scholarly journals What Do We Know About the Capital Structure of Privately Held Firms? Evidence from the Surveys of Small Business Finance

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebel A. Cole
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Capital Structure ◽  
Small Business Finance ◽  
Privately Held Firms ◽  
Privately Held ◽  
The Capital Structure

Small business finance in Sub‐Saharan Africa: the case of Ghana

2011 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 172-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Amo Yartey
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Capital Structure ◽  
Firm Growth ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Financing Decisions ◽  
Small Business Finance ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Unlisted Firms

PurposeThis paper aims to examine how unlisted companies in Ghana finance their growth and to what extent do they rely on internal finance relative to external sources of finance. Additionally, the paper seeks to investigate the determinants of the capital structure of unlisted companies in Ghana.Design/methodology/approachThe paper uses the Singh‐Hamid methodology as well as panel data techniques to evaluate the financing decisions of unlisted companies in Ghana.FindingsThe analysis shows that unlisted firms in Ghana finance most of their growth from external debt and they are also characterized by shorter debt maturity. The results also show that the dominant factors affecting the debt equity ratios of unlisted firms in Ghana are size, firm growth, tangibility, profit margin, and financial development.Research limitations/implicationsOverall, the evidence in this paper suggests that standard models of corporate finance can be applicable to unlisted companies in Ghana.Practical implicationsInformative when planning for future development of the small business sector of the Ghanaian economy.Originality/valueProvides empirical evidence on how unlisted companies in Ghana finance their growth and what determines their capital structure.

Capital Structure Decision Making in Privately Held Firms: Beyond the Finance Paradigm

1994 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 349-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles H. Matthews ◽  
Damayanti P. Vasudevan ◽  
Sidney L. Barton ◽  
Rati Apana
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Capital Structure ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Risk Propensity ◽  
Net Worth ◽  
Decision Sciences ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Privately Held Firms ◽  
Managerial Choice ◽  
Privately Held

Capital structure theories grounded in the finance paradigm (agency theory, transaction cost theory) have contributed to our understanding of capital structure decision making. However, they do not address the intricacies of capital structure decision making from a managerial choice perspective, especially in privately held firms. This article brings together research from strategic management, decision sciences, and social psychology to develop a conceptual model for understanding capital structure decision making in privately held firms. In general, it is posited that capital structure decisions are influenced by the firm owner's attitude toward debt as moderated by external environmental conditions. Attitude toward debt is a function of one's belief about debt as influenced by the individual's need for control, risk propensity, experience, social norms, and personal net worth. The integration of theoretical perspectives yields eight propositions for understanding the determinants of privately held firm capital structure.

Analysis of Factors Affecting Capital Structure in Food and Beverage Manufacturing Company

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Nur Hajja Aini ◽  
St Habibah
Keyword(s):  
Capital Structure ◽  
Firm Size ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Random Effect Model ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Business Risk ◽  
Growth Opportunities ◽  
Food And Beverage ◽  
The Capital Structure

The purpose of this research to analyze the influence of firm size, liquidity, growth opportunities, tangibility asset, and business risk to the capital structure of listed food and beverage manufacturing companies in Indonesia and Vietnam Stock Exchange from 2010 to 2016. The result shows that the fixed effects model should be appropriate for this study as compared to the random effect model. Capital structure significantly differences between the two countries. Firm size has a positive but insignificant influence on the capital structure in Indonesia, whereas it has a positive and a significant influence on the capital structure in Vietnam. Liquidity has a negative and significant influence on the capital structure both in Indonesia and Vietnam. Growth opportunities have a negative but insignificant influence on the capital structure both in Indonesia and Vietnam. Asset tangibility has a positive but insignificant influence on the capital structure in Indonesia, but it has the negative but insignificant influence on the capital structure in Vietnam. Ultimately, the business risk has a negative and significant influence on the capital structure in Indonesia but has a positive and insignificant influence on the capital structure in Vietnam.

