The paper presents the results of analysis of the structure of investments by the industries of Ukraine. Key impact of the natural gas price on an investment activity of metallurgical and chemical enterprises is identified. The recommendations for the state regulator to enhance an investment...

The paper sets the basic research types that use the investment theory to decide the specific scientific and practical problems. For each type author held a brief overview of studies published over the last three years.

The author proposed a system of measuring enterprise performance includes three metrics of performance: key result indicators, productivity indicators and key performance indicators. This system covers all levels of management and permeates the entire enterprise from workplaces and departments...

The paper presents the results of a study of the profitability for members of the natural gas market of Ukraine that are included in a supply chain - from extracting companies to final industrial consumers. Author founds that under conditions of high gas prices the extracting companies get the...

The paper presents the results of study of the efficiency of Ukrainian gas distribution system after increasing the prices on imported natural gas. Author detects decreasing returns to scale, relatively high productivity and increased profitability in the sector of gas supply.

The paper presents the technique of the strategic and portfolio decision making with important practical value that enables the investor to make an optimal choice of the investee. The effectiveness of the proposed technique is demonstrated by the case of food industry of Ukraine.

The paper presents the concept of the “super-attractiveness for investors" and a mathematical model of its evaluation, which enables make a complete ranking of the potential objects for investment. Methodological provisions for making investment decisions are developed.

The Indian Mutual Fund Industry: A Comparative Analysis of Public vs Private Sector Performance by G. V. Satya Sekhar (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014)

The paper presents the results of a study of investment sources during the financial crisis on the basis of six medium-sized enterprises of the Ukrainian meat industry. The high efficiency of the internal sources of investment in fixed assets is identified. Author emphasizes the need to use the...

The paper presents the key factors and reserves of efficiency growth for meat compa-nies in Ukraine. In accordance with the identified increasing returns to scale, author suggests the ways to improve performance through internal and external benchmarking, clustering and other forms of...