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The Impact of Consolidation Industrial Jordanian Companies on Profitability and Liquidity Ratios

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This research aims to explore and concentrated on the impact of consolidate industrial Jordanian companies, on financial performance reflect on profitability and liquidity ratios and made a comparison between pre consolidate and post consolidate companies, for four industrial consolidate companies were included in the sample. Three years pre and post-consolidation data is used to test the effect. The Data took from the annual financial statements for these companies, and the data was processed by using SPSS program. The findings indicated that there are significant differences in the profitability of consolidated industrial companies before and after consolidation and there are significant differences in the liquidity of consolidated industrial companies before and after consolidation.

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  • Rana M. Airout, 2017. "The Impact of Consolidation Industrial Jordanian Companies on Profitability and Liquidity Ratios," International Business Research, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 10(4), pages 183-190, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:ibrjnl:v:10:y:2017:i:4:p:183-190
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