• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권9호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2020

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between diversification and the performance of commercial banks, while taking into account the ownership status of these banks in Sri Lanka. Two-way relationship between diversification and performance was scrutinised by employing the 2SLS regression technique. The data consists of 17 registered commercial bank in Sri Lanka between 2001-2016. The results show a strong significant bidirectional relationship exists between diversification and bank performance. The performance of Sri Lankan banks has been significantly improved by their diversification attempts. In other words, the banks whose incomes are more diversified from various sources, they are more profitable and successful in long-term. On the other hands, the results also reveal that bank performance positively and significantly affects diversification. This finding suggests that the banks with great profitability are more capable in diversify their operations. Furthermore, private sector banks, both listed and unlisted, are significantly more diversified than their government-owned counterparts, but their performance is not necessarily superior to government-owned banks. This may be the result of the economic environment and the perception of the public, which have allowed the government-owned banks to entertain significant market power over the private sector banks in the country.

• 한국철도학회논문집
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.74-83
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• 2007

Japanese railroad companies continued growing by developing diversification based on the railroad enterprise. However, the diversification strategy of railroad companies reached the management limit in the 1990s. Under the long-term economic depression, Aging and a decrease in the birthrate progressed and passenger transport changed to the downward tendency. Nevertheless, since railroad investment was expanded, business results worsen and price competitiveness with JR East became weak. Futhermore, the business results of a diversification enterprise were bad compared with it of a railroad enterprise. Therefore, group management was thought as important and structural reform was carried out resolutely.

• 한국건설관리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국건설관리학회 2003년도 학술대회지
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• pp.88-95
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• 2003

A firm's business composition and the sales volume of each business segment are subject to change depending, to a considerable extent, on the firm's business strategy. These changes were weighted and represented as a single index, referred to by scholars in strategic management and industrial organization research fields as 'firm entropy' then its impact on firms' profitability was assessed over twelve years. The performance differences between contractor and non-contractor firms, as well as focused and diversified firms, were compared through a Longitudinal Data Analysis Technique within a Hierarchical Linear Modeling framework. Hypothesis was formulated based on firm diversification theories and previous research findings. The hypothesis was tested according to the modeling outcomes, and implications are presented. The research findings indicate that the level of firms' long-term profitability supports the argument that the construction industry is highly competitive and mature.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2021

UAE has rapidly developed into one of the leading global financial hubs, with significant transformations in its stock exchanges. In its attempt at economic diversification in the last two decades, the country has also taken a lead in the GCC region in introducing extensive reforms to attract FDI to the Emirates. However, oil price volatilities have posed a significant challenge to all oil-exporting countries. The main aim of this study is to explore the impact of economic diversification and oil price on the UAE stock market. The study applies Granger Causality and Vector Autoregressive Model on monthly Abu Dhabi stock exchange index, Dubai Fateh crude oil spot price, and FDI inflows during 2001-19. The short-term interbank rate has been included as a monetary policy variable. The results show a substantial difference between the two phases of reforms. Oil price and Abu Dhabi stock index show bidirectional relationship during 2001-09 but no causality was found during 2010-19. Furthermore, the second phase was characterized by unidirectional causation from FDI to ADX index. This study highlights FDI inflows as a key driver of stock market performance during the last decade and emphasizes the success of the intense reforms in the UAE initiated for the diversification of its economy.

• 동아시아경상학회지
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.1-15
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• 2018

Purpose - This study investigates the effect of MNEs' characteristics on the use of foreign currency denominated debt in the context of Korean firms. This study examines the relationship between MNEs and the use of foreign debt focusing on the accessibility to the capital market in addition to the motive of hedging against foreign exchange exposure. Research design and methodology - Probit estimation is employed for estimating significant factors in determination of the use of foreign debt by firms. The dependent variable is a dummy variable to indicate whether a firm uses foreign debt or not at the end of 2004. Independent variables include foreign subsidiaries ratio, export to sale, R&D expenditure to sale, and credit rating. Results - The results show that the interaction between the level of internationalization represented by intra-regional diversification and the strategic characteristics embedded in the region of entry affects the use of foreign debt. In case of a high level of diversification within the developing region with a strong pursuit of asset exploitation, MNEs are more likely to use foreign debt, whereas a high level of diversification within the developed region with a strong pursuit of asset seeking, MNEs are less likely to use foreign debt. Conclusions - The differences between MNEs in terms of intra-regional diversification, strategic orientation, and the accessibility to capital markets as well as the hedging motive affect the use of foreign debt.

• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.77-82
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• 2019

본 연구는 저축은행의 소유집중도와 사업다각화 간의 관계를 분석하고자 함이 목적이다. 패널데이터를 이용하여 저축은행의 소유집중도와 사업다각화의 관계를 분석한 것은 기존연구와의 차별성이라 할 수 있다. 분석기간은 2014년부터 2018년까지이며, 79개 저축은행을 대상으로 반기 재무자료를 이용하였다. 연구모형은 자기상관 문제를 고려한 확률효과 GLS(Random effects Generalized Linear Square)모형을 이용하여 분석하였다. 분석결과, 저축은행의 지배주주지분율과 사업다각화의 관계는 유의한 양(+)의 값을 가지는 것으로 추정되었다. 즉 지배주주지분율이 증가할수록 사업다각화를 대리하는 변수인 비이자수익률이 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 이는 위험회피가설을 지지하는 결과이며, 지배주주지분율이 높을수록 사업다각화를 통해 자신의 자산위험과 고용위험을 축소시키기 위해 적극적인 다각화 전략을 추진하는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제12권8호
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• pp.207-214
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• 2021

