• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제23권7호
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• pp.83-95
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• 2019

Purpose - This study analyzed the effect of the Trump Government's protectionist trade policies on foreign ownership. Specifically, this study empirically analyzes the hypothesis that foreign ownership will decrease after the Trump Government rather than before the Trump Government. Design/methodology - The hypothesis of this study is based on the expectation that US protection trade policy will negatively affect the profitability of Korean companies. The dependent variable in this study is the foreign ownership ratio, and the independent variable is a dummy variable representing before and after the Trump Government. Multiple regression analysis was performed, including the control variables suggested in previous studies related to foreign ownership. Findings - As a result, foreign ownership increased after the Trump Government rather than before the Trump Government. This study further analyzes whether the main variables affecting foreign investor's decision-making are differences before and after Trump Government. The export ratio, profitability and dividends did not differ before and after Trump Government. However, the level of information asymmetry decreased after the Trump Government than before the Trump Government. This suggests that US protection trade policies do not adversely affect the profitability of Korean companies. However, Korean firms are improving their information environment because US protectionist trade policies can lower profitability and negatively impact capital raising. In this regard, the foreign ownership ratio seems to differ before and after the Trump Government. Originality/value - This study contributes in that it presents data that US protectionist policies can affect Korean corporate governance. This study has implications from the short-term analysis of US protection trade policy.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.305-311
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• 2022

The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is projected to provide several chances for Vietnam's banking industry to expand into the international market. This study examines the influence of foreign ownership on credit risk in Vietnamese commercial banks before the context of participation in the CPTPP. Using a sample of 28 commercial banks between 2009 and 2020, we find that foreign ownership has a negative relationship with bank credit risk. The regression methods used include the least-squares method, fixed-effects model, random effects model, and general least squares method. The research model adds interactive variables, which will help to reflect the role of intermediary factors more accurately such as listing on the stock market, capital ratio to the relationship between foreign ownership and bank credit risk. The test results reveal that increasing the foreign ownership ratio has a bigger impact on reducing credit risk for listed banks and banks with low capital than for other commercial banks. The government should flexibly adjust the foreign ownership ratio according to the capital size and role of each bank so that it can make good use of investment capital from abroad when Vietnam joins the CPTPP.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.563-569
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• 2021

본 연구는 ICT기업의 외국인지분율과 기업가치에 관한 연구로 외국인지분율이 기업가치에 미치는 영향을 분석하기 위하여 2011년부터 2018년까지 8개년 동안 KOSDAQ에 상장된 ICT기업 94개를 대상으로 752개의 표본을 이용하여 연구를 진행하였다. 연구결과, 외국인지분율이 증가할수록 기업가치가 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 외국인지분율과 부채비율의 상호작용이 기업가치에 미치는 영향을 분석한 결과에서는 외국인지분율과 부채비율의 상호작용이 기업가치에 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 다만, 이러한 상호작용효과는 외국인지분율과 기업가치의 관계보다 통계적인 유의성이 떨어지는 것으로 나타났는데 이는 외국인 투자자들이 부채사용에 따른 감시 및 통제역할을 이미 어느 정도 수행하고 있기 때문에 외국인지분율과 부채비율의 상호작용효과가 상대적으로 작게 나타난 것으로 파악된다.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.363-370
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• 2022

The study aims to probe the impact of foreign ownership on Vietnamese listed firms' capital structure. This study employs panel data of 288 non-financial firms listed on the Ho Chi Minh City stock exchange (HOSE) and Ha Noi stock exchange (HNX) in 2015-2019. In this research, we applied a Bayesian linear regression method to provide probabilistic explanations of the model uncertainty and effect of foreign ownership on the capital structure of non-financial listed enterprises in Vietnam. The findings of experimental analysis by Bayesian linear regression method through Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) technique combined with Gibbs sampler suggest that foreign ownership has substantial adverse effects on the firms' capital structure. Our findings also indicate that a firm's size, age, and growth opportunities all have a strong positive and significant effect on its debt ratio. We found that the firms' profitability, tangible assets, and liquidity negatively and strongly affect firms' capital structure. Meanwhile, there is a low negative impact of dividends and inflation on the debt ratio. This research has ramifications for business managers since it improves a company's financial resources by developing a strong capital structure and considering foreign investment as a source of funding.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.7-14
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• 2021

This paper examines the impact of foreign ownership on stock price volatility in an emerging market, namely, Thailand. The data were obtained from SETSMART, the database of the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET). After removing financial firms, banks, and insurance companies as well as filtering outliers, the final sample covers 1,755 firm-year observations from 371 nonfinancial firms listed on the SET over the five-year period from 2014 to 2018. The regression model consists of stock price volatility, measured by two methods, as the dependent variable, foreign ownership as the main independent variable, and firm characteristics including firm size, leverage, market-to book ratio, and stock turnover as the control variables. The pooled OLS, fixed effects, and random effects estimations are employed to examine the relationship between foreign ownership and stock price volatility. The results reveal that foreign ownership has a negative and significant impact on stock price volatility. The two-stage least squares (2SLS) are also performed to address potential endogeneity problem. The results still indicate a negative relationship between foreign ownership and stock price volatility. Taken together, the findings of this study suggest that foreign investors help reduce stock price volatility and thus stabilize share price in the Thai stock market.

