Download or read book An Analysis of Effects of Ownership on Capital Structure and Corporate Performance of South African Firms written by Tapiwa Dube and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The question of whether ownership matters remains an important one in corporate financial policy. The types of owners of the means of production in an economy and the extent to which ownership is concentrated or diffused are important issues for an economy because they may have important effects on the leadership and control of such firms. Such effects influence the economy at macro level. The work by Berle and Means (1932:47) was based on firms owned by many shareholders with small ownership stakes, which were run by professional managers who had little or no ownership, leading to questions of ownership and corporate performance. Important decisions have to be made in firms regarding capital structure and performance. Although the literature covers the effects of concentration and types of ownerships on capital structure and corporate performance, the results are mixed. Theoretical studies explain factors that affect leverage and corporate performance but empirical studies provide inconclusive results. The questions pertaining to the effects of ownership concentration on leverage and corporate performance persist, with different institutional settings contributing to the lack of generalisable results. Inconclusive results are also attributed to the different statistical methods employed and the time periods of such studies. Few studies combine several ownership types and ownership concentration to analyse their effects on capital structure and corporate performance, especially in developing countries. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to investigate the effects of ownership on capital structure and corporate performance in South Africa. Ownership in this study was subdivided into ownership concentration and ownership type. The Herfindahl index was the measure of ownership concentration at the top one, two, three, five and 10 shareholding levels and the types of ownerships consisted of institutional investors, families, government, management, foreigners, companies, Public Investment Corporation, black people and other shareholders. Dependent variables in the relationship with capital structure were long-term debt, short-term debt and total debt ratios based on market value and book value, and the leverage factor. Corporate performance was measured by return on assets, return on equity, TobiniÌ8℗¿℗ưs Q, economic value-added and market value-added as the dependent variables. Capital structure and other theories were used to examine the relationship between ownership and capital structure and results from previous studies were also used to investigate the relationship between ownership and corporate performance. To achieve these objectives, the research used an unbalanced panel of data from 205 non-financial companies listed for an 11-year period from 2004 to 2014 and the fixed effects and the generalised method of moments models to analyse the data. The study found that ownership concentration, ownership by the Public Investment Corporation and black people had negative effects on capital structure. An implication for ownership concentration is that as it increased, the shareholders preferred to use less debt, perhaps meaning that they did not consider it important to take advantage of the monitoring capability associated to debt. Similar reasoning could be attributed to the Public Investment Corporation although an aversion to risk could also be a possible explanation. Due to the way black shareholdings have traditionally been funded in South Africa, such shareholders could shun debt. Ownership by institutions, families, directors, companies and foreigners had positive effects on capital structure. These results implied that some shareholders, such as institutional investors, companies and foreign investors could prefer to use debt in monitoring management. Findings for managerial ownership and capital structure could imply that these types of shareholders used debt to avoid diluting their shareholdings due to their limited wealth. The effect of government ownership on capital structure was mixed. Foreign ownership and ownership by other shareholders had positive effects on corporate performance. The implications of these findings are that foreign investors monitor and provide skills and technology to their investee firms, thereby increasing the performance of these firms. Ownership by management, institutions, black shareholders and the Public Investment Corporation had negative effects on corporate performance. These findings could imply managerial entrenchment, lack of monitoring by the Public Investment Corporation and institutional investors or low levels of shareholdings to enable them to commit resources to investee firms and inadequate experience on the part of black shareholders.

Download or read book Ownership Structure as a Determinant of Capital Structure An Empirical Study of DAX Companeis written by Christian Funke and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2012-03-02 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diploma Thesis from the year 2004 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: 1.1, European Business School - International University Schloß Reichartshausen Oestrich-Winkel, language: English, abstract: Empirische Diplomarbeit die mit einer multivariaten Regression untersucht, ob sich die beobachtete Variabilität der Kapitalstrukturen von Unternehmen durch unterschiedliche Eigentümerstrukturen erklären lässt.

