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This book examines the financial policies in the emerging markets, with a particular emphasis on Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia market in general, has witnesses a huge growth over the past decade. Yet much remain to be known about the particulars of the legal practices within the institutional constrains of the national business environment. Therefore, this study considers the corporate government practices and the ownership structure of the Saudi firms in determining the financial policies decision. Finally the study will fill the knowledge gab in answering the following questions: What are the firm specific factors that affect the financial policies decisions? What are the corporate governance factors that affect the financial policies decisions? What are the ownership structure factors that affect the financial policies decisions? The findings of this study are related to firm specific factors, corporate governance factors, and ownership structure that affect the three financial policies addressed in this thesis. Firstly, in the determinants of capital structure we find that firm size, tangibility, family ownership and board size are positively associated with leverage.
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Dr. Ruaa BinSaddigDoctorate of Philosophy in Corporate Finance, main topics Capital structure, Dividend policy and Cash holdHead of the Accounting DeparmentAssistant professor (Sari Campus)University of Business and Technology College of Business Administration Jeddah - Saudi Arabia
Summary
William T. Vollmann's abridgment of his 3,500-page, seven-volumemagnum opus
An odyssey through the history of violence, Rising Up and Rising Down combines William T. Vollmann's voracious appetite for the details of history with a disregard for his own safety, examines the actions of historical figures, scrutinizes the thinking of philosophers and finds Vollmann posting personal dispatches from some of the most dangerous and war-torn places on earth. The result is his Moral Calculus, a structured decision-making system designed to help the reader decide when violence is justifiable and when it is not.
