in this study we analyze the effects of environmental performance on the generation of firm value from dow jones sustainability index europe. we use a sample of 122 firms from different sectors, except financial one, which belong to this index for the years 2007 through 2009. the expected results, taking into account our hypotheses, should show a positive relationship between the generation of ...

the purpose of this paper is to analyze the simultaneous effect of corporate culture and market orientation on the performance of small to medium-sized industrial manufacturing firms. to this end, a cross-sectional survey and variance based structural equation modeling was used for testing the hypotheses. the samples were selected based on a stratified sampling of commodity and specialty indust...

in this study we analyze the effects of environmental performance on the generation of firm value from dow jones sustainability index europe. we use a sample of 122 firms from different sectors, except financial one, which belong to this index for the years 2007 through 2009. the expected results, taking into account our hypotheses, should show a positive relationship between the generation of ...

financial statement of a company is a reflection of the operational and financial position of a company. the comparative analysis of two companies similar in nature, size, work, location and objectives etc., facilitates an understanding of the operational and financial soundness of the companies. the kingdom of saudi arabia is aiming for rapid industrialization in its economy. sahara petrochemi...

this study investigates the effects of financial management practices and their role in economical development and organizational performance. economic environment is changing rapidly and this change is characterised by such phenomena as the globalization, changing customer and investor demands, ever-increasing product-market competition. to compete successfully in this environment organization...

the purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of voluntary disclosure about corporate social responsibility (csr) on firm’s financial performance. first, a state of the art about corporate social responsibility and social reporting is presented. after that, the problems of measurement of csr are indicated and the hypotheses are proposed. in the empirical analysis, regression models are...

â  using of prediction models is one of the methods of financial performance prediction. financial ratios are employed as predictive variable in prediction models. the main purpose of this study is to compare the incremental information content of accrual and cash ratios for prediction and evaluation of the financial performance of business entities by data mining models. in align with research...

This paper discusses the approach to curation of the MuMe Weekend (held in Sydney, Australia, 2013) and the experience the authors gained from hosting the event. We identify open challenges arising from this applied demonstration of musically metacreative systems. Identified challenges are not technical, but rather methodological, concerning pragmatic aspects of presenting and collaboratively i...

the main objective of the paper is to investigate customer treatment, financial efficiency and supporting customer services with modern banking technology in financial institutions. the customer orientation and business performance of financial institutions targets customer services to maintain long term mutual relationships. the findings of the study has direct practical relevance for the bank...