scholarly journals An Empirical Study on the Relationship between Environmental and Financial Performance : A Case in Korean Manufacturing Sector

2007 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 83-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jong Ho Hong ◽  
안일환
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals IMPACT OF MICROFINANCE LOANS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF SMES: THE CASE OF LEBANON

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 769-779
Author(s):  
Fida Moussa
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The North ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Needy

Microfinance is the arrangement of budgetary administrations to low-income individuals and to SMEs. An empirical study was undertaken to identify the relationship between micro credits from MFIs and the SMEs’ financial performance. Secondary data were collected from 17 SMEs in North Lebanon. Another secondary data were collected from four MFIs in Lebanon concerning the characteristics of their beneficiaries. Data were analyzed using SPSS Ver. 23. The results showed notable relationships between amount of micro loan and the dependent variables, the number of women recipients of credits remains little in Lebanon, the categories of businesses mostly profiting from the MFIs in Lebanon are commerce, service, and trade sectors and the beneficiaries are primarily situated at Mount Lebanon, South, Bekaa, and at the north. The research contributes to the enduring deliberation on the effect of micro loans on the SMEs’ financial performance. It is vital to see how MFIs could add to the monetary advancement of the country, by improving the welfare levels of all the needy individuals. This study can be utilized to provide useful empirical evidence for future research and to raise awareness on this significant matter for SMEs’ managers, MFIs’ managers and clients, and for the analysts.

An Exploratory Examination of Casual Models for Telecommunication Technologies, Organizational Structural Attributes and Organizational Performance in the U.S. Manufacturing Sector

2004 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-116
Author(s):  
Choong Lee
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Structure ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Direct Consequence ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Causal Modeling ◽  
Organization Structures ◽  
Corporate Hierarchy ◽  
The Relationship

In the past decade there have been significant improvements in Telecommunications Technologies (TT). These have had a profound effect on contemporary organizational structures. In attempting to understand this, a few theoretical works have offered a contingent explanation. To extend these research efforts with empirical evidence, our study tested two alternative models to explain the relationship between TT, organization structure, and the organization’s financial performance. Two models tested different scenarios based upon whether structural change leads to more TT use (the organizational imperative view) or vice versa (the technological imperative view. TT penetration, organizational structure (centralization, formalization, complexity, and integration) and organizational performance were examined using a survey of manufacturing organizations. The results of causal modeling show that the relationship between TT and organizational structure is better explained by the technology imperative, which TT leads to change in organizational structure: the more decentralized, more complex and more integrated organizational structures are the consequence of the higher penetration of TT. None of the models supports the notion that improved financial performance is a direct consequence of the link between TT and alternative organization structures. Although recent literature suggest that TT flattens corporate hierarchy, simplifies business structure and processes, and minimizes the use of conventional integrated mechanism, this study found that greater penetration of TT creates a need for more coordination and allows more complex and larger organization structures to evolve.

HOW INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL AFFECTS A FIRM’S PERFORMANCE?

2012 ◽  
Vol 02 (08) ◽  
pp. 24-31
Author(s):  
Chokri ZEHRI ◽  
Asma ABDELBAKI ◽  
Najla BOUABDELLAH
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Stock Market ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The impact of intellectual capital on firm performance is still poorly defined. In this paper, we try to find the relationship between intellectual capital and business performance from the standpoint of financial performance, the marketplace and economics. We conduct a study of the literature on this subject and we announce our research hypotheses. Our empirical study use a sample of 25 companies listed on the stock market in Tunisia. By using a panel’s data we perform the necessary tests for obtaining robust results. The main objective of this study is to determine an exact impact of intellectual capital on the performance of these companies.

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