2015

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FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE CHOICE OF EVALUATION TECHNIQUE FOR INVESTMENT DECISIONS IN PAKISTAN
(UMT, Lahore, 2015) Akeela maryam
The rationale of this research was to discover the most significant factor which can affect the decision regarding selection of capital budgeting technique in reference of manufacturing and services industry of Pakistan. This research also tested the relationship between independent variables; Size, uncertainty, reward, industry type, education/training, legal status, specific option situation and firms strategy with dependent variable capital budgeting. This is quantitative research. Linear multiple regression was technique to test hypotheses of this research via SPSS. Data is compiled by one ninety one respondent companies listed at KSE and LCCI through postal questionnaires. The results suggest that education or training methods and specific options of firm doesn’t affect the selection of capital budgeting techniques, while size, legal status, compensation/reward system, industry type, firms strategy and uncertainty directly affects the use of these methods. Research model can be regenerated for the more detail and a comparative study between two sectors can be conducted by using t-test in future. Normality and generalization of data are most important limitations.