scholarly journals Relationship lending and the use of trade credit: the role of relational capital and private information

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierluigi Murro ◽  
Valentina Peruzzi
Keyword(s):  
Private Information ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Trade Credit ◽  
Banking Regulation ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Soft Information ◽  
Relational Capital ◽  
Relationship Lending ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Italian Manufacturing Firms

AbstractUsing a unique sample of Italian manufacturing firms, we investigate the impact of relationship lending on firms’ use of trade credit. We find that firms maintaining close and long-lasting relationships with their main banks are associated with higher amounts of trade credit extended by suppliers. This result is robust to alternative measures of trade credit and relationship lending, and to different estimation techniques. We also analyze the mechanisms driving the association between relationship lending and the use of trade credit. Regression results suggest that the positive link between accounts payable and relationship lending is especially significant for firms that use to provide soft information to their lenders and for companies with greater relational abilities.Plain English Summary The existence of close and long lasting lending relationships positively affects the amount of trade credit manufacturing firms receive from their suppliers. By relying on the Survey on Italian Manufacturing Firms, we show that the positive link between relationship lending and the use of trade credit is driven by two channels: private information and relational capital. In a policy perspective, our findings reveal a need for banking regulation and supervision to encompass banking business models in evaluating banks. The current approach might not be suitable for local banks investing in soft information acquisition and could weaken SMEs’ chances to receive both bank financing and trade credit from suppliers. Moreover, from a managerial point of view, our results uncover the relevance of firms’ ability to create strong relationships with banks, suppliers, and other companies that may help alleviating financial constraints.

scholarly journals Navigating disruptive crises through service-led growth: The impact of COVID-19 on Italian manufacturing firms

2020 ◽  
Vol 88 ◽  
pp. 225-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario Rapaccini ◽  
Nicola Saccani ◽  
Christian Kowalkowski ◽  
Marco Paiola ◽  
Federico Adrodegari
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Italian Manufacturing Firms

scholarly journals Green Intellectual Capital and Firm Competitive Advantage: Evidence from Malaysian Manufacturing Firms

2019 ◽  
pp. 463-471
Author(s):  
Naimah Ahmad Yahya ◽  
Roshayani Arshad ◽  
Amrizah Kamaluddin ◽  
Rahayu Abdul Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Relational Capital ◽  
Organizational Capital ◽  
Green Innovation ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Innovation Capital

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between green intellectual capital and firms’ competitive advantage in Malaysia. More specifically this study examines the impact of four dimensions of green intellectual capital; green human capital, green innovation capital, green organisational capital and green relational capital on firms’ competitive advantage. Using survey as a method to collect data from 224 managers of manufacturing firms in Malaysia, the result shows that green intellectual capital and its dimensions, specifically the green innovation capital, green organizational capital and green relational capital have significant and positive relationship with firms’ competitive advantage. Overall, the findings highlight the importance of green intellectual capital as a valuable business resource which in turn enhances firm performance and competitiveness.

scholarly journals Credit Redistribution by Listed Manufacturing Firms in Pakistan and the Moderating Role of Financial Depth

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Nisar Ahmad ◽  
Bilal Nafees ◽  
Abdul Rasheed
Keyword(s):  
Trade Credit ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Financial Depth ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Moderating Role

An enhancement in the financial depth (FD) increases the availability of formal credit to firms. Resultantly credit redistribution (CR) by firms is likely to be reduced as they require less trade credit (TC). To provide evidence, how do managers respond to changes in financial depth while making adjustments in their trade credit policy, this paper aims to study the impact of financial depth on credit redistribution by listed manufacturing firms (LMFs). For the firm-level variables, we used a data set of 327 firms listed on PSX for the period 2005 to 2018. Private credit to GDP ratio and market capitalization to GDP ratio are used as proxies for financial depth. Unlike earlier studies, we applied a two-step System GMM estimator to control the endogeneity. The results of the regression analysis display a positive relationship between the use and the supply of trade credit by LMFs. It reveals that LMFs redistribute credit to their customers through trade credit channel. We found a significant and negative impact of FD on the supply of TC by LMFs. Further, we established that financial depth as a moderator has a buffering impact on the credit redistribution by listed firms. The study highlights the moderating role of FD and suggests the financial policymakers of firms to modify their credit policies in response to changes in financial depth. For future research, we suggest the investigation of the effect of financial policy interventions on credit redistribution by small and non-listed firms.

scholarly journals Impact of Banking Competition on the Use of Soft Information

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-146
Author(s):  
Jérémie Bertrand ◽  
Jean-Christophe Statnik
Keyword(s):  
Soft Information ◽  
Relationship Banking ◽  
Relationship Lending ◽  
Loan Pricing ◽  
Banking Competition ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Lending Technologies

Over the past 20 years, scholars have discussed the impact of banking competition on the choice between transactional and relationship lending technologies extensively, but no resolution has emerged. To address these questions, this article uses a new measure of relationship lending that accounts for the actual level of soft information that banks use in their loan pricing. With this new measure, the analysis reveals that banks prefer to implement relationship lending technology when competition is weak. In addition and in accordance with extant theoretical conclusions, the shape of the relationship between competition and relationship banking is nonlinear and concave.

scholarly journals The effectiveness of R&D support in Italy. Some evidence from matching methods

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 7-15
Author(s):  
Francesco Aiello
Keyword(s):  
Public Support ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Matching Method ◽  
Matching Methods ◽  
Innovative Products ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Italian Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Objective Variable

In this study several matching procedures have been used to evaluate the impact of public R&D support received by Italian manufacturing firms over the three-year period 2004-2006. Data are from the Capitalia-UniCredit survey and estimations refer to a sample of 605 treated firms (untreated are 2414). The evidence is mixed and depends on the objective-variable under consideration. As far as the total amount of R&D investments is concerned, the role of public support to innovation is positive and significant, while no impact has been found when considering the R&D intensity and the share of sales due to innovative-products. These differences in results are quite regular, whatever the matching method applied in the evaluation.

