• 유통과학연구
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• 제12권8호
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• pp.113-121
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• 2014

Purpose - Recently, the number of corporations that practice environmental and social responsibility, besides engaging in traditional profit-seeking activities, has been growing steadily, as interest in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is increasing. Recent research on CSR practices has identified the relationship between CSR activities and corporate value as one of the main issues in this respect. Considering that donations constitute a large proportion of a company's charitable activities, we considered the extent of donation expenses as a charitable activity in order to mitigate sample selection bias. Specifically, we analyzed the impact of donation expenses on firm value, while investigating if this impact varied in response to the level of corporate governance of firms. Research design, data, and methodology - We used non-financial firms listed on the Korean Stock Exchange, having their fiscal year end in December, and the sample period was 2006-2013. For the dependent variable, Tobin's q was used as the corporate value, and for the independent variable, donations were measured as the donation-expense-to-sales ratio. Corporate governance scores, as rated by the Korea Corporate Governance Service, were used to measure corporate governance levels because they consider the overall aspects of governance, including ownership structure, the board of directors, and the audit mechanism of individual companies. To examine the impact of donations on a company in relation to the level of corporate governance, we estimated regression models using the interaction terms of the governance dummy and donation variables. Then, we further estimated the regression models of two sub-samples that were classified according to the level of corporate governance. Similar to previous studies, the study uses variables that affect firm value, such as R&D expenditure, advertising expenses, EBITDA, debt-to-equity ratio, sales growth, company age, and company size as control variables. Results - The empirical results show that firm value significantly increased in response to an increase in donation expenses. Upon including the interaction terms of governance level dummy variables and donations, the coefficients of the interaction terms show significant positive values, while those of donation variables show significant negative values. In the strong governance sub-sample, the relationship between the donation expenses and corporate value was statistically positive (+) and significant. However, in the weak governance sub-sample, the relationship between the donation expenses and corporate value was statistically insignificant and negative (-). Conclusions - The empirical results suggest that donation expenses are significantly linked to an enhanced corporate value if firms have a good corporate governance structure. However, if the corporate governance structure is weak, the same relationship is not necessarily observed. The results of this study show that if a firm has high corporate governance, CSR practices enhance the company's reputation such that it has a positive (+) relationship with corporate value. If a firm has weak corporate governance, on the other hand, CSR practices are recognized as an agency cost and do not increase corporate value.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.217-223
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• 2020

본 연구는 기업이 개별 기업수명주기에 따라 선택하는 구조조정 전략이 재무적 곤경에 직면할 경우에 기업회생에 긍정적인 영향을 줄 수 있다는 증거를 제시하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 본 연구는 2001년부터 2016년까지 한국거래소에 상장되어 있는 기업의 3,593개 표본을 대상으로 로짓회귀분석을 실시하였다. 기업수명주기별로 구조조정 전략의 선택에 차이가 있다는 실증분석결과, 기업 수명주기에서 성장기에 속한 재무적 곤경 기업은 사업 및 자산구조조정을 이용하여 기업을 회생시키고, 쇠퇴기에 속한 재무적 곤경 기업은 재무적구조조정을 이용하여 기업을 회생시키는 것으로 확인되었다. 국내 기업들의 구조조정이 증가하는 상황에서 본 연구의 결과는 기업의 수명주기에 따라 적합한 구조조정의 전략을 선택하는 것이 중요함을 시사한다.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.67-79
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• 2019

This study examines the impact of corporate governance on capital structure decisions based on a large panel of Chinese listed firms. Using the system Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) estimator to control for unobserved heterogeneity, endogeneity, and persistency in capital structure decisions, we document that the ownership structure plays a significant role in determining leverage ratios. More specially, we find that managerial ownership has a positive and significant impact on firms' leverage, consistent with the incentive alignment hypothesis. We also find that managerial ownership only affects the leverage decisions of private firms in the post-2005 split share reform period. State ownership negatively influence leverage decisions implying that SOEs may face fewer restrictions in equity issuance and may receive favourable treatments when applying for seasoned equity ¿nancing, thus use less debt. Furthermore, our results show that while foreign ownership negatively influences leverage decisions, legal person shareholding positively influences firms' leverage decisions only for state controlled firms. We also find that the board structure variables (board size and the proportion of independent directors) do not influence firms' capital structure decisions. Our findings suggest that recent ownership reforms have been successful in terms of providing incentive to managers through managerial shareholdings to take risky financial choices.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.83-89
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• 2023

