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Li, Rong-Jen. "Combined Leverage and the Volatility of Stock Prices." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1985. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331340/.
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Much has been written during the past decade to explain the relationship between financial and operating leverage and stock-price volatility. However, the relationship between combined leverage and stock-price volatility has yet to be fully explored. Mandelker and Rhee's (MR) recent study uses both operating and financial leverage in a regression (equivalent to the traditional total leverage—DTL) and shows that both types of leverage are positively associated with common stock betas. Huffman recently demonstrated that there are interactions between operating leverage and financial leverage. Therefore, MR's model could be oversimplified. This study examines the relationship between firms' combined leverage and their stock-price volatility. The study also examines industry and industry growth to see if the relationship is influenced by these factors. The question is whether DOCL is a better risk measure than DTL and whether there is an interaction between operating and financial leverage. The inferences that can be drawn from the study's results are as follows: (a) Stock risk is a function of combined leverage; (b) Industry significantly influences the relationship between stock risk and DOCL; (c) High growth increases the relationship between stock risk and DOCL; (d) Combined leverage (DOCL) is a better risk measure than total leverage (DTL). Further, the problem with the traditional total leverage measure is the omission of the interaction between DOL and DFL. This is consistent with Huffman's theory and suggests Mandelker and Rhee's model is oversimplified.
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Woodhead, Brendon. "Investigating the degree of induced disorder in mechanicaly combined pharmaceutical materials." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2014. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/investigating-the-degree-of-induced-disorder-in-mechanicaly-combined-pharmaceutical-materials(401fc654-296e-48e4-ba81-e0c9e31fdf45).html.
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Santos, Daniel. "Combined forced and parametric excitation of a single degree of freedom oscillator." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 1991. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk/R?func=search-advanced-go&find_code1=WSN&request1=AAIU602266.
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This report looks at two forms of Mathieu's equation, each subjected to an external sinusoidal excitation, and has been appropriately divided into two sections. The first section analyses a nonhomogeneous linear equation considered initially without, and then with damping, The second section investigates a nonlinear nonhomogeneous equation, with damping, and is supplemented by laboratory investigations and analogue computing. The principal mathematical method used throughout has been the perturbation method of multiple scales, with the method of variation of parameters incorporated to investigate the linear case. Some of the results, from both cases, are presented in the form of time trace diagrams and these compared well with results obtained from numerical integration of the original equation using the Runge - Kutta algorithm. All the remaining results are presented in the form of 3D diagrams in an effort to give more information about the frequency content of the response. Experimental results for parametric and forced excitation of a light cantilever with an end mass agreed qualitatively with theoretical predictions and analogue computer results agreed well. Again the results were presented in a similar format to those of the previous sections, using 3D diagrams. The main findings for the linear problem were that the response was dominated by the frequencies ? and ?p - ? , where ? is the forcing frequency and ? is the parametric excitation frequency. Close to the stability boundary the interaction between the forced and parametric responses resulted in a response much larger than that due to either effect on its own. When the nonlinearities considered here were added it was found that, with no external forcing the response in the unstable region was dominated as expected by a component at ? p/2, but as the amplitude of the external forcing was increased this component was suppressed and replaced by dominant components at frequencies ? and ?P- ? In addition there were normally sidebands present, sometimes of relatively quite considerable amplitude and even the appearance, for a limited window, of what might have been chaotic motion, with a continuous range of spectral components. These digital computer findings were confirmed by analogue computer and laboratory observations.
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Lourenço, Wesley da Silva, and 0000-0002-0760-7644. "The Moderating Role Of Market Structure On The Relationship Between Firm Operational Performance And Degree Of Operating Leverage." Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, 2017. http://repositorio.ufes.br/handle/10/8869.
