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Factors Affecting the Financial Performance of Property Andreal Estate Companies Listed at Indonesia Stock Exchange
Get PDFFinancial performance is one of the factors used by investors in buying shares. For companies, improving financial performance is a must in order to keep the company\u27s stock attractive to investors. Financial statements published by the company are a reflection of the company\u27s financial performance. These financial statements are the result of the accounting process that is intended to provide the financial information of a company. The financial information can be used by users for making investment decisions.
Performance is the result of the fulfillment of the tasks assigned. Company performance describes how individualsin the company tries to achieve a goal. Company performance illustrates the magnitude of the results in a process that has been achieved compared with the company’s goal. The purpose of this study is to find out factors determining financial performance.
The objects of this study are property and real estate companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) during the period of 2007 – 2012. Data for this study stems from secondary data gathered by analyzing financial statement of the sample companies. The data is then analyzed with Eviews 7.2 Panel Data Regression Analysis.
The research findings can be summarized as follows. Variable leverage and Firm Age has an effect on financial performance. Other variables like liquidity, Firm Size, Managerial Ownership and Block holder Ownership have no effect on financial performance.
JEL Classification code: G3
Socio-Economic Impacts of Mobile Penetration in SAARC Countries with Special Emphasis on Bangladesh
Get PDFThroughout the last decade, the world has observed a surprising growth of mobile subscribers over the South Asian region. This has brought significant changes in the socio-economic environment of the SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) countries as well as in Bangladesh. The growth of mobile telecom industry has not only helped in developing a vital infrastructure of the country but also has played an important role in shaping social behavior. At present, a mobile phone is not just a tool for basic conversation; it is also a service device for all types of services like health, education, agriculture, mobile money for unbanked banking, commerce and businesses, citizen services, disaster responses or even an FM radio that we found in this study. It is changing the socio- economic condition and overall lifestyle of millions by creating employment opportunities and uplifting the living standard. This study aims to study the socio-economic changes in SAARC countries as well as in Bangladesh caused due to mobile penetration with a view to utilizing the outcomes, for our advancement. This study is quantitative in nature. Data collected from both primary and secondary data sources. Primary data collected from 100 individuals, 50 from urban and 50 from rural, using convenience sampling technique with a set of questionnaires designed for this study. Secondary data is obtained from secondary data sources, ITU (International Telecommunication Union), BTRC (Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission), BBS (Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics), UNDP( United Nations Development Program), etc will be used for the research. After collecting the data, they were transcribed, tabulated and analyzed in terms of the research objectives
Identifying Service Quality Attributes and Measuring Customer Satisfaction of Dhaka-Pabna Route Public Bus Service
Get PDFDhaka is the capital city of Bangladesh. A notable number of people have to go to and return from Dhaka every day. Most of the people use bus service. The situation of Dhaka-Pabna route bus service is not exception of this. Gradually the number of customer as well as service provider is increasing in this route. As a result, the service providers are facing competition to attract and retain customer. Measuring customer satisfaction is very important in attracting and retaining customer. This study was intended to identify service quality attributes in the long route public bus transit service and measure the customer satisfaction by surveying a number of 250 respondents. Finding shows that, overall 13% customers are very satisfied, 48% customers are somewhat satisfied, 32% customers are somewhat dissatisfied and 7% customers are very dissatisfied. Some recommendations are also provided to attract and retain customer
Secure Electronic Payment: Proposed method for the growth of E-commerce in Bangladesh
Get PDFThe innovations in technologies are changing the social, cultural and economic relationships in a vast variety of ways. Information technology has become a necessary tool for today’s organizations and banking industry is not an exception. Electronic commerce is rapidly growing modern business process in all over the world, but in Bangladesh it is increasing comparatively slower rate. Though Bangladesh was comparatively a late introducer of e-banking but now almost all the banks are providing internet banking to their customers. But what is important is the lack of comprehensive study of the e-payment security covering organizational and customers’ point of view. Considering the importance of secure e-payment to grow up e-commerce in Bangladesh this study was taken up. It was revealed from the survey that the customers’ and service providers main concern was security. E-banking service providers should have to ensure that online banking is safe and secure for every user in all kind of transactions. The Authors also proposed a secure e-payment model in general and on debit card and credit card to bring customers confidence on e-payment and increase the volume of e-commerce in the context of Bangladesh.