Purpose: This paper considers the issue of corporate tax avoidance (CTA) in the distribution of the tax burden across companies in Vietnam because the high level of CTA leads to unfairness in taxation. In particular, we aim for discussing the way to measure the extent of CTA and explore the determinants of CTA that reflect the features of high-tax risk-taking companies. Research design, data and methodology: The study investigates factors influencing the CTA behavior of legal entities listed on the Vietnam stock market between 2012 and 2018 to fill the empirical research vacuum in the country. we employ the dynamic GMM estimate method. Interestingly, CTA is considered through three approaches, including two effective-tax-rate-based methods and especially accrual earnings Results: The results highlight tax - accounting book disparities have significant effects on CTA. In addition, firm size, net asset value, debt leverage, and tax-accounting books are related to CTA. Conclusions: Tax avoidance is shown to have a positive correlation with financial distress in this case. The higher a company's capital adequacy ratio, the fewer tax avoidance opportunities it has. The paper draws some recommendations to deal with tax avoidance that improves the fairness in the distribution of the tax burden among corporations.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.337-345
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• 2018

본 연구는 한국 가족기업의 기업특성과 부채조달의 영향관계를 분석하기 위해 가족기업의 부채사용 정도와 자본조달 순위이론의 순응여부를 실증분석 하였다. 분석기간은 2004년부터 2013년까지 총 10개년이고, 표본기업은 한국거래소 유가증권시장에 상장되어 있는 비금융업종 기업 총 4,008개를 사용하였다. 분석을 위해 횡단면 자료를 시간적으로 연결한 불균형 패널자료를 형성하고 패널자료회귀분석법을 사용하여 분석하였다. 실증분석 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 한국의 가족기업은 비가족기업에 비해 상대적으로 적은 부채를 사용한다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 지배가족이 기업을 소유 지배하는 가족기업은 대리인문제가 완화되어, Jensen(1986)이 제시한 부채의 통제효과의 필요성이 낮아지기 때문에 부채 증가 유인이 감소하는 것으로 이해할 수 있었다. 둘째, Shyam-Sunder and Myers(1999)가 제시한 모형을 이용한 자본조달순위이론의 검증에서는 가족기업이 비가족기업에 비해 자본조달순위이론의 순응도가 높다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 즉 자금조달이 필요할 때에는 주식발행보다 부채를 선호하는 결과이다. 다만 한국 가족 기업의 경우 부족한 자금의 24.38%를 순부채 발행을 통해 조달하는 것으로 나타나서, Shyam-Sunder and Myers(1999)의 분석에서 제시된 75%에 비해 상대적으로 낮게 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 한국 가족기업이 자본조달순위이론을 따른다고 강하게 주장하는 데는 다소 한계가 있음을 의미하는 것으로 이해되었다.

• 중소기업연구
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.123-146
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• 2020

본 연구는 코스닥상장기업을 대상으로 발생액 변동과 기업특성과의 관계를 살펴보았다. 분석결과를 보면 첫째, 부채비율이 높은 기업의 경영자들은 부채계약을 위반할 가능성이 높기 때문에 발생액항목을 활용할 유인이 강함을 볼 수 있다. 둘째, 영업현금흐름변동성이 큰 기업들은 영업활동을 통한 현금이익의 변동이 안정적이지 않고 운전자본의 변화가 큰 기업이다. 이런 기업의 경영자들이 재량권을 남용하는 목적으로 발생액을 활용하는 여지가 강하다는 것을 볼 수 있다. 셋째, 기업규모가 큰 기업일수록 정치적 비용에 민감하여 작은 기업보다 발생액 항목을 활용한 유인이 덜함을 볼 수 있다. 넷째, 기업연령은 기업의 성숙도라 볼 수 있는데 성숙한 기업일수록 안정적인 영업환경 및 현금흐름을 확보하고 있어 발생액을 활용하는 여지가 낮음을 볼 수 있다. 다섯째, 이익변수의 경우. 손실을 보고한 기업들은 일시적 발생액 항목이 이익을 보고한 기업보다 더 구성되어 있어 회계정보의 불확실성이 수익을 보고한 기업보다는 높음을 볼 수 있다. 여섯째, 감사의견의 경우 비적정의견을 받은 기업일수록 경영자의 발생액 항목을 활용할 여지가 강해 회계이익의 질이 낮음을 볼 수 있다. 마지막 국내 BIG4회계법인에 감사를 받은 기업들이 NON-BIG4에 감사를 받은 기업에 비해 발생액 변동이 작았다. 산업특성별로 보면 발생액 변동의 평균값이 가장 높은 도·소매업종이 기업성장성, 기업규모, 기업연령 그리고 이익더미변수가 발생액 변동과 유의한 관계를 가장 많이 보여주고 있고 그 다음으로 화학물질업종순이다. 발생액 변동의 평균값이 가장 낮은 업종인 의료용물질 제조업의 경우 영업현금흐름변동성만 발생액 변동과 유의한 관계를 보여주고 있다. 결론적으로, 발생액은 기업특성과 산업특성에 따라 상이하게 경영자의 재량권을 허용하고 있음을 볼 수 있다.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권12호
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• pp.195-210
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• 2020

