This paper is in an attempt to examine the financial performance of privatelisted commercial banks in Bangladesh in terms of profitability. The study is based on cross-section data of annual financial statements of 15 listed commercial banks for the period 2008-2012. Five determinants have been chosen for this study. The Correlation matrix shows that profitability, asset quality, operating perf...

In this paper we investigate the presence of the following asset pricing anomalies viz. size, value, momentum, liquidity, accruals, profitability and net stock issues in India. Size effect is the strongest with a difference of 4.4 % per month between small and big stock returns. A positive relationship is reported between accruals, stock issues and returns and a negative relation between profit...

OBJECTIVE To examine whether the nationwide smoking ban, imposed in 2007, had an impact on the profitability of Belgian restaurants. DATA AND METHODS Objective financial reporting data on 1613 restaurants were analysed with return on assets as the outcome measure. The data were collected from the Belfirst database and cover the period 2004-2009. To assess the impact of the smoking ban, a diff...

This paper compares the performance of regional banks and national banks in Korea for the period of 19922004 by examining how the profitability of these two groups differs, identifying major determinants of profitability for each group, and explaining their similarities and differences. Two competing hypotheses, the market power hypothesis and the efficient structure hypothesis, are tested in a...

Phosphorus (P) is the second most important crop nutrient after nitrogen that increases productivity and profitability of maize (Zea mays L.) on P deficient soils in Northwest Pakistan. The objective of this study was to find the best level and time of P application for higher maize (cv. Azam) productivity and profitability. Field experiment was conducted at the Research Farm of Khyber Pakhtunk...

While there is growing consensus on the benefits of going green, relative revenue-enhancing and cost-cutting effects environmental practices over performance have remained a more conservative less explored phenomenon in corporate management studies. The present study investigates two parallel mediation cost-saving revenue generation profitability through practices. A bootstrap method employed t...

This study aims to determine the impact of covid-19 on profitability at PT. Matahari Department Store, Tbk. Profitability is ratio used measure level profit obtained from sales and investment. concerns are Return Assets (ROA), Equity (ROE), Gross Profit Margin (GPM), Operating (OPM) Net (NPM). The data secondary which includes financial reports for 2019 2020. analysis tools analyzing data, this...

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 Ir...

Because not all animal factors influencing profitability can be included in total merit breeding indices for profitability, the association between animal total merit index and true profitability, taking cognisance of all factors associated with costs and revenues, is generally not known. One method to estimate such associations is at the herd level, associating herd average genetic merit with ...