http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/9393 2026-04-04T12:35:32Z http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/13077 Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Governance on Financial Performance of Firms: Evidence from Cement Industry of Pakistan Omaima Nazeer, 01-397202-032 This research is basically about the financial performance of cement sector in Pakistan. The purpose of this study is to determine the influence of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate governance (CG) on financial performance (FP) in Pakistan's cement sector. Therefore, this study has been developed a model to analyze the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate governance (CG) on financial performance (FP) in which use company's reputation, CSR reports, and donation as CSR measure and audit committee, board size as a corporate governance measure to find the impact on financial performance that measured by ROA and ROE. As independent factors, the researcher examined at corporate social responsibility and corporate governance. In the meantime, the dependent variable is financial performance. However, Pakistan's cement industry has been chosen to evaluate the relationship between the variables listed above. In this study a qualitative research method is applied to look at the relationship. Secondary data was gathered using annual financial statements from 17 cement companies collected for the period 2015 to 2020 (period of six years). EViews Software uses various statistical tests (correlation and regression analysis) to examine data from annual financial statements. According to the outcomes of this study, the audit committee (independent variable) has a considerable impact on the cement sector's return on assets and return on equity (dependent variables). Furthermore, regression analysis revealed that in the cement sector of Pakistan, there is no significant association between company reputation, CSR reports, donation, board size (independent variables), return on assets, and return on equity (dependent variables). Supervised by Dr. Sajid Ali 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/13078 The Impact of Financial Knowledge on Financial Satisfaction Mediating Role of Personality Traits Noshaba Naz, 01-397202-031 The main focus in this paper is to study the relationship between financial knowledge and financial satisfaction through mediating role of personality traits. Design/ Methodology: For achieving the purpose of study, 203 investors of Pakistan Stock Exchange were taken as a sample for data collection with convenience sampling technique. The analysis of data was carried out through correlation, simple regression, and mediated regression by Preacher and Hayes. Findings: The findings of present research suggested that financial knowledge positively and significantly impact personality traits and financial satisfaction. This is also confirmed that personality traits mediates the relationship between financial knowledge and financial satisfaction. Originality/ value: Different factors affect the investment decision of an individual therefore this study tends to determine the impact of personality traits and how the access to financial knowledge will lead towards financial satisfaction. Implications: The results can be used by the government and policy makers so that they can take into account the personality traits of an investors as initially it was considered that investor only take decision on the basis of company’s reputation. Supervised by Dr. Muzammal Ilyas Sindhu 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/13079 Effect of Financial Architecture on Firm Profitability and Corporate Value of Firms Listed In Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) Sumia Anwar, 01-397202-048 The purpose of this study is to test and examine the changes in firm profitability and corporate value due to financial architecture of the firms listed under Pakistan Stock Exchange. The study uses Panel Data Estimation and this technique was applied to 70 companies in Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) list, which were selected to estimate the effect of financial architecture on firm profitability and corporate value for the period of 2016-2020. The results show that Financial Architecture which is consist of Ownership Structure and Dividend Policy has a significant positive impact on both the Firm profitability and corporate value. The study reveals that strong the financial architecture more will be beneficial for the firms, as there will be less conflict among the management and the investors which leads to increase in the value for the firm. Supervised by Dr. Muzammal 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/13083 The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Governance on Financial Performance: Evidence from Oil and Gas Sector of Pakistan Muhammad Nayab, 01-397201-012 This study evaluate the effect of corporate social responsibility and corporate governance on Financial Performance from Oil and Gas Sector of Pakistan. The study has been carried out on 14 oil and gas companies of Pakistan for 12 year (2007-2019). The outcome have been attained using canonical regression analysis as statistical technique for investigative the influence of five independent variables of Corporate Governance on seven dependent variables of firm’s financial performance. There are numerous dimensions and aspects of CSR and corporate governance, which may influence a financial performance of oil and gas sector but we have taken three variables for measuring firm’s financial performance such as Return on assets (ROA), Return on Equity (ROE) and Net Profit Margin (NPM). The result showed that the corporate governance has significant and positive impact on business performance and the business performance can be improves by increasing the structure of corporate governance. The results reveal that the board size, independent directors, corporate size, corporate leverage and CSR report level are closely interlinked in the petroleum and gas sector. Remaining variables are irrelevantly linked with CSR disclosure to foreign directors, women directors and concentration of ownership. Our study recommended that firms should have an optimum corporate governance structure in the companies and certify that it is completely conformed in all aspects. Based on this study, it is also recommended for future researchers to extend its scope to other industries of Pakistan by adding more variables in corporate governance and firm financial performance to see the impact on all round firm’s performance for better understanding and generalizing the findings. Supervised by Dr Sajid Ali 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z