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Previous issue date: 2017-05-03<br>CAPES<br>Esta dissertação investiga o papel de moderação da estrutura de mercado na relação entre
desempenho operacional e composição dos custos das empresas. Como proxy para a estrutura
de mercado, adotou-se o Índice Herfindahl-Hirschman (HHI); para o desempenho operacional,
foi utilizado como proxy o retorno sobre o capital investido (ROIC); e para composição dos
custos das empresas, o Grau de Alavancagem Operacional (DOL). A base de dados abrange
empresas não financeiras no mercado brasileiro de 1996 a 2016, terceiro trimestre. Resultados
apontam que a estrutura de mercado modera a relação entre ROIC e DOL, tendo maior efeito
há medida que os mercados se aproximam de uma estrutura monopolística. Resultados em
geral, sugerem a existência de relação entre o desempenho operacional das empresas e
comportamento dos custos, indicado por uma relação negativa entre ROIC e DOL. Observa-se,
também, um papel moderador significativo do Tamanho na função de moderação da estrutura
de mercado (HHI) na relação entre ROIC e DOL, na medida em que a estrutura do mercado
avança para configurações próximas do monopólio, o efeito moderador HHI torna-se mais
latente.<br>This thesis investigates the moderation role of market structure on the relationship between
operational performance and firms’ costs composition. The Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI)
were adopted as proxy for market structure; for operational performance, Return on Invested
Capital (ROIC); and for firms’ cost choices, the Degree of Operating Leverage (DOL). The
database covers non-financial firms at Brazilian market from 1996 to 2016, third quarter. The
output points toward to market structure moderation of the relationship between ROIC and
DOL with an increase of the effect when markets comes near to a monopolistic structure.
Overall results suggests the existence of a relation between firms’ operational performance and
cost behavior, indicated by a negative relationship between ROIC and DOL. Furthermore, we
notice a moderating role of Size on market structure (HHI) moderation role on the relationship
between ROIC and DOL, in the extent that market structure moves towards a higher
concentration level configuration, the moderating effect of HHI becomes more latent.
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LOURENCO, W. S. "The Moderating Role Of Market Structure On The Relationship Between Firm Operational Performance And Degree Of Operating Leverage." Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, 2017. http://repositorio.ufes.br/handle/10/8869.
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Previous issue date: 2017-05-03<br>Esta dissertação investiga o papel de moderação da estrutura de mercado na relação entre desempenho operacional e composição dos custos das empresas. Como proxy para a estrutura de mercado, adotou-se o Índice Herfindahl-Hirschman (HHI); para o desempenho operacional, foi utilizado como proxy o retorno sobre o capital investido (ROIC); e para composição dos custos das empresas, o Grau de Alavancagem Operacional (DOL). A base de dados abrange empresas não financeiras no mercado brasileiro de 1996 a 2016, terceiro trimestre. Resultados apontam que a estrutura de mercado modera a relação entre ROIC e DOL, tendo maior efeito há medida que os mercados se aproximam de uma estrutura monopolística. Resultados em geral, sugerem a existência de relação entre o desempenho operacional das empresas e comportamento dos custos, indicado por uma relação negativa entre ROIC e DOL. Observa-se, também, um papel moderador significativo do Tamanho na função de moderação da estrutura de mercado (HHI) na relação entre ROIC e DOL, na medida em que a estrutura do mercado avança para configurações próximas do monopólio, o efeito moderador HHI torna-se mais latente.
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Wood, Matthew R. "Effects of altitude exposure combined with sea level training on sea level performance a thesis submitted to Auckland University of Technology for the degree of Master of Health Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, September 2003." Full thesis. Abstract, 2003. http://puka2.aut.ac.nz/ait/theses/WoodM.pdf.
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Kapel, Stephanie S. [Verfasser], and Hellmut G. [Akademischer Betreuer] Augustin. "Dissertation submitted to the Combined Faculties for the Natural Sciences and for Mathematics of the Ruperto-Carola University of Heidelberg, Germany for the degree of Doctor of Natural Sciences / Stephanie S. Kapel ; Betreuer: Hellmut G. Augustin." Heidelberg : Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, 2020. http://d-nb.info/1203129432/34.
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Cardoso, Rafael Felipe Silva. "Incentivo fiscal e alavancagem operacional: um estudo de caso sobre a desoneração da folha de pagamento em uma empresa start-up." Universidade de São Paulo, 2016. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/12/12136/tde-02082016-153102/.
