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State control, access to capital and firm performance

China Journal of Accounting Research, 2012
We study the effect of state control on capital allocation and investment in China, where the government screens prospective stock issuers. We find that state firms are more likely to obtain government approval to conduct seasoned equity offerings than ...
Oliver Zhen Li, Xijia Su, Zhifeng Yang
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Healthcare Professionals' Perspectives on Barriers to Reproductive Care Access in One Urban City: A Qualitative Study

Research in Nursing &Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Inequities exist in reproductive care access for biological women of childbearing age from minoritized, racialized, and lower socioeconomic communities in the United States. While patient‐reported barriers are well documented, less is known about healthcare providers' perceptions of these challenges in urban, under‐resourced contexts ...
Roxanne Mirabal‐Beltran, Erika Ventura Castellon, Laura Spagna, Kelly Zhang, Karyn J. Roberts   +4 more
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Working Capital Management in Indonesia: An Analysis on Over-investment and Under-investment Firms

Gadjah Mada International Journal of Business, 2019
This study aims to examine the existence of excess working capital in Indonesian firms and its effect on the firms’ performance and risk. The sample includes 425 firm-year observations of Indonesian manufacturing firms for the period 2010 – 2014.
Rahmat Heru Setianto, Adinda Pratiwi
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Beyond Biodiversity Exposure: How Firms Create Value Through SDG 15 Engagement

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biodiversity loss is no longer a distant ecological concern but an immediate economic reality and it is now a critical dimension of firm‐level risk. At the same time, global sustainability frameworks such as SDG 15: Life on Land call for urgent corporate action to protect and restore terrestrial ecosystems.
Post Raj Pokharel
wiley   +1 more source

Digital Engineering Transformation as a Sociotechnical Challenge: Categorization of Barriers and Their Mapping to DoD's Policy Goals

Systems Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Digital Engineering (DE) transformation represents a paradigm shift in systems engineering (SE), aiming to integrate heterogeneous analytical models and digital artifacts into an authoritative source of truth to improve traceability and lifecycle management.
Md Doulotuzzaman Xames, Taylan G. Topcu
wiley   +1 more source

POLITICAL CONNECTIONS, CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND INVESTMENT EFFICIENCY: EVIDENCE FROM MALAYSIAN FIRMS

Malaysian Management Journal
This study investigates the moderating role of corporate governance in the relationship between political connections and investment efficiency. Using a sample of Malaysian publicly listed firms from 2001- 2017, we find that political connections are ...
Kang Wan Tan, Mei Foong Wong
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Determinants of Corporate Demand for Property Insurance [PDF]

Faslnāmah-i Pizhūhish/Nāmah-i Iqtisādī, 2011
Motive for the purchase of insurance by individuals is differing among the firms. Risk aversion is the main motive for the purchase of insurance by individuals. But, incentive to purchase of insurance by firms is affected by many factors.
Saied sehhat, Vahid Najafi Kalyani, ُSaied Abbasnezhad   +2 more
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Toasting With Strangers? Export Spillovers From Chinese Winery Acquisitions in the Bordeaux Vineyards

British Journal of Management, EarlyView.
Abstract Foreign entrants may threaten and, at the same time, present local companies with opportunities for favourable spillovers. Building on the awareness‐motivation‐capability framework, this paper aims to provide empirical evidence for a positive co‐location or spatial proximity effect of foreign presence on local peer companies’ exports.
Pierre‐Xavier Meschi, Alexandre Bohas, Anne Norheim‐Hansen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does Earnings quality mitigate the probability of Sub-optimal Investments by Firms? Empirical Evidence from Egyptian firms [PDF]

ERU Research Journal
Purpose – the study empirically examine does Earnings quality mitigate the probability of Sub-optimal Investments by Firms?Design/methodology/approach –using historical data of Egyptian firms listed and traded on Egyptian Stock Exchange (EGX) consisting ...
Hend ABD EL Hamed
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Managerial Myopia and Corporate Biodiversity Risk: Disclosure, Concern and Risk

British Journal of Management, EarlyView.
Abstract Recent evidence shows that 70% of market participants view biodiversity risk as financially material, yet only 3.8% of firms provide meaningful biodiversity disclosure. We ask why this gap persists and whether managerial short‐termism explains it.
Yueyang Wang, Zixiao Xing, Lanxin Lei, Brian Lucey, Yizhi Wang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source