• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.261-266
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• 2015

기업의 운전자본관리는 단기재무전략관리 차원에서 접근이 가능하며, 이는 기업의 유동성 및 수익성 등에 영향관계가 있음이 실증되고 있다. 따라서 효율적인 운전자본관리는 기업의 수익성을 증대시킬 수 있을 뿐만 아니라, 유동성 또한 개선시킬 수 있게 된다. 해운기업의 경우 글로벌금융위기와 맞물려 수익성과 유동성에 많은 어려움을 겪었음에도 불구, 운전자본관리와 수익성에 대한 연구는 전무한 상태이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 2004년 이후 46개 해운기업을 대상으로 운전자본관리와 수익성과의 관계를 규명함으로써 단기재무전략 수립에 유용한 정보를 제공하고자 하였다. 연구의 결과 기존연구들과 같이 매입채무기간, 재고기간, 현금주기, 영업주기가 해운기업의 수익성 즉, 매출액 총이익률과 매출액영업이익률을 개선할 수 있는 중요한 요인인 것으로 실증되었다. 특히 매입채무신용기간과 영업주기의 증가는 수익성의 증가를 가져오는 것으로 분석된 반면, 재고기간과 현금주기는 부(-)의 관계를 보여 이들이 줄어들 경우 수익성이 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 매출채권기간은 일부 모형에서 유의하였으나, 기존 연구들과는 달리 해운기업의 경우 수익성과의 관계를 설명하기에는 한계가 있는 것으로 나타났다.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.61-69
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• 2021

The aim of this paper is to empirically investigate whether and how domestic currency valuation is related to firm-level export competitiveness and profitability by using the unique firm-specific dataset on Bangladeshi nonfinancial firms which have been listed continuously from 2010 to 2018. To achieve the aim of this paper, 63 exporting firms are extracted from a total of 125 firms which have been continuously listed during 2010-2018 and used as the final sample firms. The Pedroni cointegration test reveals that export and import prices of the exporting firms are cointegrated in the short-run as well as long-run. The panel dynamic ordinary least square (DOLS) analysis finds that a firm's export competitiveness is maintained by high import inputs even in the presence of depreciation of Bangladeshi currency against the US dollar. Finally, the DuPont analysis finds that the depreciated Bangladeshi currency enhances an exporter's profitability. Conclusions based on the findings are consistent regardless of exchange rate types, such as, real bilateral exchange rate and nominal or real effective exchange rate indexes. Consequently, the firm-level findings of this investigation suggest that undervalution of home currency is essential for Bangaldesh which is one of the frontier markets in South Asia whose exporting firms are mostly price followers in global markets.

• 한국건축시공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국건축시공학회 2015년도 춘계 학술논문 발표대회
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• pp.115-116
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• 2015

Recently, most of the construction companies is being degraded due to the overall construction recession profitability. Among them, order quantity of the architectural and engineering firms are trend to decrease except for large companies over a certain size. In particular, small companies are facing more difficulties. This study was conducted expert interview method to extract the main cause of profitability degradation of a small-sized design engineering companies. And, we are proposes a critical influence factors through survey about extracted factors. The results of this study are expect to help the competitiveness of architectural design firm.

• 한국건설관리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국건설관리학회 2003년도 학술대회지
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• pp.88-95
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• 2003

A firm's business composition and the sales volume of each business segment are subject to change depending, to a considerable extent, on the firm's business strategy. These changes were weighted and represented as a single index, referred to by scholars in strategic management and industrial organization research fields as 'firm entropy' then its impact on firms' profitability was assessed over twelve years. The performance differences between contractor and non-contractor firms, as well as focused and diversified firms, were compared through a Longitudinal Data Analysis Technique within a Hierarchical Linear Modeling framework. Hypothesis was formulated based on firm diversification theories and previous research findings. The hypothesis was tested according to the modeling outcomes, and implications are presented. The research findings indicate that the level of firms' long-term profitability supports the argument that the construction industry is highly competitive and mature.

• Asia Marketing Journal
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.1-26
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• 2020

Firms employing hierarchical loyalty programs (HLPs) periodically demote customers from higher to lower status level to divest from unprofitable customers and boost profitability. However, existing literature lacks objective evidence on how customer demotion affects demoted customers' future purchase behaviors and ultimately profitability for the firm. Moreover, customers in the HLP's higher position may respond to customer demotion differently from those in the HLP's lower position. Drawing upon emotions and equity theories, this study quantifies how the profits that customers contribute to the firm change after customer demotion, and compares demoted customers' behavioral reactions from top-tier with those from bottom-tier based on customers' actual behavior data from a major retail bank in South Korea. The findings show that withdrawing customer status actually deteriorates customer profitability, and customers with top-tier status decrease their profitability more dramatically than those with bottom-tier status after demotion. The results contribute to previous literature on customer demotion and relationship marketing, and provide specific guidelines into how firms should design and implement customer demotion in HLPs.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권11호
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• pp.801-808
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• 2020