 
Causality between Indian Futures and Cash Markets - Analysis with Granger Causality Block Exogenity Model
Get PDFIn India, spot market return, number of contracts, turnover and volatility of the futures market are having short run relationship with futures market return. On the basis of the empirical analysis it is clearly found that spot market is the key factor that predicts the movement of futures market and the trader can depend upon volatility and trading volume to take any decision on futures market trading. In precise, spot market return, volatility of the futures market, turnover and number of contract are the determinants of the futures market in India. Spot market return is the major determinants of the futures market, indeed variables from futures market itself like open interest and turnover of futures market can be taken into consideration for determining the futures market return. The empirical study is made with spot return, futures return, volatility of futures return, number of contract, trading volume and open interest of S&P CNX Nifty and its underlying index Nifty -50 for the period 12th June 2000- 30th June 2011by applying the VAR Granger Causality/Block Exogeny Test.
JEL Classification Code: G1
Regards and Views toward International Accounting Standards Setting: A Critical Examination and Discussion
Get PDFAccounting information is the basis for the stakeholders who take different economic decision time to time by assessing those accounting information reported by the business organization. That’s why; international accounting standard setting committee aims to protect the interest of the stakeholders by formulating a high-quality reporting standard. But this standard setting process is hindered by many external lobbying groups like government, political, economic and corporate group because there are the agency and other problems. This study aims to examine and discuss the theoretical and conceptual frameworks like different approaches and theories like a free market and regulatory approach. Moreover, it is still a debate whether free market or regulatory approach ensures the interest of the stakeholders more. However, this study identifies that standard setting process should be a holistic approach that should protect the interest of not only the stakeholders but also the organization
Implications of TTIP and TPP on Bangladesh and Nepal
Get PDFThe Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and the Transpacific Partnership (TPP) could the biggest trade deal in the history. The EU and the USA are in the process of, or contemplating, to sign Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) under TTIP and TPP. As, the European Union (EU) and the USA are the biggest trading partner of all the South Asian countries, such preferential tariff arrangements could lead to significant erosion of preferences enjoyed currently by the South Asian Developing Countries such as, Bangladesh and Nepal. In this backdrop, the main objective of the present study is to investigate the potential economic impacts of tariff eliminations under TPP and TTIP on various macro and trade variables of Bangladesh and Nepal. In this context, a standard computable general equilibrium (CGE) analysis has been adopted by using the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) model and database to explore the aggregate impact as well as sectoral implications. The analysis evinces that complete integration in terms of tariff elimination under these two mega deals, Bangladesh and Nepal could face tremendous negative impact on their economy. The analysis also suggests that Bangladesh and Nepal may consider joining to the TPP to minimize the negative economic impact due to the mentioned deals.
JEL Classification Code: F14, F15, F1
Investment Performance of Islamic Bank: An Empirical Study
Get PDFThe article undertakes an empirical study on investment of Islamic Bank. The aim of the study is to examine and evaluate the performance of investment of Islamic Bank for the time period 2005-2009 in comparison with a conventional Bank. Several financial ratios are applied for this purpose. For the empirical investigation data has been collected from Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited and Mutual Trust Bank Limited. The study found that Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) is relatively less profitable and less risky (more solvent) during 2005-2009 compared to a conventional bank (Mutual Trust Bank Limited), however, it is improving considerably over time indicating convergence with the performance of the conventional banks
Problems and Prospects of Potato Cultivation in Bangladesh
Get PDFBangladesh is predominantly an agricultural country. Agriculture is the indispensable culture of Bangladesh. Agriculture has an enceinte contribution to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the country. Earlier more than 50% of GDP came from this sector. Various types of crops are produced in this country. These crops can be categorized into two; food crops and cash crops. Potato is one of the food-stuff of the most people of the world as well as Bangladesh. Potato crop is being treated as foremost crop. This research was conducted to find out the problems that the farmers face in cultivation and to study the trend of production of potato and relationship between production and export of potato of Bangladesh. The study also aims to show the estimates of potato per division in Bangladesh and thus to help in showing its prospects. This research is quantitative in nature. Data collected from both primary and secondary data sources. Primary data collected from 50 farmers using convenience sampling technique with a set of questionnaires designed for this study. Secondary data is obtained from secondary data sources, Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) and BBS (Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics). After collecting the data, they were transcribed, tabulated and analysed in terms of the research objectives
Sustainability of Self-Efficacy among Nascent Disable Entrepreneurs: A Case Study on Disable’s Home
Get PDFThe study has focused on practicality of self-efficacy theory, and how it helps to build confidence among the disables in building their career choice as entrepreneurs. For this we chose a case study approach on Disable’s home, which is a non- profit organization to provide support for disables. The study was conducted in two phases. First phase, from disable people’s perspective who were trainees in the Disable’s home. And second, from the Disable’s home’s perspective. Findings of the first phase suggest, in order to sustain self-efficacy with regard to career choice as entrepreneurs, not only institutional support is enough but other additional supports like social, financial, family supports are important. In the second phase, it was observed that institution needs to be resourceful in order to provide proper support to the disables and embed self-efficacy among them.
JEL Classification Code: M3