• 경영과정보연구
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.113-134
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• 2009

본 연구는 외환위기 이후에 외국인 투자비중이 기업가치에 미치는 영향을 실증분석하였다. 2000년부터 2007년까지 8년 동안 외국인지분율이 영(0)보다 큰 기업을 대상으로 분석한 결과 외국인 투자비중이 증가할수록 기업가치는 상승하는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 관계는 동시성을 고려해 외국인지분율과 기업가치를 내생변수로 보고 분석을 해도 동일하게 성립하였다. 한편 역으로 외국인이 기업가치가 높을 것으로 전망되는 기업에 선별적으로 투자한다는 증거는 발견할 수 없었다. 외국인 투자비중 확대에 따른 기업가치의 상승은 외국인투자자가 투자기업에 대한 감시 및 견제 역할을 충실히 수행하기 때문인 것으로 해석된다. 이는 전통적으로 소유경영자에 의한 기업지배가 강한 우리나라 기업들이 소유분산이 심화되는 과정에서 외국인투자자를 비롯한 기관투자자가 투명성 제고 및 지배구조 개선에 있어 중요한 역할을 하고 있음을 의미한다고 하겠다.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.163-174
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• 2023

This study aims to investigate the effect of the composition of the board and ownership structure on a firm's value in Jordanian firms. Specifically, it aims to determine the effect of board size, (CEO) duality, and family, foreign, institutional, and government ownership on a firm's value. An ordinary least square regression (OLS) was employed to examine the study hypotheses in a sample of 35 Jordanian industrial firms (175 firm-year observation) for a period of five years from 2016-2020. As measured by Tobin's Q (Q ratio) and market-to-book (MB ratio) for Jordanian industrial firms listed on Amman Stock Exchange (ASE). The result found that foreign ownership, institutional ownership, and family ownership have a significant and positive effect on firm value. By contrast, government ownership does not have a significant effect on firm value. With respect to board composition (CEO duality and board size), the study results found no evidence to support the effect of board composition on firm value. The study recommended the concerned authorities with several recommendations, most notably: taking the necessary measures to ensure the continuity and growth of family businesses because of their positive impact on the value of the company and economic growth, spreading awareness about how governance protects the interests of investors.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권7호
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• pp.195-201
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• 2021

This study aims to assess the impact of ownership structure of commercial banks on bank credit risk in Vietnam. The authors used the unbalanced table data of 28 commercial banks in the period from 2004 to 2020 with 439 observations. The ratio of loan loss provisioning to loans (CR) is selected as a dependent variable representing credit risk at commercial banks. The regression methods used include: least squares method (OLS), fixed-effect model (FEM), random-effect model (REM) and general least squares method (GLS). The results reveal that, with interaction variable between the ratio of equity to total assets and foreign ownership, the national GDP annual growth rate is negatively associated with credit risk. With the ratio of equity to total assets, the interaction variable between equity and state ownership, and bank size have a significant positive impact on credit risk. In addition, inflation has negligible impact on the credit risk of commercial banks in Vietnam over the research period. The findings of this study suggest that, if foreign-owned banks increase equity capital, there will be a stronger impact on reducing credit risk than other banks. On the other hand, when state-owned commercial banks in Vietnam increase equity, they will have higher credit risk.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권9호
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• pp.409-418
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• 2020

The human and capital resources from foreign investors are important sources of finance for developing countries. Foreign ownership can help the firm to raise funds for operations and the foreign management can help the firm expand the market and improve management. However, does this really happen to Vietnamese firm? To find the answer to that question, this paper examines the impact of foreign ownership and management on the financial performance of listed firms on Vietnam's stock market. The data collected include 427 listed firms in all fields over five years, from 2014 to 2018. The financial performance is measured by Tobin's Q, ROA and ROE. The study carried out testing of each model by the least squares method of Pool OLS, assessing random effects (REM) and evaluating fixed effects (FEM). The most effective model is the FEM model. The results show that the foreign ownership ratio and the size of the firm have a positive impact on the financial performance. The foreign management, the age of the firms, the liquidity and financial leverage have a negative impact on the financial performance. Based on the research results, the study proposes some recommendations to improve the financial performance of listed firms in Vietnam.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.177-186
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• 2021

본 연구는 여성 고용이 양성평등을 측정하고 실현하는 데 있어 중요한 지표라는 인식을 기반으로 제조업의 기업특성이 여성고용비율에 미치는 영향을 고용 형태별로 살펴보았다. 2011년부터 2019년까지 유가증권시장(KOSPI)에 상장된 제조업 중 재무 자료 이용이 가능한 5,729개 기업을 대상으로 기업 규모, 상장 기간, 외국인 지분율과 정규직, 무기 계약직, 기간제, 전체 직원 수에서 여성이 차지하는 비율, 전체 여성고용비율 중 기간제 여성비율의 관계에 대해 세 가지 가설을 검증하였다. 분석 결과 대부분의 고용 형태에서 가설이 채택되었다. 기업규모와 외국인지분율이 증가할수록 정규직과 무기계약직, 기간제, 전체 직원 수에서의 여성고용비율이 증가함을 확인할 수 있었으며, 상장기간이 길어질수록 무기계약직, 기간제, 전체 직원 수에서 여성고용비율이 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구의 결과는 기업의 객관적 재무자료를 토대로 여성고용비율에 영향을 미치는 기업 특성을 규명함으로써 적극적 고용개선조치 등 양성 평등한 고용 정책을 위한 기초 자료로 활용될 수 있을 것이다.