The Relationship between Capital Investment Choice and Capital Productivity: A Test of Firm Life Cycle Theory (A Comparative Investigation of Cyclical and Non-Cyclical Companies)

Subject Areas : Financial and Economic Modelling

Ali Khamaki ¹ , Parviz Saeidi ² , Arash Naderian ³ , Ali Khozain ⁴

1 - Department of Accounting, Aliabad Katoul branch, Islamic Azad University, Aliabad Katoul, Iran
2 - Department of Accounting, Aliabad Katoul Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ali Abad Katoul, Iran.
3 - Department of Accounting, Aliabad Katoul branch, Islamic Azad University, Aliabad Katoul, Iran
4 - Department of Accounting, Aliabad Katoul branch, Islamic Azad University, Aliabad Katoul, Iran

Received: 2018-10-30 Accepted : 2018-12-31 Published : 2018-12-01

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