The present study has been undertaken to measure the efficiency of the Indian pharmaceutical companies during the period of recent recession. Data envelopment analysis has been utilized in the paper to measure the efficiency. Input oriented variable return to scale approach has been used in this...

In this study, an attempt has been made to investigate the influence of capital structure decisions on dividend payout ratio for the companies belonging to BSE500 in India during the pre- and post-period of the recent global recession. The pre-recession period has been taken from 2001–2002 to...