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The impact of organisational privatization on the performance of publicly owned enterprises

Cayón-Costa, Magda; Vergés-Jaime, Joaquim - In: Advances in management & applied economics 1 (2011) 3, pp. 1-29

In this work we analyse to what degree the efficiency of a publicly owned non-monopolistic enterprise improves as a result of the introduction of strategic organizational reforms consisting of adopting "private-firm-like" management practices, criteria, and governance structure; i.e....

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Topic : capital structure determinants of quoted firms in Nigeria and lessons for corporate financing decisions

Barine, Michael Nwidobie - In: Journal of finance and investment analysis 1 (2012) 2, pp. 61-81

Financial arrangements determine how and the amount of financing that can be obtained from fund providers. An optimal allocation between equity and debt is determined by the trade-off between the net tax advantage of additional corporate leverage and the costs associated with the increased...

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Working capital management efficiency and corporate profitability : evidences from quoted firms in Nigeria

Barine, Michael Nwidobie - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 2 (2012) 2, pp. 215-237

Decisions relating to working capital involve managing relationships between a firm's short-term assets and liabilities to ensure a firm is able to continue its operations, and have sufficient cash flows to satisfy both maturing short-term debts and upcoming operational expenses at minimal...

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Financial constraints, information asymmetry and Tunisian firm investment

Annabi, Rejeb Aya; Djelassi, Mouldi; Hakimi, Abdelaziz - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 2 (2012) 4, pp. 103-116

The aim of this paper is to empirically analyze the effect of financial constraint, information asymetry on the firm investment. On the basis of a data relating to 394 Tunisian firms observed over the period 2001-2008 and by adopting the panel data method, our findings show that the effect of...

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Current challenges and future trends for Romanian small and medium enterprises : an empirical study

Oncioicu, Ionica - In: Advances in management & applied economics 3 (2013) 3, pp. 67-83

characteristics of Romanian entrepreneurship and of the general impact of the recent crisis on the Romanian SME. I outline further the …

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The attractiveness of Polish cities for attracting outsourcing and the analysis of benefits for the region

Kornet, Katarzyna - In: E-Finanse : finansowy kwartalnik internetowy 7 (2011) 1, pp. 23-36

In western countries outsourcing has been an integral part of many enterprises for a long time. In Poland it is increasingly seen as a part of a long-term development strategy. Although Poland is only beginning to mark its presence in this area, it is quite often listed as one of the countries...

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The effect of enterprise risk management implementation on the value of companies listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange

Waweru, Nelson; Kisaka, Eric - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 3 (2013) 3, pp. 81-105

This study assesses the level of implementation of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) in companies listed in the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE). The study also seeks to test the significance of factors affecting this level of ERM implementation and to investigate whether the level of ERM...

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Cultura postmaterialista y variaciones en el espiritu emprendedor

Pinillos Costa, Maria José - In: Investigaciones europeas de Dirección y Economía de … 17 (2011) 1, pp. 37-55

-activity rates across Spanish Autonomous Communities. A distinction is made between potential entrepreneurs, nascent entrepreneurship …, new business formation and Established business, as defined within the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM). The measure … depending on the stage of business creation considered (conception, birth or residence). -- entrepreneurship ; cultural values …

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La influencia del proceso de migración en la percepción del riesgo de crear una empresa

Bolívar Cruz, Alicia; Hormiga, Esther - In: Investigaciones europeas de Dirección y Economía de … 18 (2012) 1, pp. 69-85

business. In order to empirically validate the hypotheses formulated, this research uses data from the Global Entrepreneurship … and policies to foster entrepreneurship in this group. -- risk perception ; migration process ; business creation … ; entrepreneurship ; GEM …

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The valuation implications of sales growth in start-up ventures

Gavious, Ilanit; Schwartz, Dafna - In: Journal of entrepreneurial finance : JEF ; official … 13 (2008) 2, pp. 1-24

We examine whether and how investors' reliance on financial information is affected by the rate of sales growth of a start-up venture. We find that investors discern between firms by the extent to which their products are adopted by the market. For firms that failed to increase their sales since...

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