The importance of information in achieving different organizational goals cannot be overstated since it ensures the rapid distribution of resources required to achieve desirable goals. The banking industry’s environment is incredibly dynamic and undergoes quick changes because of creativity, innovation, technological advancements, altered perceptions, and customer expectations. The center of the change curve is information and communication technology (ICT). Business organizations, particularly those in the banking sector, operate in a complex and competitive environment defined by shifting conditions and a volatile economic climate. Data for 20 MENA countries has been collected from the World Bank database between 1997 and 2021. Two-step System (Generalized Method of Moments) GMM were used to evaluate the influence of intrinsic features of individuals in a panel data set and avoid bias caused by omitted variables. The impact of the relationship between banks' performance and their use of ICT was evaluated in this study. The data analysis revealed that the impact of ICT on bank performance in MENA is positive. This suggests that a little shift in the banking industry's investment and adoption of ICT will result in a corresponding rise in profit levels.

This study aimed to clarify the relationship between profitability, investment opportunities, and sustainable profits for industrial companies listed on the Amman Stock Exchange. The population consisted of all 53 industrial companies on the Exchange in 2022. Financial data was obtained for the period 2018-2022, including metrics on investment opportunities and profitability. Using statistical analysis like regression testing, we assessed the data to test hypotheses and reveal insights. Existing research presents mixed findings; some studies suggest a positive link between investment chances and financial performance and profit durability, while others make the opposite claim. Our results contribute uniquely to this ongoing debate by providing statistical evidence that investment opportunities have a robust, positive impact on profit sustainability. Additionally, profitability strongly influences both investment opportunity indicators and profit sustainability for these industrial companies. These conclusions assist stakeholders in justifying financial acquisitions and allocating capital to potential investments. The findings also aid in shaping short and long-term investment approaches aligned with company goals and policies. This can increase value creation for shareholders by enhancing profitability and sustaining profits over time. In summary, by quantitatively demonstrating the interconnected nature of profitability, investment opportunities and durable profits, this study equips decision makers to make informed strategic choices that promote growth and sustainability. The analysis methods and results add valuable insights to academic and practical understanding of these relationships within Jordan's industrial sector.

The main objective of this paper is to explore the most significant determinants of financial distress of manufacturing companies in Indonesia and to provide explanations on this issue by using multiple regression models. With Modigliani and Miller’s and Trade-off theories were reviewed to formulate a testable proposition on the determinants of financial distress of manufacturing companies in Indonesia. Multiple regression models were used as a statistical tool to investigate the most significant profitability determinants of manufacturing companies in Indonesia. The Lisrel software was used to analyze 300 manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange. It was found that institutional ownership, firm size, profitability, and board independence as variables had a positive relationship in an effort to avoid financial distress. Meanwhile, the board size variable had an insignificant positive relationship. The findings are consistent with the pecking order and financial agency theory which helps in understanding the application of financial distress studies for manufacturing companies in Indonesia.

The aim of this paper is to explore the potential correlation among operational risk and the profitability of Islamic banks in the MENA region. Different measures for profitability were relied upon in previous studies, however, in this article depend on return on assets and return on equity to measure profitability, and efficiency ratio calculated by operating expenses to total assets to measure operational risk. To achieve this objective, the sample comprises 20 Islamic banks from 12 MENA countries, creating panel data for a period of ten years from 2011 to 2020. The analysis was conducted using fixed effect models. The study will analyze and interpret the findings from two financial performance measures, namely, ROA and ROE to get insights into the banks' overall financial situation and their ability to generate profits from their assets and equity. Using one type of operational risk measured by (efficiency ratio) as an independent variable, along with profitability measures by (ROA and ROE) as dependent variables. These measures had a significant negative impact by the operational risk measured by (efficiency ratio). This means when the operational risk increases, this indicates that the management is not controlling the operations of the bank in the best way and inability or failure of the bank's management to effectively utilize the available resources and assets to generate satisfactory profits. This leads to an increase in the operating expenses and hence a decrease in profitability measures.

The present study aims to assess and scrutinize the impact of market power and revenue diversification on the level of Non-Performing Loans (NPL), which serves as an indicator of banking stability, through profitability during the COVID-19 pandemic. The population of interest includes all non-Sharia commercial banking institutions listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) from 2020 to 2022. A purposive sampling method was employed, resulting in a total of 264 observations. The data analysis was performed using panel data regression with the assistance of EViews version 10 software. The findings of this research reveal a direct positive and significant influence of market power and revenue diversification on bank profitability, as well as a direct negative and significant impact of market power, revenue diversification, and bank profitability on NPL. A noteworthy result derived from this study is the partial mediating role of profitability in the relationship between market power, revenue diversification, and NPL. Consequently, it is concluded that market power and revenue diversification play a pivotal role in enhancing profitability, mitigating credit risk, and ultimately improving banking stability. This study lends support to the non-structural approach of NEIO (New Empirical Industrial Organization), the Competition Fragility theory, and the Product Portfolio Theory. However, it is important to acknowledge the limitations of this research, such as the focus solely on non-Sharia banking institutions due to their distinct characteristics compared to conventional commercial banks, as well as data constraints.

