Download or read book The Relationship Between Structure of Assets and the Firm s Performance written by Claudio Sottoriva and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, extensive studies have been undertaken concerning the capital structure and performance. However, research on the relationship between structure of assets and performance has not applied. In this paper, the relationship between structure of assets and performance of firms listed in Tehran (Iran) Stock Exchange has been studied in various industries. For this purpose, the ratio of current assets to non-current assets as a structure of assets and Return on Assets (ROA) as criteria for firm performance was used. Findings of investigating 252 firms listed in Tehran Stock Exchange observation in the 2001 to 2012 in the four industries (pharmaceutical, chemical, cement and automobile) suggest in 95% confidence level, signification relation between structure of assets and performance existent. In other words Significant linear relationship between structure of assets and performance of active firms in the industry are examined, in fact, this relationship is different in various industries for examine the relationship, Nonlinearity test was used. Without intervention the moderating variable (in this study is capital structure), these statistical results show that the relationship between the pharmaceutical industry and cement as the relationship logarithmic; that is, with the increasing ratio of current assets to Non-current performance may improve, but its slope is less. In the Automotive industry and the Chemical yield was observed nonlinear relationship between structures of assets.

Download or read book Capital Structure and Firm Performance written by Arvin Ghosh and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Capital structure theory is one of the most dynamic areas of finance and forms the basis for modern thinking on the capital structure of firms. Much controversy has resulted from comparisons of the theory of capital structure originally developed by Franco Modigliani and Merton Miller to real-world situations. Two competing theories have emerged over the years, the optimal capital structure theory and the pecking order theory.Arvin Ghosh begins with an overview of the controversies regarding capital structure theories, and then statistically tests both the optimal capital structure and pecking order theories. Using the binomial approach he analyzes the determinants of capital structure while discussing the role of market power in determining capital structure decisions. Ghosh probes the questions of new stock offerings and stockholders' returns, and analyzes capital structure and executive compensation. He then looks into debt financing ownership structure, and the controversal relationship between capital structure and firm profitability. Finally, he discusses the latest developments in the field of capital structure.A concise overview of a major issue in business economics and finance, this volume provides a fuller understanding of capital structure influence on the financial performance of firms, and will certainly stimulate further debate. While hundreds of scholarly articles have been written on the subject this is the first book to test competing theories against measurements of firms' performance and their underlying capital structure.

Download or read book Does Capital Structure Enhance Firm Performance Evidence from Nigeria written by Taiwo Muritala and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relationship between capital structure and firm performance has received considerable attention in finance literature. This study examines the impact of capital structure on performance of some selected manufacturing companies in Nigeria using the annual data of five firms for a period of eleven years (2002-2012). The study hypothesizes a negative relationship between capital structure and firm performance measured in terms of return on equity and return on investment. However, the results of Panel Least Square (PLS) regression confirm that debt ratio, asset turnover and size of the firm are positively related to firm performance, while evidence of a negative and significant relationship is found between asset tangibility and measures of firm performance in the model. This implies that the sampled firms are not able to utilize the fixed asset of their total assets judiciously to impact positively their performance. Hence, it is suggested that although asset tangibility shows a negative relationship with both the performance indicators, it should be considered as a driving factor to capital structure because firms with more tangible assets are less likely to be financially constrained. Finally, the results show that growth fails to have a significant effect on either of the performance indicators.

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 The Relationship Between Corporate Performance and Financial Structure written by Felix Echekoba and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper evaluates the relationship between corporate performance and financial structure as well as the effect of financial structure on corporate performance of construction and real estate firms in Nigeria. The data were collected from Nigerian Stock Exchange factbook for the period of twenty one years from 1993 to 2013. The unit root test was conducted on the variables and was found to be stationary at the second difference. The Johansen Co-integration was applied to assess the relationship while the pooled OLS was used to determine the effect of financial structure on corporate performance. Two models were developed with two dependent variables: return on assets and return on equity representing firm corporate performance and five independent variables: total debt to equity ratio, total debt to total assets ratio and short term debt to total equity ratio reflecting financial structure; growth opportunity and taxation as control variables. The Johansen Co-integration analysis shows the presence of a long run relationship between corporate performance and financial structure. When return on assets was used as a measure of corporate performance of firms, only debt to equity ratio and growth opportunity exhibited a positive relationship while total debt to total assets ratio, short term debt to total equity ratio and taxation indicated a negative relationship. On the other hand, when return on equity was applied as corporate performance proxy, all the financial structure variables and taxation signalled a negative relationship while growth opportunity showed a positive relationship. Therefore, the findings disclosed that firm's corporate performance and financial structure are correlated and financial structure negatively affect firm corporate performance. This supports the pecking order theory and consistent with previous studies that financial structure and corporate performance are negatively related. Based on the findings, we may conclude that the optimal financial structure does not play a significant role in the construction and real estate firms listed in Nigerian Stock Exchange. This paper will assist financial managers in making healthier decisions and scholars can develop new idea for further research on the nexus between financial structure and corporate performance of firms.

