{"title":"The incentive effects of the overlapping project structure in credit markets","authors":"J.-P. Niinimäki","doi":"10.1016/j.jeconbus.2024.106159","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jeconbus.2024.106159","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this theoretical paper, we examine the risk-shifting problem between lenders and a firm running projects in two different environments. In a synchronous environment, the firm introduces two new 2-period projects that both begin and end on the same date and hence have a new start date in odd-numbered periods. In an asynchronous environment, the firm introduces one new 2-period project in every period: This process creates an overlapping structure for the projects. We show that the set of parameters that allow for reputation-supported lending is larger if projects are asynchronous rather than synchronous. The findings can be generalized to other forms of moral hazard.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47522,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0148619524000018/pdfft?md5=a3263de2b791d7066e6ac7c1ea867502&pid=1-s2.0-S0148619524000018-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139518073","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Board structure in emerging markets: A simultaneous equation modeling","authors":"Ichiro Iwasaki , Xinxin Ma , Satoshi Mizobata","doi":"10.1016/j.jeconbus.2024.106160","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jeconbus.2024.106160","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper unravels the board structure of 42,146 firms in China and 21 European emerging markets and empirically examines its determinants. Structural estimation of simultaneous equation models that endogenize board size, outside board chairmanship, and board independence produced evidence supporting our predictions about potential factors that determine these three variables, which are based on previous studies of developed economies. However, we found striking differences in the combination of factors that strongly affect board structure between China and European emerging markets and between public and private companies. Furthermore, the empirical results in this paper suggest that the close interdependence among board components requires analytical consideration.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47522,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014861952400002X/pdfft?md5=8c8cfd042412bc4a6f0d55f34464a578&pid=1-s2.0-S014861952400002X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139887132","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"SMEs and patents: Is it worth it? A longitudinal analysis of the patent-performance relationship","authors":"Jonathan Taglialatela , Roberto Barontini","doi":"10.1016/j.jeconbus.2023.106147","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jeconbus.2023.106147","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In response to scepticism about the benefits of patenting in small firms, this paper provides new evidence on the relationship between financial performance in SMEs and patents, distinguishing between applications and granted patents. Empirical analyses show that firms with a patent application still pending five years after the filing date report higher sales than comparable firms who have not filed. Yet, we also find that the monopoly rights attached to granted patents do not result in higher sales than simply filing for a patent. This analysis leads us to infer that the activities performed during the patent application process improve firm knowledge stocks and absorptive capacity, in turn promoting performance above and beyond the status quo. SME managers should find in this study solid empirical evidence supporting well-informed decision-making over patenting.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47522,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0148619523000401/pdfft?md5=3a36b3461907d3b34fd222f1a4720364&pid=1-s2.0-S0148619523000401-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136093276","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"R&D grants and medical innovation","authors":"Omer Unsal , Reza Houston","doi":"10.1016/j.jeconbus.2023.106148","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jeconbus.2023.106148","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper examines the relationship between government-funded R&D grants in the US and pharmaceutical firm innovation. We find a positive and robust relationship between grant receipt, future patents, and medical innovations. The strength of the relationship between R&D grants and pharmaceutical innovation is attenuated by firm lobbying but strengthened by industry competition, geographic dispersion, and leverage. Investors recognize the unequal value added by grant receipt. R&D grant receipt also impacts future financial performance and sales growth. Our results indicate that the relationship between R&D and innovation is more nuanced than previously identified.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47522,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136167269","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Innovating microcredit: how fintechs change the field","authors":"Rodrigo Leite , Layla Mendes , Emmanuel Camelo","doi":"10.1016/j.jeconbus.2023.106158","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jeconbus.2023.106158","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We explore the relationship between traditional microfinance screening variables and a new one (job experience) for a Brazilian fintech microcredit firm, which developed a strategy that targets poor workers using the clients’ job contracts as collateral and by implementing a 100% online application. A total of 911 contracts were analyzed. Unlike previous studies, we show that the main variable used for screening is job experience: borrowers with lengthy experience in their current jobs received larger loans with lower interest rates while maintaining smaller delinquencies. Additionally, we find that women receive lower interest rates and longer loan durations because of their job experience. We theorize that job experience helps to reduce the “collateral gap” between genders in Brazilian microcredit markets.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47522,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139470360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Conceptualizing E-commerce Strategy as a Tool for Internationalization Performance","authors":"Joy D.M. Alokpo, J. Kilika","doi":"10.31014/aior.1992.06.04.544","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31014/aior.1992.06.04.544","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47522,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139137287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Industrial Targeting in Indonesia: An Empirical Approach for Growth Diagnostics","authors":"Muhammad Arditya Rindimajangga","doi":"10.31014/aior.1992.06.04.545","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31014/aior.1992.06.04.545","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47522,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139139744","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Compatibilities of University Entrepreneurship Program and Students' Entrepreneurial Characteristics in Indonesia","authors":"Bagas Narendra Parahita, Ghufronudin Ghufronudin, Anis Suryaningsih, Lies Nurhaini, Nur Fatah Abidin","doi":"10.31014/aior.1992.06.04.551","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31014/aior.1992.06.04.551","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47522,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139138199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Impact of Regulatory Changes on the Effectiveness to Earn Positive Margin for their Investors","authors":"Sanja Petrinić Turković","doi":"10.31014/aior.1992.06.04.543","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31014/aior.1992.06.04.543","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47522,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139138807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}