Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 8,391
Cover Image
The role of corporate financial structure in the export propensity of manufacturing firms
Miravitlles, Paloma; Mora, Toni; Achcaoucaou, Fariza - 2016
The aim of this study is to analyse the impact of corporate financial structure on a firm's export propensity, especially that of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The paper contributes to the literature concerned with the relationship between exports and financial constraints from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011451851
Cover Image
The presence of foreign capital and the internationalization of Portuguese industrial SMEs
Pacheco, Luís; Lobo, Carla Azevedo; Maldonado, Isabel - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 15 (2022) 2, pp. 1-18
The objective of this paper is to empirically examine the relationship between the firms’ ownership and control structure, in particular the presence of foreign capital, and their internationalization levels, measured in terms of intensity and diversification. The international performance of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012821278
Cover Image
The combined effects of product and geographical diversification on performance : evidence in manufacturing SMEs
Benito-Osorio, Diana; Colino, Alberto; Guerras Martín, … - In: Business research quarterly : BRQ 23 (2020) 2, pp. 91-106
This study explores both the individual impact of geographical diversification and its effect combined with product diversification on small and medium-sized enterprises' (SMEs) performance. Unlike most prior studies, this study distinguishes between related and unrelated product...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012225610
Cover Image
Corruption, provincial institutions and manufacturing firm productivity : new evidence from a transitional economy
Tran Quang Tuyen; Vu Van Huong; Tinh, Doan Thanh; Hiep, … - In: Estudios de economía 43 (2016) 2, pp. 199-215
of corrupt activities on firm productivity in Vietnam. We found that the bribe intensity instead of whether firms bribed … state officials or not (measured by a dummy variable) has a negative effect on firm productivity when the endogeneity of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011572691
Cover Image
Family Involvement, Political Connection and IPO Underpricing : Evidence from the Companies Listed on the SME Board of China
Cao, Zhen - 2018
benefit. Also, we find that in regions with poorer institutional environment (such as the central and western regions of China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012937030
Cover Image
Managerial Ownership and Firm Performance in German Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Spitz-Oener, Alexandra - 2008
This paper studies the effect of managerial ownership on performance and the determinants of managerial ownership for small and medium-sized private companies. We use a panel of around 1300 firms in the German business-related service sector for the years 1997-2000. Managerial ownership up to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012728059
Cover Image
Family Firms, Innovation Productivity and Financing Cost : Evidence from Chinese Hi-Tech Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Xiang, Dong - 2017
-owned businesses (FBs) can show better innovative productivity than non-FBs. We find that family firms produce a higher level of … innovative productivity, consuming less innovation input i.e. R&D expenditure, generating no less innovation outcomes or output i …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012946614
Cover Image
Can SME Policies Improve Firm Performance? Evidence from an Impact Evaluation in Argentina
Castillo, Victoria; Maffioli, Alessandro; Monsalvo, Ana P. - 2011
This paper evaluates the impact of the Argentine SME support program PRE on employment, real wages, and exports. The program aimed at increasing the competitiveness of SMEs by co-financing up to fifty percent of expenditures in professional services and technical assistance. We use a unique...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014043372
Cover Image
Global links and local bonds : the role of ownership and size in productivity growth
Taymaz, Erol; Voyvoda, Ebru; Yılmaz, Kamil - 2010
aggregate productivity growth. We focus our attention on foreign firms and small firms for three reasons. First, industrial …-digit level industries for the 1983-2001 period. We decompose productivity growth into its components (structural change … analysis by firm ownership and size allows us to understand the sources of productivity contributions by foreign firms and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008669938
Cover Image
Does absorptive capacity moderate the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and supply chain resilience?
Goaill, Majid M.; Al-Hakimi, Mohammed A. - In: Cogent business & management 8 (2021) 1, pp. 1-19
Supply chain resilience (SCR) is often seen as a dynamic capability that enables firms to effectively cope with disruptions and unforeseen events in the business environment. However, empirical research focusing on influencing factors on SCR is still limited. Based on the resource-based view...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012631326