In this study, we examine the association between interim financing and firm performance in an emerging economy. Prior research shows that firms utilize trade credit to boost their operating performance or market valuation. However, recent research on the relation between trade credit as...

This study investigates the effects of corporate governance (CG) attributes on firm value (FV), considering the moderating effect of ESG performance. This study considers the three strands of corporate governance, thus board’s structural, diversity and process attributes, which have not been...

Empirical work on micro and small firms has focused on developed countries. The little work that exists on developing countries is all too often based on small samples taken from ad hoc questionnaires. The census data we analyze are fairly representative of the structure of small business in...

Managerial delegation is essential for firm growth. While firms in poor countries often shun outside managers and instead recruit among family members, the pattern is quite the opposite for firms in rich countries. In this paper, we ask whether these differences in managerial delegation have...