56 articles for “Financial Sector”

Review ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractInfluence of Foreign Direct Investment on Gross Domestic Product; an Empirical Study of PakistanMuddassar Sarfraz, Shuangqin LiuEmpirical study was conducted to assess the relationship and impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on the economic growth of Pakistan. FDI plays critical role in the development of economy. There is a positive relationship between the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). With the increase of FDI, GDP of the country also increases. It has been … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 7, Issue 2 · 14 Jul 2015 · 7,446 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Impact of Working Capital Turnover on Jordanian Chemical Industries’ ProfitabilityLina WarradThe chemical industry is of long-term importance to the maintain development of local economies and consider the largest industrial sectors in Jordan in terms of the exports volume which accomplished JD 1049000S in 2012. Working capital considers being a measure of company’s efficiency and its short-term financial health; moreover, it is a critical component for a business survival and a … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 5, Issue 3 · 25 Feb 2014 · 7,626 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordMERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS IN THE GREEK BANKING SECTOR ADDRESSING THE PROFITABILITY QUESTIONVassilis Chouliaras, Athianos StergiosThe wave of mergers and acquisitions of financial institutions which was observed in the United States and Europe in the 1980s and 1990s seems to have affected the Greek banking market by the end of the 1990s. The result was the emergence of new significant players in the market. Despite the fact that scale economies should lead to the improvement … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 1 · 20 Jun 2013 · 7,223 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordCredit Market Development and Economic Growth an Empirical Analysis for United KingdomAthanasios Vazakidis, Antonios AdamopoulosProblem statement: This study investigated the causal relationship between credit market development and economic growth for UK for the period 1975-2007 using a Vector Error Correction Model (VECM). Questions were raised whether economic growth spurs credit market development taking into account the negative effect of inflation rate on credit market development. This study aimed to investigate the short-run and the … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 3, Issue 3 · 29 Nov 2011 · 7,238 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordINNOVATION MANAGEMENT IN BUSINESS AND A CROSS-SECTORAL EMPIRICAL STUDYErkut Altındağ, Polathan KüsbeciIn rapidly changing and developing world, the importance given for the concept of innovation appeared as an inevitable factor for the firms to obtain sustainable competitive advantage started to increase and has become an issue of a particular concern in agenda of company executives. The concept of innovation appears as a factor that should be discussed as a whole and … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 6, Issue 1 · 1 Apr 2014 · 6,984 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordMalaysian Service Sectors Adopt FEDI to Boost Exports and ImportsSaravanan MuthaiyahFinancial Electronic Data Interchange (FEDI) refers to making cash payments electronically rather than utilizing any form of traditional payment methods such as physical checks. The merger of two unique systems namely Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT) and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) has brought about this new technology. The primary objective of this study is to ascertain how FEDI is currently being … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 1, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2004 · 6,757 accessesView PDF Cite