Literature Review of Mutual Funds

Posted by mbalectures | Posted in Advance Research Methods | 6,213 views | Posted on 01-06-2011

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Sharpe (1966) in order to evaluate the risk-adjusted performance of mutual funds introduced the measure known as reward-to-variability ratio (Currently Sharpe Ratio). With the help of this ratio he evaluated the return of 34 open-end mutual funds in the period 1945-1963. The results showed that to a major extent the capital market was highly efficient [...]

Importance of Corporate Governance

Posted by mbalectures | Posted in Others | 8,614 views | Posted on 25-05-2011

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OECD Principles describe corporate governance in terms of relationship between management of company, its shareholders, its board and other stakeholders. It is a system which is used for the purpose of controlling and directing the companies. Corporate governance is not a new concept but it has got popularity in the last few decades due to [...]

Types of Plagiarism

Posted by mbalectures | Posted in Advance Research Methods | 4,033 views | Posted on 13-03-2011

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Plagiarism is a special type of bribery in which the recognition for others’ work is taken. This bribe is done by copying others’ work and giving ones own name. Using any single sentence, paragraph, complete report from any source is considered as plagiarism except in few special cases. Since there is so much research going [...]

Primary Data Collection Methods

Posted by mbalectures | Posted in Advance Research Methods | 12,547 views | Posted on 09-03-2011

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Data collection refers to the gathering of set of observations about variables and it is the starting point of research methods. Basically, there are two types of data which are: primary data and secondary data. Primary data is received from first hand sources such as: direct observation, interview, survey, and questionnaire etc. On the other [...]

Non-Probability Sampling Techniques

Posted by mbalectures | Posted in Advance Research Methods | 3,869 views | Posted on 08-03-2011

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Non-probability sampling is a form of sampling technique in which the subset of population is not achieved by chance or probability but by some logic. Here, we should know that there is difference between sampling and sample; sampling refers to the selection of subset from population whereas, sample is the subset of population which represents [...]

Variety is the Spice of Life

Posted by mbalectures | Posted in English | 2,041 views | Posted on 07-03-2011

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If a person works continuously with old things he/she gets bored because of old materials, usual work, familiar faces and daily routine work. Therefore, continuous variation is required in various fields such as: life style, dresses, food, houses, keeping friends etc. Even people changes hair styles to adopt the new ones. These changes make our [...]

Protecting Freedom of Expression

Posted by mbalectures | Posted in English | 1,285 views | Posted on 07-03-2011

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Freedom of expression is one of the basic and fundamental rights of human beings but it does not mean that the people should exploit this freedom by telling lies and delivering false statements. One should avail this freedom honestly while keeping in view the responsibility which imposes restrictions. A liberal man has more responsibilities than [...]

Important Types of Research

Posted by mbalectures | Posted in Advance Research Methods | 2,380 views | Posted on 07-03-2011

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If we break down the word research, it is the combination of “Re” and “search”. It means that research intends to find some phenomenon or existing knowledge continuously. The basic aim of research is to confirm the reliability of existing knowledge and contribute new knowledge in the existing knowledge. Research is the solution of any [...]

What are the Objectives of Research

Posted by mbalectures | Posted in Advance Research Methods | 3,038 views | Posted on 06-03-2011

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Objective of research is one the important elements for conducting any research because it helps in determining the possibility of conducting the study. Basically, the broad aim of all researches is to confirm the reliability of existing knowledge and to find the deviation of existing knowledge i.e. to contribute new knowledge in the existing knowledge. [...]

Clause and Its Types

Posted by mbalectures | Posted in Business English | 1,706 views | Posted on 06-03-2011

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The expression of a complete proposition by smallest grammatical unit is known as clause. Basically, a clause contains both predicate and subject. There could be one or more than one clauses in the sentence. A sentence that consists of just one clause is known as a simple sentence. For example: I went New York. She [...]