For bankers to feel comfortable in their relationships with large corporates, a precise understanding is needed of who, within that company, engages the relationship, and how it can be better managed. The corporate treasurer is the first and most impressive obstacle in selling financial services...

Examines the traditional function of commercial banks as financial intermediaries between deficit and surplus sectors. Fundamental to this function has been the assumption that banks can intermediate at lower costs than those prevailing with direct financing arrangements, but developments in...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine the impact of the passage and signing of P.L. 111-353, the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), on the market value of agribusiness firms. Design/methodology/approach – The authors conduct an event study of the shareholder value effects of...

This paper outlines the thinking of financial theorists on issues most relevant to those influencing financial decision‐making within a firm. While the review is not comprehensive, it does provide a foundation for understanding what is included in the modern theory of corporate finance....

Since late 1980s there has been a frenzy of mergers and acquisitions in which brands have played the primary role. It is no longer rare to find offers at a multiple of more than 25 times company earning, or two or three times its share value. In this paper we attempt to reach several objectives....

Purpose – This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments...

Purpose – This paper aims to briefly review principal theories of dividend policy and to summarize empirical evidences on these theories. Design/methodology/approach – Major theoretical and empirical papers on dividend policy are identified and reviewed. Findings – It is found that the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to theoretically examine under what circumstances economic cycles advance or deter corporate defaults. Design/methodology/approach – The theoretical inferences are authenticated through Monte Carlo simulations. Findings – It is found that an ongoing...

Over the past 40 years major theoretical developments have occurred in the areas of longer‐term investment and financial decision making. Many of these new concepts and the related techniques are now being employed successfully in industrial practice. By contrast, far less attention has been...

Purpose – The main purpose of this paper is to empirically examine how firm-specific (idiosyncratic) and macroeconomic risks affect the external financing decisions of UK manufacturing firms. The paper also explores the effect of both types of risk on firms' debt versus equity choices....