The relationship between foreign equity investments and firms' characteristics : an applied study of the industrial firms in Amman stock exchange

العناوين الأخرى

العلاقة بين استثمار رأس المال الأجنبي و خصائص الشركات : دراسة تطبيقية على الشركات الصناعية الأردنية المدرجة في بورصة عمان

مقدم أطروحة جامعية

al-Zubi, Hammu Isa

مشرف أطروحة جامعية

al-Tarawinah, Midhat Ibrahim

الجامعة

جامعة مؤتة

الكلية

كلية إدارة الأعمال

القسم الأكاديمي

قسم إدارة الأعمال و التسويق

دولة الجامعة

الأردن

الدرجة العلمية

ماجستير

تاريخ الدرجة العلمية

2008

الملخص الإنجليزي

This study examined the relationship between foreign equity investments and firms’ characteristics for the Jordanian industrial companies listed on Amman Stock Exchange for the period (2000-2006).

In particular firm's size (Ln Mc), Dividend Yield, Total Risk, Debt Ratio, Current Ratio, Leverage Ratio, Share Turnover Ratio, Return On Equity (ROE), Price/Earnings Ratio (P/E Ratio) and Share Expected Return.

The sample data contained 42 industrial companies continuously traded in ASE during the period from January 2000 to December 2006.

The researcher used OLS regression process under the following basic assumption; the independent variables were the firm’s characteristics, and the dependent variable was foreign equity investments.

This study found that there are significant positive relationships between the foreign equity investments and firm size [Ln (MC)], current ratio, total risk, and share expected return.

A significant negative relationship was found between share turnover ratio and foreign equity investments.

Furthermore, this study found that there are significant positive relationships between the foreign equity investments and dividend yields, leverage ratios, debt ratios, price-to-earning ratios and return on equities

التخصصات الرئيسية

العلوم الاقتصادية والمالية وإدارة الأعمال

عدد الصفحات

96

قائمة المحتويات

• APA
• MLA
• AMA

لغة النص

الإنجليزية

نوع البيانات

رسائل جامعية

رقم السجل

BIM-789104