Managerial Finance: Volume 47 Issue 8

Minority shareholder treatment surrounding the Dell MBO

Timothy A. Kruse

This paper is a clinical examination of the October 2013 Management Buyout of Dell Inc. by founder Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners for a total consideration of $13.88 per…

Intellectual capital and bank performance in Vietnam

Duc Hong Vo, Ngoc Phu Tran

For the past two decades, intellectual capital has played an increasingly important role in firm performance around the world. However, the importance of intellectual capital in…

An empirical investigation on the impact of capital structure on firm performance: evidence from Malaysia

Muhammad Ayaz, Shafie Mohamed Zabri, Kamilah Ahmad

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationships between leverage and firm’s performance in Malaysia by framing the relationship under the tradeoff theory and agency cost…

Credit card payments: do cultural values matter? Evidence from the European Union

Delia Cornea

This study analyzes how cultural and social values shape specific attitudes toward credit cards and indebtedness and consumption behavior.

The inter-relationships among liquidity creation, bank capital and credit risk: evidence from emerging Asia–Pacific economies

Tu D.Q. Le, Xuan T.T. Pham

This study investigates the inter-relationships among liquidity creation, bank capital and credit risk in selected emerging economies between 2012 and 2016.

Financial distress, corporate takeovers and the distress anomaly

Steven E. Kozlowski, Michael R. Puleo

This paper examines the relation between takeover likelihood and the documented underperformance of distressed company stocks while exploring two competing hypotheses. The failure…

Forestry insurance preference among tree growers in the Ashanti Region of Ghana: a tobit and multi-nomial regression approach

Nicholas Oppong Mensah, Jacqueline Joyce Twintoh, Ernest Christlieb Amrago, Anthony Donkor, Samuel Afotey Anang

The study analyses the preference for forestry insurance amongst tree growers in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Specifically, the authors examine the factors influencing the amount…

Risk, efficiency and capital in a dual banking industry: evidence from GCC banks

Mohammad Alsharif

This study aims to extend the literature by simultaneously investigating the relationship between risk, efficiency and capital in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) dual banking…