A study on the relationship between operational cash flow and the return of stockholders

Performance measurement in managerial accounting is normally associated with cash flow and it is executed based on different figures such as testing information content abuse and accounting figures. However, increasing the information content in accrual components of earning and internal performance...

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Main Authors: Hassan Ghodrati, Hassan Abyak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Growing Science 2014-07-01
Series:Management Science Letters
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Online Access:http://www.growingscience.com/msl/Vol4/msl_2014_159.pdf
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description Performance measurement in managerial accounting is normally associated with cash flow and it is executed based on different figures such as testing information content abuse and accounting figures. However, increasing the information content in accrual components of earning and internal performance measurement provides additional informative insights. This paper studies the relationship between operating cash flows and earnings along with total shareholder returns. The study chooses the information of 54 firms from Tehran Stock Exchange. The results show that there were some meaningful relationship between the operating cash flow, profitability and the returns of all stakeholders. However, this happens by increasing profitability and cash flow of information asymmetry proportion to their correlation with the economic efficiency of shareholders’ returns.
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spelling doaj-art-55cc37e008d2429faed14cbfc7a2cf322025-08-20T01:57:15ZengGrowing ScienceManagement Science Letters1923-29341923-93432014-07-01471551155810.5267/j.msl.2014.6.003A study on the relationship between operational cash flow and the return of stockholdersHassan GhodratiHassan AbyakPerformance measurement in managerial accounting is normally associated with cash flow and it is executed based on different figures such as testing information content abuse and accounting figures. However, increasing the information content in accrual components of earning and internal performance measurement provides additional informative insights. This paper studies the relationship between operating cash flows and earnings along with total shareholder returns. The study chooses the information of 54 firms from Tehran Stock Exchange. The results show that there were some meaningful relationship between the operating cash flow, profitability and the returns of all stakeholders. However, this happens by increasing profitability and cash flow of information asymmetry proportion to their correlation with the economic efficiency of shareholders’ returns.http://www.growingscience.com/msl/Vol4/msl_2014_159.pdfAccounting FiguresPerformance CriteriaTotal Shareholder Return
spellingShingle Hassan Ghodrati
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A study on the relationship between operational cash flow and the return of stockholders
Management Science Letters
Accounting Figures
Performance Criteria
Total Shareholder Return
title A study on the relationship between operational cash flow and the return of stockholders
title_full A study on the relationship between operational cash flow and the return of stockholders
title_fullStr A study on the relationship between operational cash flow and the return of stockholders
title_full_unstemmed A study on the relationship between operational cash flow and the return of stockholders
title_short A study on the relationship between operational cash flow and the return of stockholders
title_sort study on the relationship between operational cash flow and the return of stockholders
topic Accounting Figures
Performance Criteria
Total Shareholder Return
url http://www.growingscience.com/msl/Vol4/msl_2014_159.pdf
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