September 2018

Capital structure and corporate financial distress of manufacturing firms in Nigeria

This paper investigated the effect of capital structure on corporate financial distress of manufacturing firms in Nigeria by employing panel corrected standard error (PCSE) technique. The variables used in the study are corporate financial distress, capital structure, firm size, assets tangibility, revenue growth, profitability and age of firms. The outcome of the research reveals that capital structure affects...

Author(s): Ikpesu Fredrick and Eboiyehi Osazemen C.  

September 2018

The effects of corporate governance codes in curbing fraudulent activities in private organisations in Nigeria

The rise of accounting scandals has prompted the need to improve the relevance of financial reporting by setting up good corporate governance structures. The relationship between corporate governance and fraudulent activities has been strongly debated in the developed countries. It is recently that attention has turned to the study of corporate governance and financial reporting in developing countries. This paper...

Author(s): Adigwe Pretty Dennis and Stanley Ogoun