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...

Corporate capital structure decisions are key determinants of firm performance. The agency theory suggests that debt financing is one of the mechanisms to mitigate agency problems and thus to improve firm performance. This paper provides important evidence on the performance effects of capital...

This paper provides empirical evidence on the link between industry pricing dynamics and industry capital structure. We find evidence of countercyclical mark-up behaviour as predicted by Chevelier and Scharfstein (1996). The mark-ups are more countercyclical for industries with higher debt...

The purpose of this study is to investigate empirically the impact of capital structure on firm performance. This study examined the impact of capital structure on firm performance of manufacturing sector SMEs in UK for the period of 1998-2008. The authors hypothesize that there is a negative...

The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of supply chain drivers on the performance of Cement Manufacturing firms. A descriptive research design was used. The target population of the study was Managers or equivalent from Six (6) departments is Procurement, finance, legal, stores,...

The financial performance analysis is an important thing for the company to be done, used to manage and evaluate management performance so that it can obtain an overall representation of the company's financial position. The purpose of this study is to find out the financial performance of the...

Cash conversion cycle (CCC) has been considered a useful measure of firm’s effective working capital management and especially the cash management. This study was conducted with the aim to look into the association of the cash conversion cycle with the size and profitability of the firm. The...