The Relationship between Corporate Life Cycle and the Dividend Policy: An Empirical Evidence from Non-Financial Companies Listed on the Kuwaiti Stock
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https://doi.org/10.56830/IJAMS07202206Keywords:
Corporate Life Cycle, Dividend Policy, Cash Flows, Kuwaiti Stock ExchangeAbstract
The main objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between the different stages of the corporate life cycle and its dividend policy with evidence from listed companies on the Kuwaiti Stock Exchange, the study contributes to the accounting literature by providing practical evidence from the Kuwaiti business environment as an example of emerging economies on the relationship between the stages of the company's life cycle and dividend policy. This can contribute to limiting the research gap for this important topic. Additionally, the study expands the scope of research on the determinants of the dividend policy, which may reduce the debates around this topic and contribute to the interpretation of the company's decision to distribute dividends and the size of these distributions
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