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Title
The Relationship between Size and Firms’ Financial Performance: An Empirical Evidence from the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE)
Creator
MOHAMMED Musah, YUSHENG Kong
Description
The goal of this study was to examine the association between size and the financial performance of nonfinancial firms listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE). Specifically, the study sought to; determine the affiliation between size and the firms’ financial performance as measured by Return on Assets (ROA); examine the association between size and the firms’ financial performance as measured by Return on Equity (ROE); and to establish the link between size and the firms’ financial performance as measured by Return on Capital Employed (ROCE). This study was a quantitative study. The study was quantitative because, it aimed to classify features, quantify them in terms of numbers and create a statistical model to test hypothesis and explain observations. The study was specifically correlational in nature because, it sought to explore the bivariate associations between size and the firms’ financial performance. The study was finally panel in nature because, it sought to gather information on the same study units at different points in time. Secondary panel data extracted from the audited and published annual reports of the Ghana Oil Company Ltd, Total Petroleum Ghana Ltd, Starwin Products Ltd, Camelot Ghana Ltd, Aluworks Ltd, Clydestone Ghana Ltd, African Champion Industries Ltd, Benson Oil Palm Plantation Ltd, Fan Milk Ltd, Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd, Unilever Ghana Ltd, PZ Cussons Ghana Ltd, Produce Buying Company Ltd, Mechanical Lloyd Company Ltd and Sam Woode Ltd for the period 2008 to 2017 was used for the study. Both the descriptive and inferential techniques of data analysis were employed for the study. In the …
Date
2019
Source
https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=-U-tBVYAAAAJ&cstart=20&pagesize=80&citation_for_view=-U-tBVYAAAAJ:M3ejUd6NZC8C
Language
English