International Journal of Managerial Finance: Volume 17 Issue 1

How multiple large shareholders affect bank profitability under the dispersion and the coalition hypotheses? An insight from the MENA region

Rim Boussaada, Abdelaziz Hakimi

The aim of this paper is to examine whether multiple large shareholders and their interactions affect bank profitability in the MENA region.

Social media visibility, investor diversity and trading consensus

Rajib Hasan, Weiwei Wang

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of Facebook users' responses to corporate Facebook posts on investor diversity and trading consensus.

Market response towards different types of politically connected firms during political events: evidence from Malaysia

Wai-Yan Wong, Chee-Wooi Hooy

This paper investigates the market responses towards four types of politically connected (PCON) firms during two political events – general election and change of leader in…

Proprietary information and the cost of bank debt

HyunJun Na

This study explores how the firm’s proprietary information has an impact on the bank loan contracts. It explains the propensity of using the competitive bid option (CBO) in the…

Employee performance and corporate cash holdings

Ryan Flugum, Joel Harper, Li Sun

This paper aims to examine the effect employee performance has on subsequent corporate cash holdings.

Inadequately educated workforce and financing obstacles: international evidence from SMEs in developing countries

Imad Jabbouri, Omar Farooq

This paper aims to document the impact of inadequately educated workforce on the extent of financing obstacles experienced by firms.

Financial performance and safety in the aviation industry

Pedram Fardnia, Thomas Kaspereit, Thomas Walker, Sizhe Xu

This paper investigates whether financial factors, which are presumed to influence an airline's maintenance, purchasing, and training policies, are associated with the air…

Do minority shareholders benefit from parent-subsidiary mergers?

Hardjo Koerniadi, Alireza Tourani-Rad

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the operating and stock performance of subsidiaries prior to a parent–subsidiary merger and examine whether minority shareholders…