This article aims to analyze the evolution of private equity over the last decade in terms of valuation (asset prices), determinants of private equity returns and the role that leverage and corporate governance plays in the success of private equity. The years 2005-2007 were characterized by a...

Financial Strategies of Companies, presents the essence of financial strategy, whose formulation is connected with making financial decisions during business activity. Fundamental definitions of the strategy and financial strategy were presented together with their decision areas and tasks. Next...

This paper determines optimal capital structure and value of Holding-Subsidiary structures (HS), when there is a trade-off between bankruptcy costs and taxation. HS have higher firm value than their stand alone counterparts, as the holding provides a guarantee to its subsidiary's lenders which...

This study aims to investigate the effect of capital structure and ownership structure on firms' performance. In addition, the study also examines the existence of reverse causality hypothesis using the firm's level data from three industries of three ASEAN countries, i.e. Indonesia, Malaysia...

This paper conducts a firm-level analysis of the effect of taxation on corporate investment patterns in member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Using large-scale panel data on nonfinancial firms over the period 1990-2014, and controlling for macro-structural...

The paper uses firm-level data to assess the financial health of the Vietnamese non-financial corporate sector on the eve of pandemic. Our analysis finds that smaller domestic firms were particularly vulnerable even by regional comparison. A sensitivity analysis suggests that the COVID-19 shock...

This paper conducts a firm-level analysis of the effect of taxation on corporate investment patterns in member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Using large-scale panel data on nonfinancial firms over the period 1990-2014, and controlling for macro-structural...