기존의 연구에서 기업의 다각화 정도가 클수록 기업가치가 하락한다는 다각화 할인 현상이 발생한다는 일관된 결과를 제시하고 있다. 그런데도 기업들이 지속해서 다각화를 추진하는 요소로 대리인 이론으로 설명된다. 그리고 대리인 문제를 해소하기 위해서는 효율적인 지배구조를 형성하는 것이 중요하다. 하지만 기존의 연구들은 주로 경영지분율 등을 중심으로 이루어져 왔고 이사회를 구성하는 개인에 대한 고려가 부족하다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 문제점들을 해결하기 위하여 이사들의 겸임 정보를 통하여 이들의 겸임이 이사회의 모니터링 효과에 어떠한 영향을 이를 통해 다각화에 어떠한 영향을 끼치는지 연구하고자 한다. 이를 위하여 2011년부터 2016년까지 6년간 유가증권시장에 기업을 대상으로 연구를 진행하였다. 분석 결과, 경영자와 사내이사 겸임의 경우 양(+)의 영향을 미치기는 하였으나 유의성은 확인할 수 없었다. 사외이사 겸임의 경우 다각화에 유의한 양(+)의 결과를 확인하였다.

• 벤처창업연구
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.75-89
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• 2019

중소기업의 경우 최소인원으로 핵심기능만을 조직화한 창업이 늘어나고, 핵심기능에 집중하는 책임경영 체제가 강조되면서 기업의 혁신행동과 생존전략에 대한 관심이 더욱 커지고 있다. 그러나 중소기업의 경우 자본과 전문인력의 부족으로 인해 지속적인 혁신을 추진하기 쉽지 않다. 이에 본 연구는 중소기업의 혁신행동에 미치는 영향을 파악하기 위한 목적으로 중소기업에 종사하고 있는 조직원을 대상으로 탐색적 조사 실시와 문헌연구를 통해 변수를 선정하였다. 본 연구를 수행하기 위한 자료는 실제 중소기업에 종사하고 있는 종사원들을 대상으로 설문서를 작성하여 총 배포된 600부 중 545부를 자료 분석에 사용하여, 통계 프로그램 SPSS 21.0과 amos18.0 으로 분석하였다. 가설 검증 결과, 첫째, 제품다각화, 전략수립, 연구개발은 혁신행동에 유의미한 영향을 미치는 것으로 확인 되었고, 시장다각화는 혁신행동에 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 조절변수인 근무경력은 제품다각화, 시장다각화, 전략수립 및 연구개발이 혁신행동에 미치는 영향력의 크기를 조절하지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 조절변수인 직급은 제품다각화, 시장다각화, 전략수립 및 연구개발이 혁신행동에 미치는 영향력의 크기를 조절하는 것으로 나타났다. 결과적으로 제품다각화, 시장다각화 전략수립 및 연구개발과 조직의 혁신 활동을 촉진시키기 위해서는 기업의 관리자가 주도적으로 조직원들을 이끌어야 한다는 것이다. 본 연구는 이상의 연구 결론 및 시사점을 논의한 후, 후속 연구를 위한 연구의 방향을 제시하였다.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권9호
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• pp.105-115
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• 2020

The study empirically examines the effects of loan portfolio diversification on bank risk and return in the nascent banking market of Vietnam. Loan portfolio diversification is captured through the Hirschman-Herfindahl index and the Shannon Entropy with sectoral exposures. We access each bank's financial reports to collect the required data, especially the breakdown of sectoral loan portfolios, thus constituting a unique dataset. To compute bank return, we use the traditional accounting indicators, including return-on-assets, return-on-equity, and net-interest margin. For bank risk, we utilize the loan-loss provisions and non-performing loans relative to gross customer loans. Using a sample of 30 commercial banks over the period from 2008 to 2019 and the system generalized method of moments estimator for the dynamic panel, we indicate the downsides of portfolio diversification. Concretely, we observe that all diversification measures exhibit significantly negative signs in all regressions across different bank return proxies. At the same time, the estimates display the significant and positive impact of diversification on the non-performing loan ratio. Hence, sectoral loan portfolio diversification significantly hampers bank performance in both aspects of lower return and higher credit risk. The results are robust across a rich set of bank performance and portfolio diversification measures.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.13-28
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• 2022

The growth of the Islamic finance sector has been well-documented. One of the most booming sectors has been Sukuk. According to several past studies, non-Islamic investors' interest in Sukuk is due, at least in part, to the diversification benefits that Sukuk provides in the context of a fixed-income portfolio. This paper compares a pair between Sukuk and Bonds in the Malaysian market issued by the same issuer to have an unbiased comparison. Using unconditional correlation methodology provides an initial examination of the relationship between the matched pairs. In addition, this paper adopts the standard GARCH-DCC approach of Engle (2002). This is a generalization of the Bollserslev (1990) GARCH model, allowing for the conditional correlation matrices to be time-varying. The findings reveal that the correlation between bonds and Sukuk is similar to that of bonds, making Sukuk a less appealing type of bond from a diversification standpoint. There are no significant differences between Sukuk and bonds. These finding questions the previously considered differences among different types of Sukuk and supports the argument that some Sukuk might not be compliant with Islamic rules and their structure, as contracts have the same risks for Sukuk holders regardless of the type of Sukuk.