Entrepreneurship among women in India is a recently fast growing concept. The Central and State Governments have initiated a number of measures in recent years for giving a great fillip to the cause of women entrepreneurship development by way of granting a variety of special concessions,...

Financial inclusion can really pick up the financial conditions and standards of living of the disadvantaged groups. Various countries are promoting financial inclusion across the world. The list includes Peru, Colombia, Philippines, Pakistan, Chile, Tanzania, Bolivia, Mexico, Bangladesh, South...

Risk Capital is an important instrument for not only start-ups and innovative / fast growing companies but is also critical to those looking at growth. However the sources of risk capital are limited in developing countries. It is encouraging to note that with global integration of economy,...

Many factors can cause the price of a stock in the capital market – ranging from specific news about a company's earnings to a change in how investors feel about the stock market in general. Specifically, there are four factors that have a major impact on stock prices, viz., the stocks demand...

The Indian banking industry plays an important role in the economic development of the country and is the most dominant segment of the financial sector. During the last four and half decades, particularly after the first phase of nationalization of banks in 1969, there have been distinct...

The capital structure represents the mix of different sources of long-term funds in the total capitalization. Optimal capital structure is a financing-mix which maximizes the firms' value/the shareholders' wealth or minimizes its overall cost of capital. An appropriate capital structure helps as...