The purpose of the study is to find the factors that influence the financial leverage of Vietnam firms. The dependent variable is the financial leverage and the independent variables are firm size, asset structure, liquidity, growth opportunities, profitability, and firm age. The data are collected from Vietnam firms' annual financial reports in the period from 2010 to 2019. The study uses a sample of 448 Vietnam listed firms in the period. We also employ a panel regression model with pooled OLS and fixed effect to analyze the firms' financial data. The results of the model showed that financial leverage (FL) has a negative relationship with some factors such as asset structure (AS), liquidity (LQ), growth opportunities (GRW), profitability (ROA), and firm age (AGE) in the fixed effect regression. It means that when liquidity, profitability, and firm age increase, firms' financial leverage will decrease. While firms' financial leverage has still a positive relationship with the firm size (SIZE) in the model. As a result, when firm size increases, financial leverage will increase, too. The results showed that models are fit for the research and can be used to predict future findings. It is also useful for enterprises, financial advisors, investors, as well as the financial managers.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권7호
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• pp.129-137
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• 2021

This paper aims to analyze whether company characteristics are potential determinants of human resource accounting (HRA) disclosure practices by Vietnamese listed companies. It examines the human resource disclosure level of 204 companies by content analysis of these companies' annual reports. The study has relied on a multiple linear regression to test the association between a number of corporate attributes and the extent of human resource disclosure in companies' annual reports. The extent of human resource disclosure was measured using unweighted human resource disclosure index. The explanatory variables considered in this study were firm size, firm age, profitability, leverage, industry profile, and auditor type. The results revealed that the most influential variable for explaining firms' variation in human resource disclosure is firm size followed by firm age and profitability. Thus, it can be concluded that firm size, firm age and profitability are major predictors that may affect the variety of HRA disclosure practices on firms listed in the Vietnam Stock Exchange. However, neither industry profile nor auditor type seems to explain differences in human resource disclosure practices between Vietnamese listed firms, indicating that company's industry profile and auditor type are not a matter for the company to disclose HRA information.

• Asia Marketing Journal
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.1-23
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• 2008

고객만족경영을 통하여 기업이 이윤의 증진을 도모하는 것은 자명한 일이다. 따라서 고객만족과 기업성과와의 직접적인 관계를 밝히는 것은 학술적으로나 실무적으로 매우 중요하다. 고객만족이 기업경영성과에 미치는 영향에 관한 지금까지의 연구에서는 주로 당기의 고객만족이 당기의 기업경영성과에 미치는 현재효과를 분석하였다. 그러나 마케팅활동이 동태적 효과를 갖는다는 연구에 의하면 고객만족이 현재뿐만 아니라 미래의 기업 경영성과에 미치는 동태적 효과의 검증이 필요하다. 만약 이 효과가 존재함에도 불구하고 이를 충분히 측정하지 못한다면 고객만족의 효과는 낮게 평가될 것이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 패널자료분석을 통하여 기업의 수익성과 기업가치에 미치는 고객만족의 동태적 효과를 추정하였다. 연구결과, 고객만족은 기업의 수익성과 기업가치에 긍정적인 영향을 주며, 동태적 효과를 갖는 것으로 분석되었다. 또한 모형 추정결과, 모형의 적합도에서 이유재와 이청림(2006)보다 개선이 이루어 졌다. 한편 고객만족의 과거 항을 2기까지 추가한 비교모형은 추정결과의 해석이 어렵고, 다중공선성 문제가 있는 것으로 분석되었다.

• 한국식품조리과학회지
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• 제23권2호통권98호
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• pp.270-279
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• 2007

The purposes of this study were to analyze the profitability of audited restaurant franchise firms and to investigate the financial variables affecting profitability. This study decomposed profit variation into the three main factors comprising the Du Pont Identity (operating efficiency, asset use efficiency and financial leverage). The operating efficiency of restaurant franchise firms was on the rise until 2004, but dropped dramatically in 2005. Especially, the profit margin dropped from 13.46% in 2004 to 6.54% in 2005. The asset use efficiency has been decreasing since 2003. The total asset turnover ratio, which can be indicative of over-investment, dropped from 1.55 in 2003 to 1.50 in 2005. The financial leverage remained stable after 2002. There were major differences in debt accumulation among the firms, and the current level of debt was thought to be higher in the restaurant industry than in other industries. Based on the results of a multiple regression analysis, we concluded that the factors affecting ROE were the debt-equity ratio, total asset turnover and the size of the firm. The debt-equity ratio and total asset turnover had a significantly positive effect on ROE, while the firm size had a significantly negative effect on ROE. However, the current ratio and sales growth rate were not significant. The finding that firm size and profitability were negatively related implied that restaurant franchise firms should pursue qualitative growth rather than quantitative growth. There was no major difference in profitability between domestic brands and foreign brands. However, the domestic brand was more efficient in terms of asset usage than the foreign brand.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권11호
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• pp.835-842
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• 2020

The study aims to investigate the impact of debt on corporate profitability in the context of Vietnam. The paper investigates the impact of debt on corporate profitability in non-finance listed companies on the Vietnam stock market. The panel data of the research sample includes 118 non-financial listed companies on the Vietnam stock market for a period of nine years, from 2009 to 2017. The Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) is employed to address econometric issues and to improve the accuracy of the regression coefficients. In this research, corporate profitability is measured as the return of EBIT on total assets. The debt ratio is a ratio that indicates the proportion of a company's debt to its total assets. Firm sizes, tangible assets, growth rate, and taxes are control variables in the study. The empirical results show that debt has a statistically significant negative effect on corporate profitability. The result also shows this effect is stronger in a non-linear (concave) way, we show that the debt ratio has nonlinear effects on corporate profitability. From this, experimental evidence shows that the optimal debt ratio is 38.87%. This evidence provides a new insight to managers of the non-finance companies on how to improve the firm's profitability with debt.