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Data Generation In The Nigerian Environment: The Cbn Experience., A. A. Sere-Ejembi

Bullion

The paper examines data collection activities of the statistical services division in collaboration with its Lagos liaison office as well as the zonal research units. The paper analyzes the survey methods applied by them. The task of easing data collection should be regarded as a continuous process. This is relevant even to the most developed economies with sophisticated technology for data collection and processing. Finally, with an improvement in the literacy level and overall appreciation of the role of reliable statistics in the country, it is believed that the public would embrace data generation and availability of relevant statistics will …

Banking Crisis In Malaysia : Causes, Recovery Measures Taken And Their Effectiveness, See Yan Chan

Student Works (2000-2009)

This research project discusses the causes, recovery measures taken and the effectiveness of the measures to the Malaysian banking crisis in mid 1997. There are combination of factors that contributed to the crisis. Among the factors are excessive credit growth, over-exposure of lending to broad property sector and stock market, weaknesses in the banking system and external shock-currency attack. In addition, tight monetary policy which was designed to rescue the currency attack further aggravated the banking problem. Later in September 1998, Government further response by reverting the above tight monetary policy and gradually easing the monetary policy. Besides that, four …

Corporate Performance And Ownership Structure : A Comparative Analysis Between Bumiputera And Non-Bumiputera Controlled Companies, Nor Aizurawati Aminudin

Student Works (2000-2009)

New Economic Policy (NEP) 1970-1990, in general had changed the outlook of Malaysian  economy. Resulted from the policy, Bumiputera companies have been awaken to compete more aggressively with the Non-bumiputera companies in exploiting the country's wealth. This paper attempts to see the performance of bumiputera companies as compared to the non-bumiputera companies after the NEP era. The objective is to analyze whether ownership structure has influence over the performance of Malaysian public listed companies. Ownership structure is viewed from two perspectives, ethnic ownership and concentration of ownership. Performance of companies is mainly viewed from the aspect of accounting profit performance, …

A Comparative Study Of The Performance Of Commercial Banks, Finance Companies And Merchant Banks In Malaysia, 1990-1998, Kim Teck Yeap

Student Works (2000-2009)

Banking institutions play a substantial role, especially in a developing country like Malaysia, in mobilizing savings and channeling these resources for economic development. The growth of the banking institutions over the past two decades was achieved through the rapid build-up of an extensive branch network, the widening of banking services and the acceleration of credit activities. The focus of this paper is to evaluate the relative performance of banking institutions in Malaysia during the 1990-1998 period, using the CAMEL rating framework. The banking institutions included in this study are the major groups of banking institutions operating in Malaysia, namely commercial …

Market Reaction To Seasoned Equity Offerings: The Relevance Of Leverage, Growth Opportunities, And Corporate Structure, Mojib U. Ahmed

Theses and Dissertations in Business Administration

Empirical work on the market's reaction to seasoned equity offerings has rarely considered the impact of the issuing firm's leverage level or its corporate structure. This work is an attempt to include these parameters in order to better understand the market's reaction to such issue announcements.

The current finance literature recognizes the fact that leverage plays an important role in assessing the value of the firm. Leverage has both negative and positive impacts on the value of a firm (McConnell and Servaes, 1995), and thus, has both negative and positive impacts on the market's reaction to seasoned equity offerings. This …

Exhibit - Wku Compensation Study Report, W.F. Corroon Consultants

Board of Regents Documents

Study to address issues of internal fairness and market competitiveness of salaries for all non-faculty staff below the director level performed by W.F. Corroon Consultants.

Share Buyback Aspects And Implications, Dilip D Kare, R Vaidyanathan

IIMB Management Review

Allowing Indian firms to buy back their shares has been a subject of debate for some time. It is currently under consideration by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). India’s second largest corporate, Reliance Industries (Rs 94 billion by market & capitalisation), set a trend recently by getting its shareholders’ approval for buy-back, subject to other statutory approvals.

Reforming The Financial System, Prasanna Chandra

IIMB Management Review

No abstract provided.

Introduction To Lease Financing By Rajas Parchure & Ashok N Kumar, New York: Time Research Foundation, 1985., Prasanna Chandra

IIMB Management Review

No abstract provided.

The Leverage Problem In The Valuation Of Privately Held Firms, Thomas Berry, John Houston

College of Business Faculty and Staff Works

No abstract provided.

Company Productivity: Measurement For Improvement, Irving Herbert Siegel

Upjohn Press

Reviews what productivity is and how it's measured, along with examples of company productivity measurements.

An Address By The Governor Of The Central Bank Of Nigeria, Dr C.N. Isong To The Local Centre Of The Institute Of Bankers, C. N. Isong

Economic and Financial Review

An address by the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr C.N. Isong to the Local Centre of the Institute of Bankers, Lagos on 21 February, 1969. On the role of the banking community in the progress of the economy.