Sökning: "profitability"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 287 avhandlingar innehållade ordet profitability.

  1. 11. Linking factory floor productivity to financial measures - A methodology based on production improvements in the electronics production industry

    Författare :Robin Sundkvist; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; production system analysis.; Productivity analysis; profitability analysis;

    Sammanfattning : Products and services are produced to generate profits for shareholders. Profit-earning increases the willingness of shareholders to reinvest capital in operations to earn more profits. Production investments are necessary to provide manufacturing units with the means for sustaining competitiveness among other rising competitors. LÄS MER

  3. 12. Economic Implications of Corporate Social Responsibility and Responsible Investments

    Författare :Cristiana Manescu; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Corporate Social Responsibility; Strategic CSR; Socially Responsible Investments; Sustainability; Firm Profitability; Stock Returns; Statistical Learning Techniques; Variable Selection; Smooth Splines; Regression Trees; Data Envelopment Analysis; Difference-GMM; Risk-Factor Test; Market Efficiency; Control Functions Approach.;

    Sammanfattning : Paper 1 (with Catalin Starica): This study conducts an in-depth analysis of the association between a unique ten-dimensional set of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) scores and firm profitability, as measured by Return on Assets (ROA). We find that non-linear (semi or non-parametric) regression methods bring important improvements in explaining profitability relative to a classical linear approach. LÄS MER

  4. 13. On the profitability of momentum strategies and optimal leverage rules

    Författare :Christian Lundström Tjurhufvud; Tomas Sjögren; Sami Vähämaa; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Bootstrap; Exchange Traded Products; Kelly criterion; Money management; Opening Range Breakout Strategies; Optimal fraction criterion; Time series momentum; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of an introductory part and five self-contained papers related to the profitability of momentum strategies and optimal leverage rules.Paper [I] tests the success rate of trades and the returns of the Opening Range Breakout (ORB) day trading strategy. LÄS MER

  5. 14. On the utilisation of information technology for the management of profitable maintenance

    Författare :Mirka Kans; Basim Al-Najjar; Benoît Iung; Växjö universitet; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Maintenance decisions; computerised maintenance management; common database; maintenance profitability; maintenance data; information technology systems; decision support systems; information technology maturity; Industrial engineering and economy; Industriell teknik och ekonomi; Terotechnology; Systemekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Maintenance is one area of business that recently has been considered as an activity contributing efficiently to the companies' strategic goals. Understanding the way maintenance could utilise modern technology such as computerised tools or digital data processing is one way to make maintenance profitable. LÄS MER

  7. 15. Profitability of Investments and Changes in Stock of Technical Knowledge

    Författare :Peter Söderbaum; Uppsala universitet; []
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