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Testing Theories of Capital Structure and Estimating the Speed of Adjustment
Huang, Rongbing; Ritter, Jay R - 2009
This paper examines time-series patterns of external financing decisions and shows that publicly traded U.S, firms fund … a much larger proportion of their financing deficit with external equity when the cost of equity capital is low. The … firms' historical financing decisions. We also introduce a new econometric technique This paper examines time …
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Red Lion Hotel Corporation
Shao, Yin-Chia - 2011
nature of the business, environmental analysis, strategy position within the industry, competitive advantage, strategic … differentiation diversification. Examining the business environment analysis, the external environment has a moderately strong impact …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009463240
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The role of customer-contact personnel in the marketing of a retail bank's services
Julian, Craig C; Ramaseshan, Balasubramanian - 1994
Examines the role and importance of customer-contact personnel in the marketing of a bank's financial services and the importance of customer service in retail banking. Customer-contact personnel from suburban branches of an Australian retail bank identified their level of agreement with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475228
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Business Strategy and Top Management Compensation: The Mediating Effects of Employment Risk, Firm Performance and Size
Veliyath, Rajaram; Ferris, Stephen P.; Ramaswamy, Kannan - 1994
We compare top management compensation among prospector, defender, and analyzer strategic types, and the effects of differences in managers' employment risks, firm performance, and firm size. Prospectors performed better and they paid their top management group more than did analyzers. They were...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009459114
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Motivations for US Foreign Direct Investment
Buoninfante, Christina - 2009
The purpose of this thesis is to determine US firms’ motivations for foreign direct investment and to explore to what extent US firms continue to invest into China and India. I first correlate the agricultural, industrial, and service sectors in the United States with those of China and India....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009463628
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Seeking Synergy in SME Financing. An examination of the dichotomy affecting banks and the needs of small-to-medium business enterprises (SMEs) in the Australian business banking co...
Freeman, Ian Ronald - 2011
This research sets out to test the proposal that if business banks were to adopt a business development process … experience significantly enhanced business outcomes in both the short and long terms.The literature review indicates that for … marketplace.In this thesis, ‘Seeking Synergy in SME Financing’ the literature review further suggests that in the Australian …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475283
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The Corporate Choice between Public Debt, Bank Loans, Traditional Private Debt Placements, and 144A Debt Issues
Arena, Matteo - 2010
financing. By analyzing the most comprehensive sample of U.S. corporate debt issues to date, I find that firms that issue 144A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009484536
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Testing the Accuracy of Employee-Reported Data: An Inexpensive Alternative Approach to Traditional Methods
Hales, Douglas N.; Sridharan, V.; Radhakrishnan, Abirami; … - 2008
Although Information Technology (IT) solutions improve the collection and validation of operational data, Operations Managers must often rely on self-reported data from workers to make decisions. The problem with this data is that they are subject to intentional manipulation, thus reducing their...
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Employing the NPV-consistent IRR methods for PFI projects
Chiang, Yat Hung; Cheng, Eddie WL; Lam, Patrick TI - 2010
The internal rate of return (IRR) is a common financial indicator for private finance initiative (PFI) projects. Due to the long and complicated cash flow nature of PFI projects, more plausible IRR techniques are necessary for appropriate project evaluation and ranking. However, not all the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475295
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Corporate financial policy and investor taxation in Austria : an empirical investigation
Haring, Magdalena; Niemann, Rainer - 2010
dividend payout ratio are significant determinants of the financing decisions of Austrian firms. Legal status, listing and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008695527