Download or read book Capital Structure Equity Ownership and Corporate Performance written by Krishna Dayal Pandey and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-08-16 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides empirical insights into the relationship between capital and equity-ownership structure of Indian manufacturing companies and their financial performance. It discusses and analyses the basic theories and concepts associated with capital structure, debt financing, levered and unlevered firms, the various forms of ownership, agency problem and its kind and the exploitation of minority owners by the large and largest owners. The study employs a set of the most reliable and suitable econometric estimation techniques to draw meaningful inferences on the Indian manufacturing sector. The novelty of this book lies in three particular aspects: the depth and dimension with which the topic is addressed; the robust empirical evidence that it has produced and the simple and intelligible approach with which it is authored. It communicates the crucial relevance of corporate capital structure and equity-ownership to the moderation of agency relationship and shaping the internal governance mechanism, which ultimately results in increased or decreased operational efficiency and financial performance. It will enable readers to understand whether an increased amount of debt capital would bring about positive results for firms or create an extra burden on the management of their finances, preventing them from taking productive investment decisions due to the threat of liquidation. The book will find an audience among advanced students, scholars and researchers who are interested in understanding the corporate finance practices and governance mechanism of Indian organizations.

Download or read book An Investigation Into Ownership Concentration and Financial Performance of Listed South African Industrial Companies written by Christopher Philip Cameron and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper examines the relationship between ownership concentration and corporate performance amongst listed South African industrial firms. The study's theory base is rooted in the principal-agent problem and seeks to investigate the theory's applicability to the South African context. Descriptive statistical analysis is performed in line with existing studies (Demsetz & Lehn, 1985: Demsetz & Villalonga, 2001: Morck et al., 1988). The percentage sums of the five and ten largest shareholders as well as firm market capitalisation are treated as independent variables. The financial measures of Tobin's Q and return on capital employed (ROCE) form the dependent variables as a basis for measuring firm financial performance. The results suggest that there is no statistically significant relationship between ownership concentration and firms' financial performance in the case of Tobin's Q or ROCE during the survey period. However, a statistically significant positive relationship between firms' market capitalisation and financial performance is found. The study tentatively suggests that the separation of ownership from control does not appear to have any negative behavioural implications for the theory of the firm in the South African context. Future research is encouraged to confirm these results.

Download or read book Ownership and Governance of Companies written by Jonathan Michie and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-06-29 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Apartheid South Africa was often thought to run in the interests of the business elite. Yet 27 years after apartheid, those business interests remain largely entrenched. Why? Did the South African business community play a role in engineering this outcome – perhaps recognising the apartheid era was over, and jumping ship in time? Conversely, the mission of the ANC was widely perceived to be to shift wealth and power into the hands of the whole community. Yet despite ‘black empowerment’ measures, corporate ownership remains largely in white hands – and certainly in the hands of an elite few, even though no longer restricted to whites. This picture is replicated across the global south, where corporate ownership tends to be concentrated in the hands of an elite, rather than being more democratically spread. Why have alternative corporate forms not been pursued more vigorously, with ownership in the hands of customers, employees, and local communities? In the case of South Africa, where the majority of customers and employees are black, this could have delivered on the ANC’s mission to replace the apartheid era with a democratic one – in terms of wealth, incomes and power, as well as in terms of voting and civic rights. This edited volume explores all these questions and looks at ways to align corporate forms with economic and social goals. The chapters in this book were originally published as special issues of International Review of Applied Economics.

Download or read book The Impact of Capital Structure on Firms Performance a Study of Some Selected South African Quoted Firmst written by Layton Ruredzo and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Ownership Structure and Corporate Performance written by Katinka Wölfer and published by Europäische Hochschulschriften / European University Studies / Publications Universitaires Européennes. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book illustrates that the impact of ownership on firm value depends not only on the concentration of ownership but also on the identity of blockholders. Large shareholders can use their power to influence corporate performance. However, owners are no homogenous group and have different motivations and abilities.

Download or read book Impact of Ownership Structure on Performance of Firms Evidence from KSE 100 Index Firms written by Hassan Raza Syed and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study deals with ownership concentration and mix and shows their effects on financial and market performance of firm. The analysis is performed on the data from listed companies of Karachi Stock Exchange of Pakistan. By using OLS regression model and descriptive statistics, firstly it is found that ownership concentration has positive but insignificant effect on financial performance of firms, whereas it has negative and significant effect on the market performance of firms. Secondly, It is revealed that the fraction of state ownership, legal person ownership and the individual person ownership is irrelevant to the firm performance as all has the same effects.

