The thesis examines the relationship between performance (measured by return on assets, return on equity and profit margin) and capital structure (measured by indebtedness) in Czech manufacturing companies and how this relationship has changed with respect to the world financial crisis. In order to address the issue of heterogeneous sectors present in manufacturing industry and to provide a universally applicable conclusion, the key variables were transformed according to the percentile rank within a given manufacturing sector in a given year. The general conclusion is that the examined relationship is not the same for all levels of indebtedness. The relationship is positive until it reaches a certain level of indebtedness and above this threshold the relationship is negative. This threshold differs across different industry sectors, time and with the usage of different performance measures. The only exception is a model using time period before the financial crisis and profit margin as a performance measure, which predicts the relationship to be negative for all levels of indebtedness. Regarding the development of the examined relationship over time, the optimal indebtedness decreased during and after the financial crisis when the performance was measured by return on assets or return on equity....

近年來私立大專院校的弊案層出不窮，引起社會大眾的高度重視，本研究即針對私立大專院校之財務結構現況與會計處理作探討。本研究採用財務項目組成要素與相關財務比率，進行財務結構現況分析，並透過規模大小、組織型態、系所類別與正常異常等劃分，作進一步的探討；另外，本研究探討我國目前對於私立大專院校財務報表編製之規定與會計理論相違之處，以提供改進之建議，並建立適當假設，針對折舊性固定資產提列折舊，檢視相關財務比率變動的情形。 　　研究結果發現，私立大專院校的收入來源，主要為其學雜費收入，其次為補助及捐贈收入。而經常性支出項目，主要為其教學研究及訓輔支出，其次為行政管理支出。資產組成結構係以固定資產比重最高，其次為流動資產及長期投資與基金；而折舊性資產佔總資產的比率約為50%。就整體而言，其流動性尚稱良好，負債比率約為14%；資產報酬率約為10%，權益報酬率約為11%；經常性支出佔總收入之比率約為70%。在本研究所建立之假設下，試提折舊發現變動程度較大的項目為當期餘絀佔總收入的比率與負債比率。且改編前後達顯著差異水準的有經常性支出及當期餘絀占總收入比率、固定資產比率、長期資金佔固定資產比率等。 　　本研究根據上述研究結果，建議私立大專院校的折舊性固定資產，應於使用期間內提列折舊，及私立大專院校的會計處理應儘量與我國一般公認會計原則一致，並儘速制定非營利組織適用之一般公認會計原則。 / Recently, the corruptions of private universities and colleges have emerged, and attract much concern from the public. This study evaluates the current financial structure of and the financial accounting standards for private universities and colleges. The current financial structure is evaluated by using percentage analysis and relevant financial ratio analysis. To explore this issue more in depth, the study discuss the financial structure based on the scales of size, the organization types, the operating natures, and normal-abnormal separation of private universities and colleges. Besides, this study compares the accounting standards of private universities and colleges with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and provides revise proposals. This study also establishes proper assumptions for private schools’ depreciable fixed assets and observes the effect of the change on the depreciation accounting on the financial ratios. 　　Empirical results show that tuition revenues are the primary income resources of private schools. The subsidies and donations occupy second big share. The expenditures of the instruction and the administration are the major items of the regular expenditures. Fixed assets have the biggest percentage of the total assets, and the current assets and long-term investments are the second and the third respectively; the depreciable assets are about 50% of the total assets; As a whole, the fluidity of the private schools is sound, and the debt ratio is about 14%; ROA is about 10%, and ROE is about 11%; regular expenditures are about 70% of total incomes. Under the assumptions of this study, we found that current surplus/ total incomes ratio and debt ratio are greatly affected, and regular expenditures/total incomes ratio, current surplus/total incomes ratio, fixed assets/total assets ratio, and long-term capital/fixed assets ratio are significantly different. 　　According to the results above, this study suggests that the depreciable fixed assets of the private universities and colleges be depreciated during the useful life, and the accounting standards be accordant with GAAP. Last but not the least, we should establish GAAP for the non-profit organizations as soon as possible.

L'autore contesta la classificazione degli strumenti finanziari partecipativi e non partecipativi nella categoria concettuale degli ibridi finanziari (o strumenti finanziari ibridi ). Rimarca le differenze tra l' investimento nella società e il finanziamento della società. dimostra che gli strumenti finanziari partecipativi (art. 2346 ult. comma c.c.) possano esser emessi solo a fronte di apporti di patrimonio non imputati a capitale sociale e che gli strumenti finanziari non partecipativi (quasi obbligazioni ex art. 2411 ult. comma c.c.) non possano esser dotati di diritti amministrativi.

