scholarly journals Family Firms Amidst the Global Financial Crisis: A Territorial Embeddedness Perspective on Downsizing

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefano Amato ◽  
Alessia Patuelli ◽  
Rodrigo Basco ◽  
Nicola Lattanzi
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Economic Stability ◽  
Hard Times ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThis study explores the downsizing propensity of family and non-family firms by considering their territorial embeddedness during both periods of economic stability and financial crisis. By drawing on a panel dataset of Spanish manufacturing firms for the period 2002–2015, we show that, all things being equal, family firms have a lower propensity to downsizing than non-family firms. When considering the effect of territorial embeddedness, we found that territorially embedded family firms have an even lower propensity to downsizing than their non-family counterparts. Furthermore, the concern of territorially embedded family firms for their employees’ welfare was particularly pronounced during the years of the global financial crisis. This result is explained by the existence of socially proximate relationships with the firms’ immediate surroundings, based on similarity and a sense of belonging, which push deeply rooted family firms to treat their employees as salient stakeholders during hard times. Overall, our study stresses the importance of local roots in moderating the relationship between family firms and downsizing.

scholarly journals Sugar Prices vs. Financial Market Uncertainty in the Time of Crisis: Does COVID-19 Induce Structural Changes in the Relationship?

Agriculture ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 93
Author(s):  
Pavel Kotyza ◽  
Katarzyna Czech ◽  
Michał Wielechowski ◽  
Luboš Smutka ◽  
Petr Procházka
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Stock Market ◽  
Financial Market ◽  
Structural Breaks ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Market Uncertainty ◽  
Volatility Index ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis ◽  
The Relationship

Securitization of the agricultural commodity market has accelerated since the beginning of the 21st century, particularly in the times of financial market uncertainty and crisis. Sugar belongs to the group of important agricultural commodities. The global financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a substantial increase in the stock market volatility. Moreover, the novel coronavirus hit both the sugar market’s supply and demand side, resulting in sugar stock changes. The paper aims to assess potential structural changes in the relationship between sugar prices and the financial market uncertainty in a crisis time. In more detail, using sequential Bai–Perron tests for structural breaks, we check whether the global financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic have induced structural breaks in that relationship. Sugar prices are represented by the S&P GSCI Sugar Index, while the S&P 500 option-implied volatility index (VIX) is used to show stock market uncertainty. To investigate the changes in the relationship between sugar prices and stock market uncertainty, a regression model with a sequential Bai–Perron test for structural breaks is applied for the daily data from 2000–2020. We reveal the existence of two structural breaks in the analysed relationship. The first breakpoint was linked to the global financial crisis outbreak, and the second occurred in December 2011. Surprisingly, the COVID-19 pandemic has not induced the statistically significant structural change. Based on the regression model with Bai–Perron structural changes, we show that from 2000 until the beginning of the global financial crisis, the relationship between the sugar prices and the financial market uncertainty was insignificant. The global financial crisis led to a structural change in the relationship. Since August 2008, we observe a significant and negative relationship between the S&P GSCI Sugar Index and the S&P 500 option-implied volatility index (VIX). Sensitivity analysis conducted for the different financial market uncertainty measures, i.e., the S&P 500 Realized Volatility Index confirms our findings.

Global financial crisis, ownership structure and firm financial performance

2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 447-465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Salman Saleh ◽  
Enver Halili ◽  
Rami Zeitun ◽  
Ruhul Salim
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Ownership Concentration ◽  
Financial Leverage ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Crisis Period ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the financial performance of listed firms on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) over two sample periods (1998-2007 and 2008-2010) before and during the global financial crisis periods. Design/methodology/approach The generalized method of moments (GMM) has been used to examine the relationship between family ownership and a firm’s performance during the financial crisis period, reflecting on the higher risk exposure associated with capital markets. Findings Applying firm-based measures of financial performance (ROA and ROE), the empirical results show that family firms with ownership concentration performed better than nonfamily firms with dispersed ownership structures. The results also show that ownership concentration has a positive and significant impact on family- and nonfamily-owned firms during the crisis period. In addition, financial leverage had a positive and significant effect on the performance of Australian family-owned firms during both periods. However, if the impact of the crisis by sector is taking into account, the financial leverage only becomes significant for the nonmining family firms during the pre-crisis period. The results also reveal that family businesses are risk-averse business organizations. These findings are consistent with the underlying economic theories. Originality/value This paper contributes to the debate whether the ownership structure affects firms’ financial performance such as ROE and ROA during the global financial crisis by investigating family and nonfamily firms listed on the Australian capital market. It also identifies several influential drivers of financial performance in both normal and crisis periods. Given the paucity of studies in the area of family business, the empirical results of this research provide useful information for researchers, practitioners and investors, who are operating in capital markets for family and nonfamily businesses.

