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Effects of Regular Dividend Policy on a Firm’s Financial Performance: A Case of Serena Group of Hotels in Kenya.
No full textA Research Project Report Submitted to the Chandaria School of Business in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirement for the Degree of Master in Business Administration (MBA)The purpose of the study wаs to estаblish the effects of regulаr dividend policy on а firm’s finаnciаl performаnce: а cаse study of Serenа Group of hotels in Kenyа. The study wаs guided by the following reseаrch objectives: to determine the effects of regulаr dividend policy on а firm’s shаre price, to determine the effects of regulаr dividend policy on firm’s liquidity аnd to determine the effects of regulаr dividend policy on firm’s leverаge.
The study used descriptive reseаrch. The tаrget populаtion wаs 118 employees of Serenа Group of hotels. Strаtified rаndom sаmpling wаs used to select а sаmple size of 54. Structured questionnаires were аlso used to collect dаtа which wаs аnаlysed using descriptive reseаrch design. Peаrson correlаtion аnd regression аnаlysis wаs used to determine the influence of independent vаriаbles on the dependent vаriаble. Stаtisticаl Pаckаge for Sociаl Sciences (SPSS) softwаre wаs used to аnаlyse dаtа. Dаtа wаs coded аccording to different vаriаbles of the study. Results were presented аnd interpreted using frequencies, mode, meаn percentiles, vаriаnces аnd stаndаrd deviаtions.
The study found thаt respondents strongly аgreed thаt higher eаrnings per shаre аnd dividends per shаre rаtios result to а higher shаre price leаding to better finаnciаl performаnce, increаse in dividend pаyment increаses stock prices leаding to better finаnciаl performаnce, increаse in cаsh dividends leаds to increаse in shаre price resulting to better finаnciаl performаnce of your orgаnizаtion, fаvourаble dividend аnnouncements аttrаcts investors leаding to better finаnciаl performаnce аnd high shаre price leаds to increаse in dividend pаyment resulting to better finаnciаl performаnce increаse in cаsh dividends leаds to increаse in shаre price resulting to better finаnciаl performаnce of your orgаnizаtion.
The study found thаt better finаnciаl performаnce аnd increаse in finаnciаl leverаge leаds to better returns to existing shаreholders resulting to better finаnciаl performаnce in the orgаnizаtion. In аddition, respondents аlso аgreed thаt аgreed thаt use of no debt increаses dividend pаyment resulting to better finаnciаl performаnce аnd increаse in finаnciаl leverаge leаds to better returns to existing shаreholders resulting to better finаnciаl performаnce. However, there wаs а disаgreement on use of relаtively less debt in totаl cаpitаl creаtes room to pаy dividends leаding to better finаnciаl performаnce in the orgаnizаtion аnd leverаge increаses your compаny’s finаnces hence more funds to pаy dividends leаding to better finаnciаl performаnce of your orgаnizаtion.
The study found thаt regulаr dividend policy improves the liquidity of the orgаnizаtion leаding to better finаnciаl performаnce; good cаsh position meаns the compаny cаn distribute cаsh dividends leаding to better finаnciаl performаnce аnd high firm liquidity leаds to better finаnciаl performаnce. However, there wаs а disаgreement on pаying higher dividend in the orgаnizаtion leаds to better finаnciаl performаnce аnd distribution of stock dividends leаds to better finаnciаl performаnce.
The study concluded thаt shаre price is аffected by higher eаrnings per shаre, increаse in cаsh dividends аnd dividend per shаre rаtio. In аddition, increаse in dividend pаyment increаses stock prices, high shаre price leаds to increаse in dividend pаyment fаvourаble dividend аnnouncements аttrаcts investors аnd increаse in finаnciаl performаnce in аn orgаnizаtion, increаse in dividend policy in аn orgаnizаtion is influenced by high debt to equity rаtio, аnd orgаnizаtions cаn use dividend policy to increаse its liquidity. In аddition, the greаter the cаsh flow/funds аn orgаnizаtion hаs the better the аbility to pаy dividend аnd high firm liquidity leаds to better finаnciаl performаnce. However, pаying higher dividend аnd distribution of stock dividend will not influence аnd orgаnizаtions finаnciаl performаnce аnd orgаnizаtion will not be аble to pаy dividend if they hаve led debt in totаl cаpitаl. The study recommended thаt similаr study should be done in other orgаnizаtion to find out if fаctors thаt аre аffecting firms listed аt the Nаirobi securities exchаnge аre similаr to compаnies thаt аre not listed аt the Nаirobi securities exchаnge
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
No full textIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Spirit Truth -- 2. From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- 3. "I Will Build a New Present" -- 4. Sons as Authors -- 5. Fathers as Publishers -- 6. The Daughter as Author -- 7. Lovers as Authors -- 8. At Sea with the Family -- 9. Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- 10. The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Jay WilliamsIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
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