This study describes the structure of the capital markets for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and startup companies in Korea, which is an emerging market that has experienced drastic changes. The overall capital market can be divided into private and public capital markets. In the private capital market, most of the demand for capital comes from non-listed private firms, including startups and SMEs. In the case of SMEs and startups, the KOSDAQ, the Korea New Exchange (KONEX), and primary collateralized bond obligations (P-CBOs) are part of the public capital market. SMEs and startups are generally incapable of raising sufficient capital owing to their low credit ratings, and they largely have limited access to primary markets to issue shares and borrow money. The Korean government has developed a systematic financial aid program to provide funds to these companies. The fund for SMEs has significantly contributed to the development of the venture capital market. Many Korean banks provide substantial lending to SMEs, but this lending is available only because of the Korean government's loan recovery guarantee. Furthermore, SMEs can issue corporate debt in the form of primary collateralized bond obligations through government guarantees, but such debt issuances have placed increasing pressure on public guarantee institutions.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제9권7호
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• pp.101-108
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• 2022

The outbreak of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused serious impacts not only on human health but also on the economies around the world. Enterprises play an important role in the development of every country but it is also one of the most affected sectors during the pandemic. Drawing on panel data of 131 enterprises listed on the Vietnamese stock exchange from 2016Q1 to 2021Q3, this study aims to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on firm performance. Enterprises are classified into seven industries including Agriculture, Material, Industry, Real estate and Construction, Energy, Consumer, and Service. The paper also analyzes the variation of the effects among companies, focusing on differences in revenue and capital structure. The results show that the COVID-19 pandemic negatively affects business performance. In addition, the empirical findings indicate that revenue and debt decreasing can cause deterioration of firm performance during the pandemic period. The decrease in revenue has a direct impact on firm profitability. The reduction of debt levels affects the corporate leverage leading to adverse effects on firm performance. The negative effect is more pronounced for companies in some specific sectors including industry, real estate, construction, consumption, and services.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제9권9호
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• pp.309-316
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• 2022

In 2011, the 4^th industrial revolution officially occurred and developed in most countries. The fourth industrial revolution has given organizations numerous business opportunities, enabling them to optimize their manufacturing processes, cut costs, and thereby improve their operations. The development of enterprises is a decisive factor in increasing national productivity, thereby improving economic growth and per capita income. Therefore, it is necessary to grasp the digital transformation plan and apply science and technology to domestic enterprises and improve the operational efficiency of the economy. Research on small and medium enterprises in Hanoi, Vietnam, which is considered a successful country in economic development and digital transformation and has become a middle-income economy and a highly open economy, the research results suggest that the ability to apply technology in businesses is capable of improving corporate financial performance. The choice of capital structure favoring debt has a negative effect on the financial performance of the enterprise; that is, enterprises in Vietnam should limit the choice of financing investment projects with debt, on the contrary, enterprises should choose to finance with equity. Finally, the study also discusses managerial implications for improving business performance in the context of the rapidly evolving 4.0 technology revolution.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제9권8호
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• pp.99-108
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• 2022

This study aims to examine the influence of capital structure on the business efficiency of joint stock commercial banks listed on the Vietnamese stock market. The article uses data collected from the financial statements of 15 prominent joint-stock commercial banks out of 27 joint-stock commercial banks listed in Vietnam from 2011 to 2021. The research uses E-view software in quantitative analysis to build regression models to determine the relationship and the impact of capital structure factors on the business efficiency of listed joint stock commercial banks. Research results show that ROA is affected by 2 variables of capital structure. It is the sum of customer deposits to total assets and total liabilities to total equity. Total debt to total equity and total customer deposits to total assets both have a negative effect on ROA. For the regression results of ROA with all control variables, the control variables have a positive relationship with the dependent variable. The article has provided recommendations based on the research findings to determine the proper capital structure. Managers must solve the outstanding amount of mobilized capital in previous years, combined with the bad debt handling activities that have arisen.