The implication of banking regulation on bank business model: evidence from the ASEAN countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 580-603
Author(s):  
Oktofa Yudha Sudrajad
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
Banking Regulation ◽  
Basel Ii ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Asean Member ◽  
Bank Business Models ◽  
Banking Business ◽  
Asean Countries ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine to what extent is the impact of Basel II adoption on bank business models in the emerging market of selected ASEAN member states. Design/methodology/approach To evaluate the impact of the Basel II regulation on banking business models, a difference-in-differences estimation approach is used. This study defines bank business models using diversification index of a modified Herfindahl–Hirschman Index. Findings The findings suggest that the Basel II framework only affects banks’ income diversification, while there is no evidence that it leads to funding and asset diversification. Under the Basel II accord, banks have adjusted their business models by diversifying their sources of income to avoid the obligation for keeping more capital; in contrast, a less developed financial market structure and a dependency on customer deposits are creating difficulties for banks in diversifying their funding and asset structure. Research limitations/implications The banking sample are taken only from ASEAN countries. Practical implications The findings provide important implication on the regulatory perspective, which is the implementation of Basel II framework induces higher intensity for the use of non-interest income activities. Including in these activities are trading and derivatives. Accordingly, the financial authorities should take with care the use of trading and derivatives products in the banking industry which is already embedded in current Basel framework, the Basel III Accord. Originality/value The paper provides direct evidence on the impact of Basel II on bank business models in the emerging markets of ASEAN banking sectors.

scholarly journals The Impact of Trade Credit Investment on Manufacturing Firms' Profitability: Evidence from Vietnam

2020 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 775-796
Author(s):  
Duong Phuong Thao Pham ◽  
Thi Cam Ha Huynh
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
Least Squares ◽  
Random Effects ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Trade Credit ◽  
Generalized Least Squares ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Return On Assets ◽  
The Impact

The aim of this study is to examine the effect that trade credit investment has on firms' profitability. The characteristics of this relationship have not been dealt with in depth for manufacturing firms. We use panel data for a total of 227 Vietnamese publicly listed manufacturing firms for the period 2005–2017. Different econometric estimation techniques such as the feasible generalized least squares, fixed effects and random effects and different calculation of firm performance such as non market-based measure (return on assets) and market-based measure (Tobin's q) are employed to validate the consistent results. The robust results confirm a statistically significant inverted U-shaped relationship between trade credit investment and profitability.

The Effect of Taxation and Corruption on Firm Growth: An Empirical Investigation for Vietnam

2016 ◽  
pp. 5-29
Author(s):  
Bich Le Thi Ngoc
Keyword(s):  
International Development ◽  
Firm Growth ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Economic Management ◽  
Tax Rate ◽  
Percentage Point Increase ◽  
Percentage Points ◽  
Point Increase ◽  
The Impact

The aim of this study is to analyze empirically the impact of taxation and corruption on the growth of manufacturing firms in Vietnam. The study employed pooled OLS estimation and then instrument variables with fixed effect for the panel data of 1377 firms in Vietnam from 2005 to 2011. These data were obtained from the survey of the Central Institute for Economic Management and the Danish International Development Agency. The results show that both taxation and corruption are negatively associated with firm growth measured by firm sales adjusted according to the GDP deflator. A one-percentage point increase in the bribery rate is linked with a reduction of 16,883 percentage points in firm revenue, over four and a half times bigger than the effect of a one-percentage point increase in the tax rate. From the findings of this research, the author recommends the Vietnam government to lessen taxation on firms and that there should be an urgent revolution in anti-corruption policies as well as bureaucratic improvement in Vietnam.

Influence of social networks on business processes’ development

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (12) ◽  
pp. 2225-2252
Author(s):  
E.V. Popov ◽  
V.L. Simonova ◽  
O.V. Komarova ◽  
S.S. Kaigorodova
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Sales Channels ◽  
A Value ◽  
The Impact

Subject. The emergence of new ways of interaction between sellers and buyers, the formation of new sales channels and product promotion based on the use of digital economy tools is at the heart of improving the business processes. Social networks became a tool for development; their rapid growth necessitates theoretical understanding and identification of potential application in enterprise's business process digitalization. Objectives. We explore the role of social media in the digitalization of business processes, systematize the impact of social networks on business processes of enterprises in the digital economy. Methods. The theoretical and methodological analysis of social networks as a tool for digitalization of company's business processes rests on the content analysis of domestic and foreign scientific studies, comparison, generalization and systematization. Results. We highlight the key effects of the impact of social networks on the business processes of the company; show that the digitalization of business processes should be considered in the context of a value-based approach, aimed at creating a value through the algorithmization of company operations. We determine that social networks are one of the most important tools for digitalization of company's business processes, as they have a high organizational and management potential. We also systematize the effects of social media on company's business processes. Conclusions. We present theoretical provisions of the impact of social networks on business processes of enterprises, which will enable to model and organize ideas about the development of digital ecosystems and the formation of business models.

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