Download or read book The Maturity Structure of Debt Determinants and Effects on Firms Performance Evidence from the United Kingdom and Italy written by Fabio Schiantarelli and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: January 1997 Firms tend to match assets with liabilities, and more profitable firms have more long-term debt. Long-term debt has a positive effect on firms' performance, but this is not true when a large fraction of that debt is subsidized. The authors empirically investigate the determinants and consequences of the maturity structure of debt, using data from a panel of UK and Italian firms. They find that in choosing a maturity structure for debt, firms tend to match assets and liabilities, as both conventional wisdom and some recent theoretical models suggest. They conclude that more profitable firms (as measured by the ratio of cash flow to capital) tend to have more long-term debt. This finding is consistent with the dominant role played by firms' fear of liquidation and loss of control associated with short-term debt. It may also reflect the willingness of financial markets to provide long-term finance only to quality firms. The data do not support the hypothesis that short-term debt, through better monitoring and control, boosts efficiency and growth -rather, the opposite can be concluded. In both countries, the data suggest a positive relationship between initial debt maturity and the firms' subsequent medium-term performance (i.e., profitability and growth in real sales). In both countries total factor productivity (TFP) depends positively on the length of debt maturity when the maturity variable is entered both contemporaneously and lagged. But in Italy the positive effect of the length of maturity on productivity is substantially reduced or even reversed when the proportion of subsidized credit increases. The authors document the relationship between firms' characteristics and their choice of shorter or long-term debt by estimating a maturity equation and interpreting the results in light of insights from theoretical literature, and by analyzing the effects of maturity on firms' later performance in terms of profitability, growth, and productivity; assess how TFP depends on the degree of leverage and the proportion of longer and shorter-term debt; and analyze the relationship between firms' debt maturity and investment. This paper--a product of the Finance and Private Sector Development Division, Policy Research Department--is part of a larger effort in the department to study the effects of financial structure on economic performance. The study was funded by the Bank's Research Support Budget under the research project Term Finance: Theory and Evidence (RPO 679-62).

Download or read book The Maturity Structure of Debt written by Fabio Schiantarelli and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1997 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Corporate Governance and Performance of Peer Firms written by Gul Rukh and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Project Report from the year 2014 in the subject Business economics - General, grade: A, , language: English, abstract: In this study we elaborate the effects of corporate governance practices which recently practiced in Pakistani firms and also examine the relationship among corporate governance mechanisms, capital structure, dividend policy and firm performance. Those researchers who could not find significant link between corporate governance and firm performance suggest that good corporate governance has at least indirect effect on performance. This research attempts to prove that corporate governance effects firm performance directly; relatively it exerts its effects on firm performance through other factors such as capital structure decisions and dividend policy. This research study develops a multilevel model linking corporate governance, capital structure, dividend policy and firm performance then proves it through structural equation modeling (SEM). Corporate governance has been measured and conceptualized through Board Size, Board Composition, CEO Duality, Audit Committee Size and Annual General Meetings. Capital structure has been measured through it standardized proxy that is debt to equity ratio, while dividend policy is measured by dividend payout ratio. Firm performance has measured by two ratios return on assets (ROA) and return on equity (ROE) both are used as accounting and financial measure in the literature review.

Download or read book Structure Conduct and Performance written by Leonard W. Weiss and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The External Control of Organizations written by Jeffrey Pfeffer and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work explores how external constraints affect organizations and provides insights for designing and managing organizations to mitigate these constraints. All organizations are dependent on the environment for their survival. It contends that it is the fact of the organization's dependence on the environment that makes the external constraint and control of organizational behaviour both possible and almost inevitable. Organizations can either try to change their environments through political means or form interorganizational relationships to control or absorb uncertainty.