Download or read book Effect of Macroeconomic Conditions on Capital Structure Choice for Listed South African Firms written by M K. Magwai and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Impact of Capital Structure on the Financial Performance of Listed South African Construction Companies written by Louis Kurambwi and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book South African FMCG Firms Capital Structures and the Impact of Capital Structure on Performance and Cash Holdings written by Daniel Rowland and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Ownership Structure Corporate Performance and Failure written by Rami Zeitun and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study investigates the impact of ownership structure (mix and concentrate) on a company's performance and failure in a panel estimation using 167 Jordanian companies during 1989-2006. The empirical evidence in this paper shows that ownership structure and ownership concentration play an important role in the performance and value of Jordanian firms. It shows that inefficiency is related to ownership concentration and to institutional ownership. A negative correlation between ownership concentration and firm's performance both, ROA and Tobin's Q, is found, while there is a positive impact on firm performance MBVR. The research also found that there is a significant negative relationship between government ownership and a firm's accounting performance, while the other ownership structure mixes have significant coefficients only in Tobin's Q using the matched sample. Firm's profitability ROA was negatively and significantly correlated with the fraction of institutional ownership, and positively and significantly related to the market performance measure, MBVR. The result is robust when indicators of both concentration and ownership mix are included in the regressions. The results of this study are, to some extent, inconsistent with previous findings.This paper also used ownership structure to predict the corporate failure. The results suggest that government ownership is negatively related to the likelihood of default. Government ownership decreases the likelihood of default, but has a negative impact on a firm's performance. The results suggest that, in order to increase a firm's performance and decrease the likelihood of default, it is reasonable to reduce government ownership to some extent. Furthermore, a certain degree of ownership concentration is needed to increase the firm's performance and to decrease the firm's chance of default.

Download or read book Governance Led Corporate Performance written by Apu Manna and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08-21 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Governance-Led Corporate Performance explores the corporate governance system for developing economies, and provides a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between ownership structure, board composition, director multiplicity and CEO duality in relation to corporate performance.

Download or read book Proceedings of the International Colloquium on Business and Economics ICBE 2022 written by Rahmawati Rahmawati and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-02-10 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an open access book. Doctoral Program of Economics and Business Faculty, Universitas Sebelas Maret organizes the 2022 International Colloquium onBusiness and Economics. The conference will be conducted bothonline and offline (hybrid) in Economic Faculty of UNS, Solo, onSeptember 27-28, 2022. In this conference, 30 papers were selectedfor international proceedings. Faculty of Economics and Business Universitas Sebelas Maret is one ofthe respectable Business School in Indonesia. In the recent releasefrom the Times Higher Education (THE), the faculty is categorized asTop 10 Economics and Business Faculty among hundreds University inIndonesia. Currently, our faculty have 3 undergraduate degrees, 3master’s degrees, and 1 doctoral degree program and all of them areaccredited with a rank “A”.

Download or read book Corporate Governance Ownership Structure and Firm Performance written by Hoang N. Pham and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-01-24 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relationship between ownership structure and firm performance has been studied extensively in corporate finance and corporate governance literature. Nevertheless, the mediation (path) analysis to examine the issue can be adopted as a new approach to explain why and how ownership structure is related to firm performance and vice versa. This approach calls for full recognition of the roles of agency costs and corporate risk-taking as essential mediating variables in the bi-directional and mediated relationship between ownership structure and firm performance. Based on the agency theory, corporate risk management theory and accounting for the dynamic endogeneity in the ownership–performance relationship, this book develops two-mediator mediation models, including recursive and non-recursive mediation models, to investigate the ownership structure–firm performance relationship. It is demonstrated that agency costs and corporate risk-taking are the ‘missing links’ in the ownership structure–firm performance relationship. Hence, this book brings into attention the mediation and dynamic approach to this issue and enhances the knowledge of the mechanisms for improving firm’s financial performance. This book will be of interest to corporate finance, management and economics researchers and policy makers. Post-graduate research students in corporate governance and corporate finance will also find this book beneficial to the application of econometrics into multi-dimensional and complex issues of the firm, including ownership structure, agency problems, corporate risk management and financial performance.

Download or read book Firm Ownership Structure and Its Impact on Corporate Financial Performance written by Benedikt Emanuel Maissenhälter and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on existing theoretical and empirical research, as well as on logically derived thoughts on the potential impact of ownership on performance, a conceptual model is developed. Using a panel data set of large German firms in the period 1997-2011, the empirical analysis tests the conceptual model and can validate several hypotheses. Valuable findings enable an extension an refinement of the original empirical model. The thesis ends with concluding remarks and several ideas for further research.

Download or read book The Effect of Foreign Ownership on Corporate Performance written by Marcel Stötzel and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: