Introducing LIVA to Measure Long-Term Firm Performance

Free Cash Flow, Institutional Ownership and Long-Term Performance

Performance appraisal is a process which help shareholders make informed and optimal investment decisions. In recent decades, a long stream of research has devoted particular attention to the importance and impact of financial decisions on firm performance and firm value. The present study thus is primarily concerned with investigating the association between free cash flow and institutional ow...

Current Status of Long-term Care in Taiwan: Transition of Long-term Care Plan From 1.0 to 2.0

Oral Pushed Output: the Route to Long-term Grammatical Accuracy

This study investigated the impact of oral pushed output on the learning and retention of English perfect tenses. During the study, a pre-test was administered to 22 freshmen majoring in English translation. The participants were randomly assigned to two groups. Then, for six sessions both groups received explicit instructions on English perfect tenses. Every session, the experimental group rec...

P19: Long-Term Potentiation

The term synaptic plasticity points to a series of persistent changes related to the activity of synapses. Long-term potentiation (LTP) is a reflection of synaptic plasticity that has an important role in learning and memory. LTP is a long-lasting increase of synaptic activity due to enhancement of excitatory synaptic transmission after a high-frequency train of electrical stimulations. Differe...

The Influence of Top Management Team Characteristics on the Contribution of Enterprise Information Systems to Long-Term Firm Performance

The proposal examines the long-term financial impact of Enterprise Systems (ES) on firm performance and the role of top management on this impact. A unique methodology based on recent accounting research is proposed to measure the contribution of ES to long-term financial performance. The proposal borrows from strategic management literature to examine the relationship between such contribution...