A Rashid - Journal of business ethics, 2015 - Springer
This study examines the influence of board independence on firm agency cost among listed firms in Bangladesh, which feature concentrated ownership and high insider representation …
We investigate the effect of tax avoidance on the cost of debt for SMEs. Tax avoidance may increase a firm's cash flows on one hand, but also increase the agency costs, the information …
A Rashid - Journal of business ethics, 2016 - Springer
This study examines the influence of managerial ownership on firm agency costs among listed firms in Bangladesh. This is an institutional setting that features a mixture of agency …
MZ Treichel, JA Scott - Venture Capital, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Women-owned businesses are often thought to face difficulties in applying for and securing bank loans (Schwartz,; Riding and Swift,; Buttner and Rosen,; Fabowale et al.,; Haines et …
This article presents empirical evidence on the agency costs of debt in private family firms by examining the explicit (interest rate) as well as implicit (business and personal collateral) …
The aim of this paper is to investigate the role of family CEOs' relational capital and non- family CEOs' managerial skills in the context of bank relationships for a large sample of …
FD Duarte, APM Gama, JP Esperança - Research in International Business …, 2017 - Elsevier
Using a database of banking credit approvals for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) operating in less-developed countries throughout Eastern Europe and Central Asia …
DK Garwe, O Fatoki - Development Southern Africa, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
This study aimed to determine whether South African small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are affected by gender differences in demand for debt and its availability. It also looked at …
CX Zhang, THD King - Journal of multinational financial management, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper examines the decision to list abroad by Chinese companies in the form of ADRs and foreign IPOs from 1993 to 2005. Our sample consists of 33 ADRs, 218 foreign IPOs, and …