The Primary Dimensions of Financial Condition for Firms Within the Defense Industry.

Abstract

This thesis examines the primary dimensions of financial condition for firms within the defense industry. Specifically, the thesis conducts a factor analysis of thirty-two financial ratios for 50 defense firms over a ten year period from 1983 through 1992 to identify the primary dimension of financial condition in the industry. Furthermore, the thesis examines whether these dimensions are represented by a specific subset of financial ratios and whether these primary dimensions and representative ratios are stable across time. The thesis concludes that there are nine primary dimensions of financial condition for firms within the defense industry. These dimensions are essentially stable across time. Furthermore, the subset of individual ratios which best describe the dimensions are also stable across time. (AN)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA294761

Entities

People

  • Robert M. White

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Science
  • Data Sets
  • Databases
  • Defense Industry
  • Department Of Defense
  • Factor Analysis
  • Financial Management
  • Information Science
  • Knowledge Management
  • Literature Surveys
  • Mainframe Computers
  • Money
  • Statistical Analysis
  • United States

Readers

  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Economics
  • Graph Algorithms and Convex Optimization.