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Privatization of Tunisian Companies: A Study of Corporate Governance Mechanisms

Hassen, Rim Ben; Abdelwahed, Omri - In: International Journal of Academic Research in … 4 (2014) 2, pp. 94-104

The purpose of this paper is to examine corporate governance mechanisms applied to a particular form of ownership structure: the privatization. Using, a series of statistical and econometric analysis, we show that privatization is likely to occur in an environment that validates supports and...

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The 'Lack of Separation' Revisited: Small Business Owners and Risk

Coleman, Susan; Cohn, Richard - In: Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance 6 (2001) 1, pp. 104-14

The close link between the personal financial affairs of a small business owner and his or her firm has been noted in prior research. This article compares attitudes toward risk on the part of small business owners (SBOs) and non-small business owners (NSBOs). In addition, it compares the...

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The Sales Forecast and Financial Management in the Small Manufacturing Firm

Burns, Richard; Walker, Joe - In: Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance 6 (2001) 1, pp. 115-28

The importance of an accurate sales forecast to financial management in general is well documented. Although large firms' forecasting practices as they relate to financial management have been surveyed, this is the first such study on small (manufacturing) firms. Surprisingly, the two groups are...

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The Impact of Bank Structure on Small Business and Small Farm Lending

Craig, Steven G.; Hardee, Polly T. - In: Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance 6 (2001) 1, pp. 59-83

This paper empirically explores the impact of bank size, holding company affiliation and the degree of branching on small business and farm lending through a conceptual analysis encompassing private information asymmetries inherent in these bank dependent borrowers. The study expands the...

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An Empirical Examination of SBA Guaranteed Loans: Rates, Collateral, Agency Costs, and the Time to Obtain the Loan

Brau, James C.; Osteryoung, Jerome S. - In: Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance 6 (2001) 1, pp. 1-23

We empirically examine a sample of over 350 entrepreneurial firms that successfully receive an SBA guaranteed loan. The first portion of the paper contains descriptive statistics that lend anecdotal evidence concerning the organization type of borrowers, the incidence of collateral, the reasons...

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Determinants of quality corporate governance in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Kenya and South Africa

Waweru, Nelson M. - In: Managerial Auditing Journal 29 (2014), pp. 455-485

Purpose –This study aims to examine the factors influencing the quality of corporate governance in South Africa (SA) and Kenya. Firm-level variables including performance, firm size, leverage, investment opportunities and audit quality were identified from the corporate governance literature....

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The impact of government financial assistance on SMEs in Australia during the GFC

Xiang, Dong; Worthington, Andrew C - Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics, … - 2013

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Operational scales, sources of finance, and firms’ performance: evidence from Vietnamese longitudinal data

Vuong, Quan Hoang - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2014

This study investigates a longitudinal dataset consisting of financial and operational data from 37 listed companies listed on Vietnamese stock market, covering the period 2004-13. By performing three main types of regression analysis - pooled OLS, fixed-effect and random-effect regressions -...

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Managerial traits, market orientation and organisational performance: an empirical examination in a Middle Eastern context

Bhuian, Shahid N.; Shamma, Hamed M.; Mourad, Maha; … - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 6 (2013) 1, pp. 52-68

study consisted of 262 bank branch managers in Jordan. Structural equation modelling was used to analyse the data and test …, select and train managers with certain traits when they are in pursuit of market orientation. Even though numerous studies … much attention has been given to the plausible effects of psychological traits of managers on market orientation. By …

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Globalization, Firm Performance and Group Affiliation in Emerging Markets: Evidence from Turkey

KARADAGLI, Ece Ceylan - In: Financial Aspects of Recent Trends in the Global Economy

Although the process of globalization deeply affects businesses in all aspects, unfortunately, the firm level effects of globalization are highly unexplored in the literature. This research aims to explore how the overall globalization level of a country as well as her economic, her political...

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