This thesis comprehensively examines financial structure choices of firms in three emerging economies of the East African region. It highlights the lack of research in this area and empirically examines three panel data models of financial structure (ownership, firm-specific factorsâ and firm performance models, whilst incorporating the influence of macroeconomic factors) using panel data estimation techniques, including the method of moments framework. It estimates these models using panel data from 47 listed firms; and then data from 20 private firms. The original and significant contributions to knowledge of my thesis are as follows: it provides novel insights into the relation between ownership structure and firm financial structure; it provides new understanding of the relation between firm-specific factors and financial structure of quoted and private firms in emerging economies (an area where research has been lacking); it provides new understanding and additional evidence with respect to the effect of ownership structure on the performance of firms in the East African region; it incorporates the influence of macroeconomic and institutional factors on financial structure choices; and it proposes frameworks for reviewing knowledge of financial structure choices, which can be used for further scholarly work on financial structure of firms in emerging economies. The findings of this research have implications for a possibility of a new theoretical framework for researching financial structure choice of firms in emerging economies; for policy makers to design deliberate policies that enhance access to finance for firms operating in an emerging economy; and for policy makers to regulate institutions (banking sector and capital market) as they develop to ensure equitable access (particularly for the private firms) to finance by all firms operating within the economy. Taken together, the results have implication for future scholarship in that they provide clearer and useful insights on ownership structure, financial structure choices and performance of both quoted and private firms in emerging economies; and the methods used are highly replicable and can be replicated in future studies of financial structure choices of firms in emerging economies. It has also invoked further questions that require answers.

This diploma thesis deals with assessment of financial situation of a chosen company on basis of its accounts. The first part of the thesis includes an issue of financial analysis, its devices and methods. The next part contains financial analysis itself. First, property and financial structure of the company is evaluated by means of horizontal and vertical analyses. The thesis focuses mostly on a calculation and successive evaluation of ratio indicators of profitability, liquidity, insolvency and activity. In conclusion of the financial analysis there are multidimensional bankruptcy models used which are a part of the predication of financial stringency of the company. On the basis of findings the diploma thesis includes proposal of strategy which should improve financial health of examinated company.

This thesis takes the form of two separate fractions. Theoretical context, in which the real estate developer, the construction project is defined, costs in connection therewith arise are characterized and also methods for analyzing these costs are mentioned, is Chapter 1. Practical fraction consisting of a cost analysis of model development company and model construction project, forms Chapter 2 and Chapter 3. In conclusion, the practical analysis outputs are interpreted and some recommendations to optimize costs are presented.

In my study for the Master´s thesis "Corporate Financial Strategy " I expain terms, such as enterprise financing and its structure, long and short-term financing, external, internal and alternative financing optimum financial structure and its costs.This all I applicated in the study where try to asses the fianancial structura and financing of real company. I analyse the ways how to secure the company´s liquidity and solvency, financial equilibrium and healt by means of the financial analysis of the activity and results of the company.

[pt] Diversos trabalhos publicados recentemente analisam o impacto da entrada de bancos estrangeiros no mercado bancário brasileiro. Muitos desses estudos avaliam o impacto dessa entrada no desempenho dos bancos nacionais, na oferta de crédito e em outras variáveis. Outros estudos enfatizam a oferta de crédito e o papel social dos bancos como fontes de financiamento para a iniciativa privada. Entretanto nenhum estudo amplo foi realizado com o objetivo de se identificar quais são os fatores determinantes da estratégia de alocação de ativos dos bancos com atividades de varejo no Brasil, e se esses fatores diferem entre bancos privados nacionais, bancos estrangeiros e bancos estatais. Para responder essas questões este estudo analisa dados das demonstrações financeiras de 35 bancos referentes ao período de 2000 a 2003. Os bancos da amostra foram selecionados na lista dos 50 Maiores Bancos por Ativos Totais (-) Intermediações, elaborada pelo Banco Central do Brasil, com um critério adicional de terem apresentado mais de cinco agências bancárias em qualquer ano do período analisado. Este trabalho enfatiza as características dos bancos como fatores determinantes da estratégia de alocação de ativos. Foram realizados testes estatísticos e regressões de dados em painel considerando três grupos de regressores: tamanho do banco, tipo de controle, e sua estrutura de financiamento. Os resultados sugerem que há diferenças no financiamento dos ativos entre bancos privados nacionais, estrangeiros e estatais. / [en] Several recent papers analyze the impact of foreign bank entry on the Brazilian bank market. Some of these studies assess the impact of those entrances on domestic banks` performance, on the overall credit supply, and on other variables. Other studies emphasize the credit supply and the banks` social role as financiers of the private sector. Nevertheless, no comprehensive study has aimed at identifying the determinant factors of asset allocation strategies of banks with retail activities in Brazil, and whether these factors vary according to different bank ownership control - private domestic, government, and foreign. With the objective of shedding some light on this subject, this work analyzes the financial statements of 35 banks in the time period 2000 - 2003. The sampled banks were selected from the list of the Largest 50 Banks by Total Assets (-) Intermediations, organized by The Central Bank of Brazil, with the additional criteria of having more than 5 offices in any year of the considered time period. The present work emphasizes the banks` characteristics as determinant factors of asset allocation strategies. Statistical tests and panel data analysis were run allowing for three regressor groups: bank size, ownership control, and funding structure. The results suggest there are significant differences between private domestic, government, and foreign banks in financing their assets.

