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Firm Size, Age and Growth in South Africa
The relationship between a firm’s size, age and proportional growth rate is examined using multiple samples of South African firm-level data from the early to mid-2000s. The foundation of this study is Gibrat’s Law of Proportionate Effect (Gibrat, 1931), which states that a firm’s proportional …
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The Firm Size Effect: An Application of Hierarchy Theories
In this thesis the positive relationship between firm size and wages is investigated through the application of hierarchy theories. Many different explanations have been proposed for this relationship, but have met only limited success at best. The strongest finding to date is that unobserved …
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Firm Size, Industry Structure, and Pecuniary Economies of Scale
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The impact of firm size and industry on capital structure decisions
This paper investigates the impact of firm size and industry on the capital structure of listed South African firms. It uses data obtained from firms listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and tests trade-off theory and pecking order theory for firms of various sizes, firms in different …
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Banki működési kockázat és intézményméret = Operational risk of banks and firm size
… between gross income-based institution size and the total operational risk losses incurred in a given period is significant in the Hungarian banking sector as well, the relationship between the institution size and the frequency parameter can be regarded as strong, and that with the loss …
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Firm-size and wages: a case study of the manufacturing sector in Zimbabwe
… the mainstream literature that workers in large firms earn higher wages than those in smaller firms. This phenomenon is recognised as an important puzzle that explains wage disparities in labour markets. This thesis analyses the link between firm size and wages in the Zimbabwean manufacturing …
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The economics of firm size, market structure and the market for political influence
… sector is distributed disproportionately among firms in a manner which favors large economic units. The factors which are likely to be sources of variation in the market for political influence faced by economic units of different sizes are isolated and studied. Relying upon pre-existing …
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The moderating effect of firm size on corporate governance practices with firm’s capital structure
… credit performance and lack of control. Clearly, firms are unable to face the unexpected changes in economic and fail to generate profit for the companies. In public-listed companies, shareholders are considered as the owner of the firm and it is important for the managers to work in the benefit …
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The Nonlinear Behavior of Stock Prices: The Impact of Firm Size, Seasonality, and Trading Frequency
… of nonlinear behavior for the different-sized portfolios. Large-cap stocks exhibit the highest level and greatest incidence of nonlinear behavior, followed by mid-cap stocks, and then small-cap stocks. These differences are most pronounced at the beginning of decade and remain significant …
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A study of regulatory goals and controls: firm size in the savings and loan industry
Firm size, in and of itself, is hardly a "goal" of the regulators. Indeed, the growth of very large firms, and the increase in market concentration that accompanies it, will add to the debate over the adequacy of the regulator's management of the industry. It must be demonstrable that very large …
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Eco Innovation and Firm Performance in OECD Countries: Moderating Effects of Firm Age and Firm Size
… for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) firms, focusing on the boundary conditions shaping the EI-firm performance (FP) link. Although the Porter Hypothesis (PH) predicts a “win‑win” competitiveness gain from EI, evidence remains mixed. Using 158,880 OECD firm‑year observations …
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The impact of firm size and industry on director dealing profitability: evidence from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange
… by directors purchasing or selling their own firms' shares, and thereafter the semi-strong form of the Efficient Market Hypothesis by investigating the occurrence of abnormal returns earned by outsiders mimicking these director transactions once they are publically announced (which has to be …
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The relationship between firm size and exports in the context of merger review in South Africa : is the international competitiveness public interest clause of the Competition Act valid
… allows mergers to be passed should the merged firm become more able to compete in international markets. This paper interprets the clause to refer to a relationship between firm size and exports, and investigates this supposed relationship and, in so doing, the validity of the clause. It is …
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A study of relationships between organizational characteristics and QR adoption in the U.S. apparel industry
… characteristics, as independent variables, were: firm size (Le., numbers of employees, dollar amounts of sales volume), organizational strategy (i.e., prospector, analyzer, reactor, defender), product characteristics (i.e., product category, fashion change, seasonal change), and perception of QR …
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Agricultural change and farmworker living standards in post-apartheid South Africa
… in the industry has extended to growing firm size and in-turn, whether farmworkers in larger firms earn higher wages than those in small firms. An analysis of the firm-size earnings relationship using long run labour survey data is discussed in the context of current debates on agrarian …
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Essays on Empirical Labor Economics
… work. The first one investigates the effect of firm size on wages using quantile regression. Empirical evidence shows that larger firms pay higher wages than smaller ones. This wage premium is called the firm size wage effect. In this study, I use the quantile regression approach to investigate …
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Three essays on the influence of information technology on the organization of firms
… and will continue to affect the organization of firms: -- IT and Firm Size The anecdotal evidence on changes in firm size is mixed. While! spin-offs and downsizing suggest a trend towards smaller firms, the recent wave of mergers points to a trend towards larger firm. The paper analyzes US …
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An empirical investigation of the cash flow predictability of historical cost, general price level, and replacement cost income models
… additionally, to consider possible industry and firm-size effects on the ability to predict cash flow from alternative incomes. A data base was compiled from COMPUSTAT tapes (historical cost), the Parker model restatement procedures (general price-level) and the Easman data base that used the …
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