This study empirically examines the quantum of corporate disclosure and its association with corporate attributes, such as, age, size, profitability, leverage, listing status, shareholding pattern, audit firm, and residential status of a company. It is based on a sample of 50 companies from the...

This study empirically examines the quality of corporate disclosure with special reference to its qualitative attribute of ‘Timeliness’. It is based on a sample of 288 and 292 companies drawn from BT-500 companies (November, 2004 issue) for the financial years 2004-05 and 2005-06....

Economic and social performances are the two strong pillars of sustainable corporate growth. The companies in India are now showing a genuine interest in the upliftment of the stakeholders they serve. They have started giving Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) a place in their overall...

This paper presents thermo-hydraulic performance comparison of rib roughness under investigation, ‘V-down ribs with gap’ and similar reported rib roughness geometries used in solar air heater duct. The present rib roughness has flow-attack-angle and relative roughness height of 60° and...

The artificially rib roughened solar air heaters perform thermally better than the conventional flat-plate solar air heater under same operating conditions. However, the artificial rib roughness leads to higher friction factor thereby increasing pumping power. The second law based exergy...

The heat and fluid flow characteristics of rectangular duct having its one broad wall heated and roughened with periodic ‘discrete V-down rib’ are experimentally investigated. Reynolds number (Re) has been varied from 3000–15000 with relative gap width (g/e) and relative gap position (d/w)...

In this investigation, thermo-hydraulic performance of rectangular ducts roughened with a new configuration of ‘V-down rib having gap’ on one wide wall is determined. Small symmetrical gap equal to rib height is created at the centre of both legs of V of continuous V-down rib. The duct has...