Le aziende a controllo familiare sono considerate in molti Paesi la struttura proprietaria dominante, e la ricerca accademica si è progressivamente concentrata negli ultimi decenni sugli aspetti peculiari che differenziano le aziende familiari dalle altre strutture proprietarie. Nonostante questa convergenza, molti studi hanno sviluppato teorie contrastanti, in modo particolare sulla capacità delle aziende familiari di generare performance finanziarie superiori. Di converso, pochi studi hanno concentrato l’attenzione sulle scelte strategiche che posso spiegare il (maggiore o minore) differenziale di performance delle aziende familiari. Partendo dall’assunto che punti di forza e di debolezza possano coesistere nelle aziende familiari, identificare se siano gli uni o gli altri a prevalere è una sfida complessa se non si prendono in considerazione le scelte strategiche effettuate dalle aziende familiari. Partendo da questo gap nella letteratura, il presente lavoro cerca di misurare l’impatto che la proprietà familiare può avere sulle performance aziendali concentrandosi su tre aspetti principali della strategia d’impresa: il livello di conformità strategico alla media di settore (mediante la creazione di un indice che approssima le principali determinanti della business strategy), l’avvio di un processo di internazionalizzazione attraverso investimenti diretti esteri (IDE), e le implicazioni delle strategie di acquisizione. / The family business is widely considered the dominant property structure around the world and the research on this field has increased rapidly in the last decades to understand whether and in which aspects family firms differ from other organizations. Despite this convergence, the actual body of research on family firms is populated by conflicting theories and findings, especially on the relationship with financial performance. On the other hand, few studies focus their attention on which strategic choices may explain the financial differences between family firms and non-family peers. Starting from this research gap, we think that both positive and negative aspects may coexist in family firms, and it would be difficult to identify which predominate without considering how family principals frame strategic decisions. In our thesis, we try to disentangle the effect of family ownership on firm performance focusing on three main aspects of firm strategy: the level of strategic conformity through the creation of a composite index (in which we incorporated six items that can be considered as key determinants of the business strategy), the departure of the internationalization process through foreign direct investments (FDI), and the implications of acquisition strategies.

[pt] Considerando a importância da estrutura de capital para as finanças empresariais, e apesar de não ainda existir consenso sobre a existência de uma estrutura ótima de capital, buscamos neste trabalho investigar à luz da Teoria da Hierarquização das Fontes de Financiamento, desenvolvida por Myers (1984), como a estrutura de capital das empresas brasileiras de capital aberto, no período de 1998 a 2002, estaria associada a uma dada hierarquia de preferência por fontes de financiamento, dentro da lógica proposta pelo autor, onde as empresas utilizariam primeiramente o autofinanciamento, em seguida recorreriam ao uso de dívidas, e como última opção optariam por emitir ações. Desta forma, este trabalho não visa discutir a problemática da existência ou não de uma estrutura ótima de capitais, mas sim analisar empiricamente a importância e validade dos diversos fatores apontados na literatura como determinantes da Estrutura de Capital das Empresas: Dimensão ou Tamanho, Oportunidades de Crescimento, Composição do Ativo, Lucratividade, Risco, propondo e verificando, inclusive, a significância de novas variáveis independentes como o Controle Acionário, Impacto Cambial, da Inflação e da Taxa de Juros. / [en] In view of the importance of the capital structure to corporate finance, and inspite of not existing consensus about the existence of the optimal capital structure yet, we seek in this work to research how the Capital Structure of Open Capital Brazilian Companies, from 1998 untill 2002, would be associated to a specific Pecking Order, inside the logical proposed by Myers (1984). In this way, this work does not try to discuss the existence or not of one optimal capital structure, but analyses empirically the importance and the validity of the many factors pointed in the literature as determinants of the Companies Capital Structure: Dimension, Growth Oportunity, Asset Composition, Profitability, Risk, also proposing and verifying the significance of new independent variables like the type of capital control, the impact of currency devaluation, inflation and the interest levels.