Downsizing popularly is a situation in which a firm reduces its workforce tremendously as a measure to improve profit by cutting down operating and overhead costs. In this study, we explored the relationship between downsizing and financial performance of five selected commercial...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEBA/2016/28925
The role of non-bank financial institution towards financial intermediation process in Nigeria is not fully noticed. It is against this background that we assess the effect of non-bank financial institutions on financial intermediation process as well as the long run relationship...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/28359
This study examines the impact of financial structure on performance of agricultural and healthcare firms listed in Nigerian Stock Exchange for a period of twenty one (21) years 1993 to 2013. This study selected fifteen (15) out of the sixteen (16) firms listed on agricultural an...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/24570
Echekoba Felix Nwaolisa & Ananwude Amalachukwu Chijindu·Advances in Research·2016
This study is an intent to determine the influence of financial structure on profitability with special reference to oil and gas firms in Nigeria. Ten (10) out of the fourteen (14) listed oil and gas firms in Nigerian Stock Exchange were selected. The financial data from 1993 to...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/24568
This study assesses the effect of financial structure on performance of consumer goods firms quoted in Nigerian Stock Exchange. In this study, twenty three (23) out of the twenty seven (27) firms were randomly chosen for the period 1993 to 2013. The study applied earnings per sha...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/24569
This paper evaluates the relationship between corporate performance and financial structure as well as the effect of financial structure on corporate performance of construction and real estate firms in Nigeria. The data were collected from Nigerian Stock Exchange factbook for th...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/24754
This study employed econometric time series analysis to examine the effect of pension scheme contributions into the retirement saving accounts of employees on national, urban and rural poverty levels. Secondary data for the period 2004 to 2015 were collected from the National Pen...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJASS/2017/30533
This study examines the contribution of the Nigerian banks to the promotion of non-oil exports. This study adopted econometric time series analysis to examine the contribution of Nigerian banks credit in relation to non-oil exports performance, assess the presence of causal relat...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEBA/2016/28754