it possible to travel more and further. When cycling replaces walking both accessibility and mobility improve. By bicycle one can move easily three times as fast as on foot and thus travel three times as far in the same time. This enlarges the accessible area enormously. With the right accessories
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Research in International Business and Finance 29 (2013) 14–34 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Research in International Business and Finance j o ur na l h om ep ag e: w w w . e l s e v i e r . c o m / l o c a t e / r i b a f Does good governance matter to debtholders? Evidence from the credit ratings of Japanese firms Hiroyuki Aman a‚1‚ Pascal Nguyen b‚∗ a School of Business Administration‚ Kwansei Gakuin University‚ Uegahara‚ Nishinomiya‚ Hyogo 662-8501‚ Japan
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Hospital Ownership and Community Benefit: Looking Beyond Uncompensated Care Paula H. Song‚ PhD‚ assistant professor‚ health services management and policy. College of Public Health‚ Ohio State University‚ Columbus; Shoou-Yih D. Lee‚ PhD‚ associate professor‚ health management and policy. University of Michigan‚ Ann Arbor; Jeffrey A. Alexander‚ PhD‚ professor emeritus‚ health management and policy. University of Michigan; and Eric E. Seiher‚ PhD‚ assistant professor‚ health services management and
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I. Organization Overview: Established in 1978‚ Aarong is a fair trade organization dedicated to bring about positive changes in the lives of disadvantaged artisans and underprivileged rural women by reviving and promoting their skills and craft. Reaching out to weavers‚ potters‚ brass workers‚ jewelers‚ jute workers‚ basket weavers‚ wood carvers‚ leather workers and more. Aarong embraces and nurtures a diverse representation of 65‚000 artisans‚ 85% of whom are women. Today‚ Aarong has become
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PRO Resolution---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Resolved: Single-gender classrooms would improve the quality of education in American public schools. Contentions--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contention 1: Single-gender classrooms would benefit academic achievement. Subpoint 1: STEM benefits Gender Matching: Matching teacher genders with students improves outcomes. Park‚ Behrman
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Methodological issues in cross-cultural marketing research A state-of-the-art review Naresh K. Malhotra Georgia Institute of Technology‚ Atlanta‚ Georgia‚ USA Cross-cultural marketing research 7 James Agarwal University of Regina‚ Saskatchewan‚ Canada and Mark Peterson University of Texas at Arlington‚ Texas‚ USA To be cross-cultural‚ the marketing research project must be conducted across nations or culture groups‚ rather than across provinces or ethnic groups (Berry‚ 1980). For the
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The International and Domestic Politics of IMF Programs 1. Introduction How do politics influence International Monetary Fund (IMF or Fund) programs of economic reform? IMF programs consist of a loan of foreign currency and policy conditions attached to the loan. The policy conditions are intended to correct the economic problems that led the country to the Fund in the first place and thus should be guided only by technocratic considerations. On the international face‚ scholars have addressed how
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MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS IN THE REAL ESTATE SECTOR IN INDIA EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Mergers are important corporate strategy actions that‚ among other things‚ aid the firm in external growth and provide it competitive advantage over other firms through gaining greater market share‚ broadening the portfolio to reduce business risk‚ entering new markets and geographies‚ and capitalising on economies of scale etc.. This area has spawned a vast amount of literature over the
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