Tackling the steep increase in drug costs is an especially important issue among many health care providers and insurers. To entice the clinics to become more cost efficient, the U.S. federal government, as well as many HMOs, have developed various cost containment initiatives recently. However, the impact of these initiatives on the patients’ well-being, the clinic’s profitability, and the pha...

The main purpose of this study is to develop a Fuzzy inference system to predict bank profitability in Iran and help investors in their investment decisions. For this purpose, the main effective variables on bank profitability, including facilities, deposits, manpower costs, and assets were recognized. In the next step, the data of 13 banks were collected from 2001 to 2011. The membership funct...

5 In this paper we study the profitability of car manufacturers in relation to industry-wide prof6 itability targets such as industry averages. Specifically we are interested in whether firms adjust 7 their profitability in the direction of these targets, whether it is possible to detect any such change, 8 and, if so, what the precise nature is of these changes. 9 This paper introduces several ...

This paper examines the impact of loan loss provisions of the banks on the performance of the banks operating in Pakistan. Moreover the other factors that affect the banking profitability have been discussed in this study. Our results show that the loan loss provision of the banks is of paramount importance in affecting its profitability. A well-managed bank is perceived to be of lower loan los...

  Funding combination is the most important issue for the companies while they know the amount of required capital. Companies should be careful regarding the appliance of financial providing methods compatible with the investment strategy of company and profitability. This study seeks to examine the relationship between the capital structure and the profitability of pharmaceutical companies in...

  Funding combination is the most important issue for the companies while they know the amount of required capital. Companies should be careful regarding the appliance of financial providing methods compatible with the investment strategy of company and profitability. This study seeks to examine the relationship between the capital structure and the profitability of pharmaceutical companies in...