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...

In this research we develop mathematical models of Joint Economic Lot-sizing Problem (JELP) in a situation when a supplier offers time-based temporary price discounts to a buyer during a sale period. To respond this, the buyer places a special order with higher quantity. In literature, it has been assumed that the buyer tends to place the special order at the end of the sale period. We relax th...

knowledge of seasonal fluctuations is of great importance for sale management. the aim of this research is to assess the impact of sale season on the log and lumber prices. hence, after evaluation of sale documents in azarood forestry plan, the data of 410 timber sale lots at roadside of four seasons from 1992 to 2008 were extracted and incorporated into a dataset. calculating the average selli...

Millions of dollars are spent each year in an effort to develop new medical devices designed to help individuals facing serious medical conditions. However, before these devices can reach consumers, they must be reviewed and cleared by the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA"). Innovative medical devices which pose the greatest risks and are aimed at helping the most critically ill consumers are...

banking without usury is a very important object that has been considered by experts and investigated all time. in this writing, we have explored banking debt with known profit and concluded its rightness, based on soling debt right. in this way after lending money the bank sales it to debtor with agreed price. the way is similar about person's lending to bank and thus there is no usury. i...

IC ER SPTIVES On contentious issues such as gun control, where advocacy groups on both sides claim to have the weight of public opinion behind them, polling can help clarify what Americans really think. Three decades of polling have painted a clear picture of public opinion about gun control. These polls show that public support for the regulation of firearms is strong, deep, and widespread. La...