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Os incentivos fiscais concedidos pelos entes públicos às empresas nacionais suscitam cada vez mais o interesse de estudos aprofundados em relação a seu impacto dentro das organizações. Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo analisar os efeitos dos incentivos fiscais, especificamente, da desoneração da folha de pagamento instituída pelo Plano Brasil Maior do Governo Federal em 2011, no grau de alavancagem operacional de uma empresa start-up brasileira. A pesquisa foi realizada através de um estudo de caso em uma empresa start-up atuante no Brasil no setor de tecnologia desde 2011. As análises do estudo de caso confirmaram que há uma relação direta entre a desoneração da folha de pagamento e o grau de alavancagem operacional de uma empresa. A interpretação dos dados sugere que para uma melhor eficiência dos incentivos fiscais, estes devem alterar o comportamento dos custos e despesas fixas para variáveis, diminuindo assim a exposição ao risco operacional da empresa.<br>Tax incentives granted by public entities to domestic companies tend to raise more interest of extensive studies in relation to its impact within organizations. This research aims to analyze the effects of tax incentives, specifically, the payroll tax exemption established by the \"Plano Brasil Maior\" of the Brazilian Federal Government in 2011, on the degree of operating leverage of a Brazilian start-up company. The research was conducted through a case study of a start-up company operating in Brazil in the technology sector since 2011. The analysis of the case study confirmed that there is a direct relation between the payroll tax exemptions and the degree of operating leverage of a business. The interpretation of the case suggests that, for a more efficiency of the tax incentives, the incentive must directly modify the fixed and variable costs and therefore reducing the company\'s exposure to operational risk
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Marčiulionytė, Asta. "Įmonės pelno-išlaidų-veiklos apimties vertinimas." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2014. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2007~D_20140626_161708-33077.
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Pelningumo siekimas yra pagrindinis verslo įmonės tikslas, dažnai lemiantis vadovų pasirinkimą sprendžiant problemas susijusias su pardavimo kainomis, įvairiomis išlaidomis. Pelno-išlaidų-veiklos apimties vertinimas teikia apibendrinantį planavimo proceso vaizdą ir išlaidų kitimo supratimą, todėl gauta informacija yra nepakeičiama, siekiant užtikrinti racionalų įmonės valdymą. Šio darbo tikslas – išanalizavus pelno-išlaidų-veiklos apimties metodologiją, atlikti įmonės pelno-išlaidų-veiklos apimties vertinimą ir sudaryti modelį, leidžiantį efektyviai planuoti ir analizuoti įmonės kaštų, veiklos apimties ir pelno ryšį. Taigi, šio darbo objektas-įmonės pelningumas, jo priklausomybė nuo įmonės pajamų, kaštų ir veiklos apimties. Siekiant įgyvendinti darbo tikslą, keliami tokie uždaviniai: išanalizuoti pelno-išlaidų-veiklos apimties vertinimo metodologiją, suformuoti prielaidas pelno-išlaidų-veiklos apimties vertinimo modeliavimui, atlikti įmonės pelno-išlaidų-veiklos apimties vertinimą, bei sudaryti pelno-išlaidų-veiklos apimties vertinimo modelį. Darbą sudaro trys pagrindinės dalys: metodologinė, analitinė ir rezultatų. Pirmojoje darbo dalyje nagrinėjami pelno-išlaidų-veiklos apimties vertinimo metodologijos aspektai-pateikiamos analizės prielaidos, vertinimo reikšmė ir galimybės. Antrasis darbo skyrius apima prielaidų pelno-išlaidų-veiklos apimties vertinimo modeliavimui analizę: tiriami ir lyginami pelno-išlaidų-veiklos apimties vertinimo modeliavimo metodai, bei pateikiama... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]<br>The main purpose of business enterprise is striving for profitability and this purpose usually decides the head‘s of enterprise choice when he tackles the problems about prices of sales and different expenses. Cost-volume-profit evaluation gives resumptive view about planning process and understanding of costs range so given information is irreplaceable because of trying to ensure rational management. The purpose of this work is to do cost-volume-profit evaluation and make a model according the analysis of cost-volume-profit methodology. This model will let to plan and analyse enterprise‘s cost, activity‘s size and profit‘s relation in effective way. So the object of this work is the profitability of an enterprise, its dependence from enterprises revenue, cost and activity‘s volume. In purpose to realize work‘s aim there are these objectives: to analyse cost-volume-profit evaluation methodology, to structure presumptions for cost-volume-profit evaluation modeling, to do enterprises cost-volume-profit evaluation and to make cost-volume-profit evaluation model. Three main parts makes this work: methodological, analytical, results. In the first part of this work there is an analyses of cost-volume-profit evaluation methodology‘s aspects, there are analysis presumptions, evaluations mean and possibilities. The second part includes presumptions analysis to cost-volume-profit evaluation modeling: here are researched and compared cost-volume-profit evaluation modeling methods and is... [to full text]
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Chen, Svuan-Jvun, and 陳炫君. "Detects the Association between Degree Operating Leverage and Degree Financial Leverage-Considers firm size factor." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/09192859621306929632.