Family Firms’ and Non-Family Firms’ FDI Before and After the Global Financial Crisis

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (1) ◽  
pp. 15024
Author(s):  
Sebastian Fourne ◽  
Miriam Zschoche ◽  
Reddi R. Kotha ◽  
Christian Schwens
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis

scholarly journals The Relationship between Credit Volume and Current Account Deficit: A Dynamic Analysis for Turkey

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Pinar Karahan ◽  
Nilgun Caglarirmak Uslu
Keyword(s):  
Kalman Filter ◽  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Current Account ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Current Account Deficit ◽  
Filter Method ◽  
Kalman Filter Method ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Bound Test ◽  
The Relationship

One of Turkey’s most important macroeconomic problems is persistent current account deficit. Credit volume has been shown as one of the basic determinants of current account rate, especially after the global financial crisis in Turkish economy. The Central Bank of Turkey has begun to implement the policy to ensure financial stability by slowing down credit volume in response to current account deficit affected by rapid credit expansion after the global financial crisis of 2008. In this study, we investigated the relationship between credit volume and current account deficit covering the period of 2005:Q1- 2015:Q3 employing Bound test approach, ARDL model and Kalman filter method. Bound test results suggest the existence of co-integration relationship between current account deficit and credit volume.  ARDL model results indicate that the credit volume is statistical significant and positively affects current account deficit in the short and long run. The results show that a 1 % increase in credit volume leads to nearly a 0.62 % increase in current account deficit. Kalman Filter method results indicate that the effect of credit volume on current account deficit increased after global financial crisis and started to decrease after 2013. 

BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CRISIS RESEARCH

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-28
Author(s):  
CHIEN-LUNG HSU ◽  
CHUN-HAO CHIANG
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Financial Crises ◽  
Financial Risk ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Market Risk ◽  
Prudential Supervision ◽  
Occurrence Data ◽  
Lehman Brothers ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis ◽  
The Relationship

The global financial crisis that followed Lehman Brothers’ declaration of bankruptcy in September 2008 critically highlighted the significance of research on systemic risk and macro-prudential supervision. Accordingly, this paper mainly analyzed the relationship between financial crises and the article output in financial crisis research through the application of bibliometrics. The occurrence of a financial crisis leads to changes in the output of articles on crisis and risks. Hence, we focused on bibliographic coupling (e.g., co-authorship, co-occurrence), data classification by risk type in this study (e.g., market risk, credit risk) and citation analysis (e.g., top 1% cited paper). Meanwhile, the analysis indicated the most relevant disciplines in financial crisis research. For example, the number of top 1% cited articles and citations, MARKET RISK documents and citations published the most papers. In other words, the market risk is valued in the financial risk literature.

Impact of Microfinance on Poverty in the Context of Global Financial Crisis

2019 ◽  
pp. 1317-1333
Author(s):  
Arindam Laha
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Financial Crisis ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Poor Households ◽  
Head Count ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The microfinance programme in the South Asia region has proven to be resilient to the shocks of global financial crisis. In fact, cross country experiences in South Asia reveal little impact of the global financial crisis on the penetration of the microfinance programmes to poor households. To explore the impact of microfinance on poverty in the backdrop of global financial crisis, an attempt has been made in this present study to examine the relationship between MFI's gross portfolio per active borrower and the measures of poverty. Empirical evidences based on Pooled Regression Analysis suggest that gross portfolio per active borrower is negatively and significantly associated with the poverty head count ratio or poverty gap measure, which is consistent with the author's hypothesis that micro loans reduce poverty. The poverty alleviation role of microfinance in South Asian countries is not changing its dynamics even in post-crisis scenario.

Investigating the Economic Vulnerability Factors of Emerging Markets After the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 With a Hybrid Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Approach

2018 ◽  
pp. 2114-2134
Author(s):  
Hasan Dinçer ◽  
Ümit Hacıoğlu
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Emerging Markets ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Multi Criteria Decision Making ◽  
Vulnerability Factors ◽  
Economic Vulnerability ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis ◽  
The Relationship

The latest global financial crisis and its effects on emerging economies engaged researchers' attention to the relationship between economic vulnerability factors and financial crisis. Especially, infrastructure and growth-based factors directly impact on the economic vulnerability of emerging economies. In this study, it is aimed to investigate the economic vulnerability factors indicating the infrastructure and growth of emerging markets after the global financial crisis of 2008 with a hybrid multi criteria decision making approach. To clarify the relationship between the subjective causality structures of the real world problems DEMATEL and PROMETHEE techniques have been employed in the hybrid model. The results illustrate that (1) Nigeria has the highest degree of the economic vulnerability in each year after the global financial crisis, and (2) Mexico for 2009, Turkey for 2012, and Korea for 2015 have the lowest degree of exogenous economic and environmental shocks among the selected emerging markets.

Impact of Microfinance on Poverty in the Context of Global Financial Crisis

2015 ◽  
pp. 399-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arindam Laha
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Financial Crisis ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Poor Households ◽  
Head Count ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The microfinance programme in the South Asia region has proven to be resilient to the shocks of global financial crisis. In fact, cross country experiences in South Asia reveal little impact of the global financial crisis on the penetration of the microfinance programmes to poor households. To explore the impact of microfinance on poverty in the backdrop of global financial crisis, an attempt has been made in this present study to examine the relationship between MFI's gross portfolio per active borrower and the measures of poverty. Empirical evidences based on Pooled Regression Analysis suggest that gross portfolio per active borrower is negatively and significantly associated with the poverty head count ratio or poverty gap measure, which is consistent with the author's hypothesis that micro loans reduce poverty. The poverty alleviation role of microfinance in South Asian countries is not changing its dynamics even in post-crisis scenario.

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