Download or read book Capital Structure and Its Impact on Firm Performance written by Kajananthan Rajendran and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper examines the relation between capital structure and firm performance. The main objective of this study is to examine the relationship between capital structure and firm performance in listed manufacturing firms in Sri Lanka. In a way, the present study is initiated on “capital structure and firm performance “with the samples of 25 manufacturing companies using the data representing the periods of 2008-2012. Gross profit, net profit, returns on equity and return on assets, were used as the measures of firm performance whereas debt equity ratio and debt assets ratio were used as the measures of capital structure. The statistical tests were used includes: descriptive statistics, correlation and regression analyses. The results show that gross profit, net profit, return on equity, return on assets, are not significantly correlated with debt equity ratio and Gross profit margin and Return on equity are significantly correlated with debt assets ratio as the measures of capital structure and capital structure has significant impact on gross profit and return on equity. The study only used data from the 2008-2012 annual reports. However, the findings have highlighted the effects of the firm performance and capital structure. The study contributes to literature in Sri Lanka. Furthermore, the finding of the paper can be considered as helpful for managers and users that are anxious to develop financial description quality and practices of capital structure.

Download or read book Advances in Financial Economics written by Kose John and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2013-12-18 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advances in Financial Economics Vol. 16 contains a set of empirical papers by a set of global scholars who examine corporate governance and market regulation from a variety of perspectives.

Download or read book Capital Structure and Corporate Financing Decisions written by H. Kent Baker and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-03-31 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide to making better capital structure and corporate financing decisions in today's dynamic business environment Given the dramatic changes that have recently occurred in the economy, the topic of capital structure and corporate financing decisions is critically important. The fact is that firms need to constantly revisit their portfolio of debt, equity, and hybrid securities to finance assets, operations, and future growth. Capital Structure and Corporate Financing Decisions provides an in-depth examination of critical capital structure topics, including discussions of basic capital structure components, key theories and practices, and practical application in an increasingly complex corporate world. Throughout, the book emphasizes how a sound capital structure simultaneously minimizes the firm's cost of capital and maximizes the value to shareholders. Offers a strategic focus that allows you to understand how financing decisions relates to a firm's overall corporate policy Consists of contributed chapters from both academics and experienced professionals, offering a variety of perspectives and a rich interplay of ideas Contains information from survey research describing actual financial practices of firms This valuable resource takes a practical approach to capital structure by discussing why various theories make sense and how firms use them to solve problems and create wealth. In the wake of the recent financial crisis, the insights found here are essential to excelling in today's volatile business environment.

Download or read book Economic Report on the Influence of Market Structure on the Profit Performance of Food Manufacturing Companies written by United States. Federal Trade Commission and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Empirical Note on Debt Structure and Financial Performance in Ghana written by John Gartchie Gatsi and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-01-15 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals extensively with theoretical, empirical, and robust methodology of capital structure in the context of debt structure in the Ghanaian financial sector. The study investigated the relationship between debt structure and financial performance of financial institutions in Ghana over the period 20022011. Using panel data methodology, it was discovered that there is a significant difference in the capital structure practices of insurance companies and banks. Short-term debts and total debt are negatively significant in determining returns on equity (ROE) and returns on asset (ROA) in the financial institutions of Ghana.

Download or read book Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Research in Management and Technovation written by Thi Hong Nga Nguyen and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 655 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Leverage Effect on Financial Performance A Review of Empirical Evidence written by John Joseph and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2018-06-22 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2018 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, , language: English, abstract: The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) is a high quality and principle based reporting standards that remove many accounting alternatives. It is therefore, consequently expected to limit the management’s discretion and lessen practices on earnings management. Quite the opposite, some researchers argue that the flexibility in IFRS and its fair value pre-eminence might afford greater opportunities for firms to manage earnings. It is this inaptness which incited and aggravated the conduct of this study. This study applies a desktop review to investigate the worldwide existing empirical research evidence on the effect of IFRS on earnings management post- IFRS adoption and in relation to other reporting standards and reports whether the results are indistinguishable between developed and developing economies. Accounting research in developed economies has long identified earnings management as a means by which managers manipulate financial reports to mislead other stakeholders on the underlying economic performance of the firm. However, earnings management research did not receive much attention in developing countries such as Nigeria until recently. The findings reveal that the existing empirical crams and conclusions there on are mixed, inconsistent and difficult to generalise. This indicates the pressing need for country, especially Nigeria to engage on studies of this nature. The study further, stumbles on the fact that IFRS can indistinctly benefit both developing and developed markets when coupled with appropriate effective enforcement machinery. Substantially, the results entail that IFRS is a critical determinant for quality reporting but not a ‘prima facie’ guarantor for quality reporting.