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碩士<br>逢甲大學<br>會計所<br>96<br>Degree of operation and financial are the indexes of measuring business risk. In the past studies, Mandelker and Rhee (1984) measuring system is used to measure DOL and DFL. However, the size factor isn’t made as a consideration in Mandlker and Rhee (1984) measuring system. In our studies, in addition to improving the insufficiency of Mandlker and Rhee(1984) measuring system, we discussed the size factor in effecting DOL and DFL measurements in three ways of industry analysis- representative individual of firm, representative individual of industry and representative individual of market.
The samples of the research are taken from COMPUSTAT, having 599 public corporations and the 20-year dates. In the result, we find that using total property as the size factor and setting PDF have obvious differences between steps of industry and market. Therefore, size factor would effect the measurements of DOL and DFL. Besides, DOL and DFL in weight average and in arithmetic average have obvious differences.
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Liu, Cheng-Chia, and 劉城嘉. "The Relationship Between Systematic Risk and Degree of Operational Leverage and Degree of Financial Leverage and Foreign Exchange Exposure of Taiwanese Multinational Corporation." Thesis, 2003. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/20481185356969427249.
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碩士<br>國防管理學院<br>國防財務資源研究所<br>91<br>Abstract
To compete in the world market, multinational corporations have become the most important business organizations in Taiwa
an. To measure the systematic risk of multinational corporatio
ns become an important research topic.
As estimating a security’s systematic risk, Capital Asse
t Pricing Model (CAPM) says little about how firm’s coperatio
nal and financial activities influence firms’ risk. This study uses degree of operational leverage (DOL), degree of financial leverage (DFL) and exchange exposure risk (EXBeta) to examine the systematic risk of Taiwanese multinational corporations.
Empirical results show that DOL, DFL have positive relation
ship with systematic risk. Taiwanese multinational corporations with higher DOL and DFL will have higher systematic risk. Excha
nge exposure risk is negatively associated with systematic risk.
Keyword: Multinational Corporations, Capital Asset Pricing Mod
el, Systematic Risk, Degree of Operational Leverage, Degree of Financial Leverage, Foreign Exchange Exposure.
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LI, WU-YAN, and 李武彥. "The influences of the degree of operating leverage on the firmecision." Thesis, 1991. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/42080257301687144427.
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Lin, Chun Yi, and 林君怡. "The Impact of R&D Leverage and Degree of operating leverage on Firm Value: Industry Life Cycle View." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/68782517883809569023.
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碩士<br>國立聯合大學<br>經營管理學系碩士班<br>103<br>There are many studies on the relationship between financial leverage and firm value, but R&D leverage and Operating Leverage is rare. Thus, this study not only shows a novel R&D leverage to measure how EPS changes in response to a change in R&D expense, but also applies panel data regression to estimate the effect of the leverage on firm values, also discuss whether its impact because industry life cycle is changed. The samples are cross-section and time series data from 2000 to 2012, listed and OTC 85 companies.
The empirical results show that previous year’s R&D Leverage and current year’s Operating Leverage have a significant negative influence on current year’s Tobin’s Q respectively, no matter company size and life cycle are added as control variables or not. Moreover, previous year’s R&D Leverage and life cycle influence current year’s Tobin’s Q significantly and negatively, indicating that previous year’s R&D Leverage results in current year’s Tobin’s Q to change negatively as life cycle grow, mature, and decline. Furthermore, current year’s Operating Leverage and life cycle influence current year’s ROA, ROE, and Tobin’s Q significantly in which Tobin’s Q is influenced significantly and negatively, indicating that current year’s Operating Leverage results in current year’s ROA and ROE to change positively as life cycle grow, mature, and decline.
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Chen, Yu-ching, and 陳鈺清. "Product Mix and Earnings Volatility at Banks: Evidence from a Degree of Total Leverage Model." Thesis, 2004. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/70247805253755838934.
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碩士<br>國立高雄第一科技大學<br>金融營運所<br>92<br>This paper constructs a degree-of-total-leverage framework to test whether and how shifts in product mix affect earnings volatility at 32 banks in Taiwan between the third quarter, 1997 and the third quarter, 2003.After empirical analysis, the paper ends with some empirical findings.
1.investment activities and fee-based activities reveal a positive and significant relationship with revenue volatility.
2.bank scale reveals a positive and significant relationship with revenue volatility.
3.investment activities reveal a positive and significant relationship with degree of total leverage.
4.investment activities reveal a positive and significant relationship with earnings volatility.
5.investment activities reveal a positive and significant relationship with ROA.
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Chen, Chih-Ming, and 陳志明. "An Empirical Study on Enterprise Performance and Degree of Research & Development Leverage - Analysis for Power Supplies Industry In Taiwan." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/59373083563731857567.
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碩士<br>國立高雄應用科技大學<br>商務經營研究所<br>96<br>The theme of this study is an analysis of the "Degree of R&D Leverage" method, its effectiveness in measuring R&D performance, and its impact on business operation performance. Two mathematical models were utilized for the empirical portion of this study. The first model analyzed the relationship between the R&D leverage degree and the business operation and looked for factors influencing the R&D performance. Several businesses were surveyed using the "Degree of R&D Leverage " method for further categorization, which were guided into the second model to calculate gross margin change in relation to R&D investment. The result could then be used to determine the method's effectiveness in measuring R&D performance.
Data for the Taiwanese power supply industry from 1996-2005 was collected for this study, and the panel data was ran through a multiple regression analysis. The result showed a positive correlation between a company's patents and its R&D activities and the degree of R&D leverage, demonstrating R&D as long-term investments rather than short-term returns. In addition, the study indicated positive correlation between a company's gross margin ratio and its R&D activities for businesses with high and average degree of R&D leverage. No such correlation was found for companies with low degree of R&D leverage. Consequently, businesses can use the "R&D Leverage Degree" method to measure the R&D performance and modify the R&D strategy accordingly.
The result of this study supports the fidelity of R&D leverage degree, as well as improves the measuring method and the accuracy. Hopefully this study can be of help to corporate R&D management. Further more, may this study be an introduction for those who wish to research more on the subject.
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"The C.A.L.L. to Action Model of Community Engagement: Examining How Communication, Alliance, Leadership and Leverage Combined to End Chronic Homelessness Among Veterans in Maricopa County, Arizona." Doctoral diss., 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.29705.
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abstract: This dissertation sought to understand how leaders in a public-private strategic alliance collaboratively address complex community problems. The study responded to the gap in academic research of leadership and public relations in alliances to solve complex social issues, as well as the scant scholarly attention to alliance leaders' communications with stakeholders. Its findings corresponded to framing theory, stakeholder theory, SWOT (strengths/weaknesses/opportunities/threats) theory, complexity theory, and the subtopic of complex leadership -- all through the lens of public relations. This investigation culminated in the introduction of the C.A.L.L. to Action Model of Community Engagement, which demonstrates the confluence of factors that were integral to the alliance's success in eliminating chronic homelessness among veterans in Maricopa County, Arizona -- Communication, Alliance, Leadership, and Leverage. This qualitative case study used the method of elite or in-depth interviews and grounded theory to investigate the factors present in a community engagement that achieved its purpose. It served as a foundation for future inquiry and contributions to the base of knowledge, including 1) additional qualitative case studies of homeless alliances in other communities or of other social issues addressed by a similar public-private alliance; 2) quantitative methods, such as a survey of the participants in this alliance to provide triangulation of the results and establish a platform for generalization of the results to a larger population.<br>Dissertation/Thesis<br>Doctoral Dissertation Journalism and Mass Communication 2015
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Silva, Rivas Jose Christian. "Control and Optimization of a Compact 6-Degree-of-Freedom Precision Positioner Using Combined Digital Filtering Techniques." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-12-10496.
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This thesis presents the multivariable controller design and implementation for a high-precision 6-degree-of-freedom (6-DOF) magnetically levitated (maglev) positioner. The positioner is a triangular single-moving part that carries three 3-phase permanent-magnet linear-levitation-motor armatures. The three planar levitation motors not only generate the vertical force to levitate the triangular platen but control the platen's position in the horizontal plane. All 6-DOF motions are controlled by magnetic forces only.
The positioner moves over a Halbach magnet matrix using three sets of two-axis Hall-effect sensors to measure the planar motion and three Nanogage laser distance sensors for the vertical motion. However, the Hall-effect sensors and the Nanogage laser distance sensors can only provide measurements of the displacement of all 6-axis. Since we do not have full-state feedback, I designed two Linear Quadratic Gaussian (LQG) multivariable controllers using a recursive discrete-time observer. A discrete hybrid H2/H(infinity) filter is implemented to obtain optimal estimates of position and orientation, as well as additional estimates of velocity and angular velocity for all 6 axes. In addition, an analysis was done on the signals measured by the Hall-effect sensors, and from there several digital filters were tested to optimize the readings of the sensors and obtain the best estimates possible. One of the multivariable controllers was designed to close the control loop for the three-planar-DOF motion, and the other to close the loop for the vertical motion, all at a sampling frequency of 800 Hz. Experimental results show a position resolution of 1.5 micrometers with position noise of 0.545 micrometers rms in the x-and y-directions and a resolution of less than 110 nm with position noise of 49.3 nm rms in z.