The Capital Structure Puzzle: The Evidence Revisited

CFA Digest ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-17
Author(s):  
Lester C. Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Capital Structure ◽  
The Capital Structure

An impact of corporate management on the capital structure of Russian companies

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (35) ◽  
pp. 2076-2087 ◽  
Author(s):  
E.A. Fedorova ◽  
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T.M. Denisova ◽  
I.V. Lukashenko ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Capital Structure ◽  
Corporate Management ◽  
The Capital Structure

Factors influencing the structure of the Russian companies' capital

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (7) ◽  
pp. 1647-1660
Author(s):  
O.N. Likhacheva ◽  
A.S. Belikevich
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Analysis ◽  
Capital Structure ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Oil Contracts ◽  
Economic Landscape ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Trade Wars ◽  
The Capital Structure

Subject. In the uncertain market environment, the optimal structure of capital is getting more important because it influences the competitiveness of a firm, its financial sustainability and solvency and, consequently, a success. Herein we dwell upon the hypothesis presuming the existence of capital structure determinants. Objectives. We review empirical studies on the subject, analyze determinants of the Russian companies’ capital structure. Methods. The study is based on the systems approach and methods of statistical analysis. Results. It is necessary to monitor how capital is shaped and formed. We investigated proceedings on factors influencing the capital structure and discovered relevant hypotheses, carrying out the correlation analysis of such factors. Conclusions and Relevance. It is especially important to examine factors influencing the capital structure, and find the appropriate format for the economy struggling through the crisis. The coronavirus pandemic unavoidably reshapes the global economic landscape, which has already been under the pressure of deglobalization processes (trade wars, repudiation of oil contracts). The correlation analysis did not reveal any relationship of the variables in question (the company’s age, ROE, ROA, MOEX, key rate, GDP, PPI) and the capital structure. Further research should be devoted to other factors and consider the unreasonableness and psychological background of managers’ behavior who make decisions concerning the capital structure.

Role of Credit Rating in determining Capital structure: Evidence from Non-Financial sector of Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shoaib Ali ◽  
Imran Yousaf ◽  
Muhammad Naveed
Keyword(s):  
Capital Structure ◽  
Credit Rating ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Annual Data ◽  
Leverage Ratio ◽  
Financial Decisions ◽  
Financial Firms ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Capital Structure

This paper aims to examine the impact of external credit ratings on the financial decisions of the firms in Pakistan.  This study uses the annual data of 70 non-financial firms for the period 2012-2018. It uses ordinary least square (OLS) to estimate the impact of credit rating on capital structure. The results show that rated firm has a high level of leverage. Moreover, Profitability and tanagability are also found to be a significantly negative determinant of the capital structure, whereas, size of the firm has a significant positive relationship with the capital structure of the firm.  Besides, there exists a non-linear relationship between the credit rating and the capital structure. The rated firms have higher leverage as compared to the non-rated firms. The high and low rated firms have a low level of leverage, while mid rated firms have a higher leverage ratio. The finding of the study have practical implications for the manager; they can have easier access to the financial market by just having a credit rating no matter high or low. Policymakers must stress upon the rating agencies to keep improving themselves as their rating severs as the measure to judge the creditworthiness of the firm by both the investors and management as well.

Determinants Of Capital Structure For Multinational And Domestic Companies In India: Panel Data Regression Model

2019 ◽  
Vol 118 (7) ◽  
pp. 147-154
Author(s):  
K. Maheswari ◽  
Dr. J. Gayathri ◽  
Dr. M. Babu ◽  
Dr.G. Indhumathi
Keyword(s):  
Panel Data ◽  
Capital Structure ◽  
Regression Model ◽  
Business Risk ◽  
Return On Assets ◽  
Panel Data Regression ◽  
Data Regression ◽  
Return On Capital ◽  
Domestic Companies ◽  
The Capital Structure

The capital structure refers to the components of capital needed to establish and expand its business activities. The study was made with an objective to examine the determinants of capital structure of multinational and domestic companies listed in S&P BSE automobile sector. The study concluded that there is significant impact on capital structure determinants such as size, business risk, non debt shield tax, return on assets, tangibility, profit, return on capital employed and liquidity on the capital structure of multinational and domestic companies of Indian Automobile Sector.  

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