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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Corporate profitability"”.
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Dynamics of corporate profitability: A study of the UK market (1981-2000)
This thesis investigates the behaviour of corporate profits for a sample of firms in the United Kingdom for the period 1981-2000. The competitive environment hypothesis postulates that there is an in built mechanism that forces any deviations back towards the normal rate of return through a cycle …
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Commonality in complex product families : implications of divergence and lifecycle offsets
… one of many potential tools for increasing corporate profitability. Industrial interest in commonality is strong, but results appear to be mixed. A rich stream of academic research has examined commonality (typically under terms such as "product platforms" and "platform-based development") …
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The impact of intelligent transportation systems on supply chain management
… life in a world where shareholder value drives corporate actions. In order to become more profitable, these businesses develop new processes and techniques to create efficiency. This paper is focused on one particular new technology that can be used to increase corporate …
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Accounting for the environment, earnings quality and financial performance
This thesis investigates the relationship between corporate carbon emissions and financial reporting quality, emphasizing the economic implications of sustainability practices. The research is structured into three chapters, each exploring key themes related to Corporate Social Responsibility …
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Advanced aerospace procurement models with sensitivity analysis and optimized demand allocation
The impact of the sourcing function on the profitability of U.S.-based manufacturing firms is more significant than ever. Today, the purchased component of the cost of goods sold for many firms is more than fifty-percent of sales.' As the volume of purchased material grows every year, and the …
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Mandated CSR expenditure: the Indian experience
… times. The question is what to do when the corporate sector fails to keep pace with societal expectations. The Indian Government’s response was to pass legislation on 12 August 2012 to make it mandatory for large corporations to spend a minimum of 2% of their profits on CSR activities, and …
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The role of consideration in the pursuit of market share : a study of the U.S. automobile industry
… share and long-term survival at the expense of corporate profitability. However, the buying decision occurs at the end of the purchasing process, and takes place only after a consumer has formed a list of acceptable alternatives that fit his/her consideration criteria. This thesis explores the …
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Supply chain planning decisions under demand uncertainty
Sales and operational planning that incorporates unconstrained demand forecasts has been expected to improve long term corporate profitability. Companies are considering such unconstrained demand forecasts in their decisions on investment in supply chain resources. However, demand forecasts are …
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Interrogating Sustainable Development: A Case Study of Large-Scale Mining in Colombia
… is vulnerable to the volatility of markets and corporate profitability. This thesis is a criticism of SD and the limitations it places on hearing certain kinds of languages and discourses that resist the key assumptions of SD. The case study allows for addressing a gap in the existing …
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Valuation bias in the stock market
… rationale given that new stocks showed lower profitability levels, no concrete evidence of materialised higher growth or lower risk which is inconsistent with their relatively higher valuations indicating that valuation bias could well be present. The evidence in the first study does not imply …
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Examining the Low Volatility Anomaly in Stock Prices
… characteristics of each company specifically corporate profitability and balance sheet leverage which are commonly used by investors in assessing the underlying quality of a company. We find that companies with higher levels of return on equity combined with lower levels of balance sheet …
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Análisis empírico del valor intangible de las empresas: desarrollo y aplicación de un modelo de valoración de las empresas
En esta tesis doctoral se ha realizado una investigación original sobre el valor impulsado por la gestión del capital intelectual, que pone de manifiesto una mayor compresión de la relación de los activos intangibles con los resultados y la probabilidad de quiebra empresarial. El estudio se ha …