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GUO, CHUN-CI, and 郭淳麒. "Application of Principal Component Analysis combined with Random Forest in the Judgment of the Failure Degree of Chiller." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/5z6xxb.
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碩士<br>國立臺北科技大學<br>能源與冷凍空調工程系<br>107<br>With the global economy booming, various types of high-rise buildings are built up. Nowadays, the air conditioning system in each building is definitely one of the essential equipment. The air conditioning system provides our comfortable living environment and improves work efficiency. The air conditioning equipment will gradually become old as t air conditioners increases operation hour during operation. When the system or equipment is in an abnormal operating state, its energy consumption value will be higher than the normal value. Poorly maintained, degraded and poorly controlled equipment can cause about 15% to 30% of energy wastage in the building. Therefore, in this thesis Random Forest method and Principal Component Analysis combined with Random Forest method were used to analyze the degree of faults of seven kinds of Centrifugal Chiller common failures. The fault database for the application is the ASHRAE research project (1043-RP). The results show that the accuracy of the Random Forest method is about 30% higher than that of the Principal Component Analysis combined with the Random Forest method.
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"Individual and Combined Impact of Institutional Student Support Strategies on First-time, Full-time, Degree-seeking Community College Students." Doctoral diss., 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.14290.
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abstract: Although U.S. rates of college enrollment among 18-24 year olds have reached historic highs, rates of degree completion have not kept pace. This is especially evident at community colleges, where a disproportionate number of students from groups who, historically, have had low college-completion rates enroll. One way community colleges are attempting to address low completion rates is by implementing institutional interventions intended to increase opportunities for student engagement at their colleges. Utilizing logistic and linear regression analyses, this study focused on community college students, examining the association between participation in institutional support activities and student outcomes, while controlling for specific student characteristics known to impact student success in college. The sample included 746 first-time, full-time, degree-seeking students at a single community college located in the U.S. Southwest. Additional analyses were conducted for the 440 first-time, full-time, degree-seeking students in this sample who placed into at least one developmental education course. Findings indicate that significant associations exist between different types of participation in institutional interventions and various student outcomes: Academic advising was found to be related to increased rates of Fall to Spring and Fall to Fall persistence and, for developmental education students, participation in a student success course was found to be related to an increase in the proportion of course credit hours earned. The results of this study provide evidence that student participation in institutional-level support may relate to increased rates of college persistence and credit hour completion; however, additional inquiry is warranted to inform specific policy and program decision-making at the college and to determine if these findings are generalizable to populations outside of this college setting.<br>Dissertation/Thesis<br>Ed.D. Higher and Postsecondary Education 2011
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VEJSADOVÁ, DRYJOVÁ Marie. "Vliv dluhového zatížení na prosperitu podniku." Doctoral thesis, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-126783.
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The dissertation thesis analyzes the debt burden on the prosperity of enterprise that operate in the territory of the Czech Republic, where the prosperity of the companies is expressed in equity capital profitability. The main aim is the empirical validation of the conclusions of financial leverage applied to the specific economic conditions of enterprises in the Czech Republic. The dissertation thesis is focused on the issue of the financial leverage on enterprises. First, the relation of return on equity and debt was evaluated Followed by an analysis of the relation of the debt ratio and a dynamic degree of financial leverage. Also a static degree of financial leverage with increasing debt was quantified. The operational objective was to assess a methodological diversity of quantification of static and dynamic model degrees of financial leverages. The validity of conclusions on the degree of financial leverage was assessed on the basic of the model simulating the impact of debt financing on earnings per share while changing the output (i.e., earnings before interest and taxes). The variance analysis of the return on equity indicator was performed using functional methods. The result was to quantify the effects of partial analytical indicators to the return on equity, the top-level indicator analyzed, mostly the influence of the dynamic degree of financial leverage indicators as a casual factor.
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Bull, Doug. "Performance improvements to a fast internally circulating fluidized bed (FICFB) biomass gasifier for combined heat and power plants : a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment for the degree of Master of Engineering in Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Canterbury, New Zealand /." 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/1952.
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