We study how the relationship between a firm’s growth opportunities and its dividend policies shifts in response to reduction information asymmetry investors firms. Existing literature suggests negative payouts presence of asymmetry. Using mandatory adoption IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) as an exogenous shock environment firm, we document that payout strengthens. This impro...

• The challenge for policymakers is to maximise the impact of growth on human development • What matters is how the opportunities presented by growth are distributed, and specific policies are needed to ensure that the poor gain their fair share • Equitable distribution of the benefits of growth, in the form of progressive taxation and pro-poor public spending on health, education and social pr...

— Wireless commication and networking is experiencing a dramatic growth, and all indicators point to an extension of this growth in the foreseeable future. This paper reflects on the demands and the opportunities offered with respect to the integrated implementation of these applications in the " systems-on-a-chip " era.