Debt policy and performance of SMEs; Evidence from Ghanaian and South African Firms

By J. Abor. 2007

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Capital Structure, Profitability and Firm Value: Panel Evidence of Listed Firms in Kenya (2014, neutral): “Contrarily, country-specific studies in Africa appear to consistently report a negative relationship between capital structure and firm value (Abor (2005) for Ghana, Abor (2007) for South Africa and Ghana, Amidu (2007) for Ghana, and Onaolapo and Kajola (2010) for Nigeria).”
Moderating effects of corporate governance mechanism on the relation between capital structure and firm performance (2021, background): “, 2011), on the other hand it shows negative results (Arbor, 2007; Chinaemerem & Anthony, 2012).”
A conceptual framework for identifying financing preferences of SMEs (2015, background): “Only few reports provide evidence on the trade-off theory (Yartey, 2011; Zhang, 2010) and agency cost theory (Abor, 2007a; Kyereboah-Coleman, 2007; Lappalainen & Niskanen, 2012).”
Capital Structure Effect on Firms Performance: Focusing on Consumers and Industrials Sectors on Malaysian Firms (2012, methodology): “Following Abor (2005), Kyereboah and Coleman (2007), and Abor (2007) short -term debt is calculated as “short term debt divided by total capital”.”