The Impact of Cost of Capital on Economic Value Added: An Analysis of Rubber and Plastic Processing Industries in Czech Republic and United States of America
The increasing importance of capital market and shareholders’ activity in today’s competitive globalized world has put managers under tremendous pressure for better financial management. Economic Value Added (EVA), nowadays, is considered as one of the most important financial performance measures of an industry. Cost of capital is one of the major determining factors of EVA. This article explains the impact of cost of capital on EVA. It also examines the creation of EVA in selected rubber and plastic processing industries in two different economies, viz., the transition economies of the Czech Republic and the well-developed market economy of the United Sates of America. The findings reveal that the Czech Republic performs better than USA in applying EVA.
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Volume (Year): III (2006) Issue (Month): 1 (February) Pages: 23-39 Download reference. The following formats are available: HTML
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