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    Analyzing the assessment methodology of business schools: an empirical investigation
    (PTQE, 2006) Amer Hussain
    Effective assessment of teaching and learning has become a major issue for higher education all over the world. Effective assessment methodology helps the management universities to upgrade their pedagogy and course curriculum according to the requirement of stakeholders and market competitiveness. Effectiveness in assessment is generated by the mutual agreement of students, faculty and management on applied assessment methods. This research analyses the existing practices and compares it with the perceived approach of students, faculty and management towards assessment methodology in teaching and learning. This paper tries to explore the gap between plasticized and desired assessment methodology. The study develops an estimate of 300 cases, includes 50 faculty, 50 management and 200 students of management universities of Lahore Pakistan. The study collects data through stratified random sampling of six schools including private and public sector on a self-constructed research instrument. Scale is developed with the help of literature, expert opinions, consultation with academicians and students and validated through pilot testing. Various statistical tools are applied using SPSS statistical package and results are developed. The findings of research may help the management of business education institutes to reconsider their applied assessment methodology and design it according to the recommendations of respective stakeholders. The paper also suggests managerial implications and explores future avenues for research
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    Determinants of capital structure across selected manufacturing sectors of Pakistan
    (Centre for Promoting Ideas, USA, 2011) Talat Afza; Amer Hussain
    The present study examines the industry specific attributes of firms in Automobile, Engineering, and Cable and Electrical Goods Sectors affecting the determinants of capital structure and validates the results with Booth et. al. (2001) and Rajan and Zingales (1995) .The study uses pooled data regression model on the sample of 22 Automobile, 7 Cable and Electrical Goods and 8 Engineering Firms to identify the determinants of capital structure. The debt to total assets ratio is used as a proxy for leverage and the impact of size, profitability, tangibility of assets, cost of debt, taxes, liquidity and non debt tax shield is analyzed on leverage. It is pertinent to report that the study uses liquidity, tax and cost of debt variables which were not used in the earlier studies conducted in Pakistan on industry specific attribute of capital structure and have significant influence on debt financing decisions. The empirical results reflects that firms of these three sectors with good liquidity position and large depreciation allowances use retained earnings, followed by debt financing for growth and smooth operations and equity financing is considered as a last resort. The results supported the Static Tradeoff Theory and Pecking Order Theory.
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    Determinants of capital structure: a case study of automobile sector of Pakistan
    (Interdisciplinary Journal of Contemporary Research in Business, 2011) Talat Afza; Amer Hussain
    The present study focuses on the determinants of capital structure of Automobile Sector of Pakistan. The research examines whether the industry specific attributes of Automobile Sector affect the capital structure choice of firms and validates our results with Rajan and Zingales (1995) and Booth et. al. (2001) and provide an explanation for the behavior of firms in choosing debt equity ratio. The study uses pooled data regression model on the sample of 26 firms of Automobile sector of Pakistan and uses liquidity and cost of debt variables which were not used in earlier studies in Pakistan and have significant influence on the debt and equity financing decisions. The results show that the firms which are large in size and having good assets structure should go for debt financing to finance new projects. The results of profitability, taxes and liquidity are statistically significant and are consistent with Static Trade off Theory and Pecking Order Theory.