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of credit risk and liquidity risk on profitability with loan restructuring and income diversification as moderating variables. The research population is all general banking companies, which were listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) during the period 2018-2021. The research sample was created using the purposive sampling technique and 160 observations were obtained. This study conducts panel data regression analysis using EViews 12 software. The results of this study indicate that an increase in credit risk reduces profitability, liquidity risk does not affect profitability, a loan-restructuring strategy can reduce the effect of credit risk on profitability, and an income-diversification strategy can reduce the effect of liquidity risk on bank profitability. The research findings provide an understanding of banking strategy, namely loan restructuring and income diversification can increase banking profitability under urgent conditions. This study provides support for contingency theory and stakeholder theory. The limitation of this research is that it does not discuss Islamic banking because the policies of those companies are different in terms of rules and there are limited data.

The profitability of businesses is influenced by many different factors such as financial structure, financial leverage, size and age of enterprises, business characteristics, etc. Therefore, the determination of the factors influencing on the trend of the profitability of enterprises is an essential and important basis for managers to provide useful solutions to improve performance measurement. This study was conducted based on data collected from 73 listed construction companies in Vietnam for the period 2008-2015 with 584 observations and using quantitative methods in combination with the FEM regression model through Hausman test with the help of Stata software 14.0. The research results show that: (1) The age of the company (AGE) and debt ratio (TD) negatively affect the profitability (2) Growth rate (GROW) and asset utilization performance (TURN) have positive impacts on profitability (3) Company size (SIZE) has a positive impact on profitability, and (4) The proportion of fixed assets in total assets (TANG) maintains an opposite effect on profitability although the effect is not clear. Based on the research results, the authors have provided a number of specific recommendations and solutions to improve the profitability of the construction companies listed on the Vietnam Stock Exchange.

The objective of this study is to examine the role of tangible resources and operational performance (OP) in the financial performance (FP). This study examined the relationship between tangible resources, OP, supply chain, profitability and sustainable FP. Furthermore, this study examined the mediation effect of supply chain and profitability. Indonesian electronic companies were selected in the current study for data collection. Therefore, the population is grounded on the Indonesian electronic companies and data were collected from the employees of these companies. 600 questionnaires were used in this study for data collection and 350 questionnaires were returned to analyze the data. Data analysis was carried out through Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Results of the study highlighted that resources are the major role in FP. Particularly, the tangible resources of the company are vital to enhance the performance in financial terms. Tangible resources have a positive effect on OP, supply chain and profitability. Furthermore, OP has a positive effect on supply chain and profitability which further increases the FP.

This paper investigates factors affecting the profitability of real estate firms in Vietnam by using data of 55 real estate firms listed on Hochiminh and Hanoi stock exchanges over the period 2010-2018. The study applies estimation using panel data which consists of Pooled Regression model (POLS), Fixed Effects model (FEM) and Random effects model (REM). Generalized Method of Moment (GMM) is also implemented to resolve some problems such as autocorrelation among the residuals, heteroscedasticity and other potential endogenous problems. In this study, firm profitability is measured by return on assets. Like earlier studies, the findings indicate that the factors determining firm profitability were leverage, age of the firm, current ratio and inflation rate. Moreover, the results also show the impact of economic growth rate on firm profitability. The paper of-fers strong implications for the authorities, real estate firms as well as investors.

The objective of this study was to examine the role of sustainable human resources management (HRM) in supply chain, profitability and resource utilization. The mediating role of operational accuracy was also examined. Finally, the relationship between sustainable HRM, operational accuracy, supply chain, profitability and resource utilization were also examined. The relationship was investigated among the cement manufacturing companies and cement manufacturing companies of Indonesian were selected for the purpose of this study. Finally, data were collected from the Indonesian companies and employees of these companies were the respondents of the study. Finally, 450 questionnaires were distributed among the cement manufacturing companies. The results of the study show that sustainable HRM has a major role to increase operational accuracy. Sustainable HRM practices had a positive effect on supply chain, profitability and resource utilization. Moreover, operational accuracy maintained a positive role to enhance supply chain, profitability and resource utilization among the cement manufacturing companies. Moreover, sustainable HRM showed positive role in operational accuracy and operational accuracy showed positive role to enhance supply chain, profitability and resource utilization.