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ABSTRACT This  study  investigated  the  relationship  between working capital  management measured by account receivable period (ACRP), inventory period (INVP), cash conversion cycle (CCC) and sales  Growth (SG) and  profitability performance measured by returns on assets (ROA). The study utilized secondary data obtained from the annual financial statements of Nigerian Manufacturing companies listed on  the  Nigerian  Stock  Exchange  (NSE)  for  period  2008  –  2012.  Multiple regression model were adopted for testing ...

ABSTRACT This  study  investigated  the  relationship  between working capital  management measured by account receivable period (ACRP), inventory period (INVP), cash conversion cycle (CCC) and sales  Growth (SG) and  profitability performance measured by returns on assets (ROA). The study utilized secondary data obtained from the annual financial statements of Nigerian Manufacturing companies listed on  the  Nigerian  Stock  Exchange  (NSE)  for  period  2008  –  2012.  Multiple regression model were adopted for testing ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Every company operates within the internal and external environments of business.  The internal environments are within a firm such that the prevailing factors are most times very subject to the control of the managers.  The external environment has to do with the larger business environments in which a firm operates; and the factors therein are not subject to the control of the ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Financial outrage the world and the recent collapse of foremost corporate institution in the united states of America, south East Asia, Europe and Nigeria such as Enron corporation, world com, Arthur Anderson, lever brothers and Cadbury have shaken investors faith in the capital markets and usefulness of prevailing corporate governance practices in promoting transparency and accountability. This has brought to the front again ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Concern about corporate governance has developed historically in response to major crises of confidence, fraud and market failure and with it development of advances in our thinking about the socio economic role and contribution of corporate entities (Nerd berg 2007). In recent times the perverseness of corporate failure has led to the loss of investors’ confidence on both financial reports and reporting accountants (auditors). Although many studies ...

Abstract The aim of this paper is to measure the relationship between corporate governance and the performance of firms in Nigeria. To achieve this objective, we use Return on equity, Net profit margin, Sales growth, Dividend yield, and Stock prices/values as the key variables that defined the performance of the firm. On the other hand, for the measure of corporate governance, we use Board Independence, Board size, audit independence, ownership, ...