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股权集中度“控制权私人收益”和债务融资-外文资料翻译译文XX 理工大学毕业设计(论文)外文资料翻译系部:专业:姓名:XX学号:外文出处: Ownership Concentration, ‘PrivateBe nefits of Control’ and DebtFinancing[J]. Journal ofCorporation Law,2004,Vol.29,No.4,719-734附件:1.外文资料翻译译文;2.外文原文。
附件1:外文资料翻译译文股权集中度,“控制权私人收益”和债务融资摘要:基于快速成长的'法律和经济’文献,本文分析了主要所有者在以牺牲小股东利益而获取“控制权私人收益”的环境中进行债务融资的公司治理。
这表明,所有权集中是与作为一个公司的负债比率和衡量投资的财政资源的使用效率较低有关,而这并不取决于最大股东的身份,固定的具有支配权的股东可以串通股权持有者进行控股溢价。
这个结论的其中一个可能的结果就是债务市场的企业信贷压缩,这有转型期经济体的证据支持。
关键词:所有权,控制权收益,债务引言有一个大量研究金融经济学和战略管理的文献显示获得控制权私人收益的方式和数量与管理行为和企业业绩有关。
(Gibbs, 1993;Hoskisson et al., 1994;Jensen and Warner, 1988)然而,大多以往的研究集中于大型、公开的在传统的美国/英国公司控制模型的框架范围内分散所有权的上市公司,很少是关于所有权集中的公司治理(Holderness and Sheehan, 1988;Short,1994)。
快速成长的企业所有制结构的优化取决于“控制权私人收益”的水平。
(e.g., Bennedsen and Wo lfenzon, 2000; Grossman and Hart, 1988;Harris and Raviv, 1988)。
文献已超出传统的治理研究美国/英国环境,并在最近成为理论和政策辩论。
本科毕业论文(设计)外文翻译原文:The Impact of Dividend Policy on Shareholders’ Wealth1. IntroductionIn an ever-increasing Indian economy, globalization, liberalization and privatization together with rapid strides made by information technology, have brought intense competition in every field of activity. So, Indian companies at present are dazed, confused, and apprehensive. To maintain the competitiveness of, and add value to the companies, today’s finance managers have to make critical business and financial decisions which will lead to long-run perspective with the objective of maximizing the shareholders’ wealth.Shareholders’ wealth is represented in the market price of the company’s common stock, which, in turn, is the function of the company’s investment, financing and dividend decision. Managements' primary goal is shareholders' wealth maximization, which translates into maximizing the value of the company as measured by the price of the company’s common stock. Shareholders like cash dividends, but they also like the growth in EPS that results from ploughing earning back into the business. The optimal dividend policy is the one that maximizes the company's stock price which leads to maximization of shareholders' wealth and thereby ensures more rapid economic growth. The present study is intended to study how far the dividend payout has impact on shareholders' wealth in general; and in particular to study the relationship between the shareholders' wealth and the dividend payout and to analyze whether the level of dividend payout affects the wealth of the shareholders.2. Statement of the ProblemsIn India few studies have analyzed the relationship between the shareholders'wealth and dividend payment. Net earnings are divided into two parts –retained earnings and dividends. The retained earnings of the business may be reinvested and treated as a source of long-term funds. The dividend should be distributed to the shareholders in order to maximize their wealth as they have invested their money in the expectation of being made better off financially. Therefore, the present study mainly analyses how far the level of dividend payout affects the shareholders' wealth, particularly in (Organic and Inorganic) Chemical Companies in India.3. Objectives of the Study• To study the relationship between dividend payout and shareholders' wealth.• To analyze the impact of variation in dividend policy on shareholders' wealth of dividend paying and non-paying companies in (Organic and Inorganic) Chemical Companies India.• To analyze the impact of retained earnings and past performance in the presence of dividend policy on shareholders’ wealth of (Organic and Inorganic) Chemical Companies in India.4. Hypotheses• H1: “There is no significant difference in average market valu e relative to book value of equity between dividend payers and non-payers of (Organic and Inorganic) chemical companies.”• H2:“There is no significant impact of dividend policy on shareholders’ wealth in (Organic and Inorganic) chemical companies.”5. Methodology5.1. Sources of DataThe study used only secondary data which are collected from CMIE (Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy) prowess package. Analytical method is used for interpreting the data. The data collected from this source have been compiled and used with due care as per the requirements of the study.5.2. Sampling DesignOriginally the sample for this study has been planned to choose from the list of companies listed in National Stock Exchange (NSE). Since the number of companieslisted in the NSE is lesser in number (21 companies in Organic and Inorganic Chemical Industry), the sample of 28 companies in Chemical Industry (Organic-19 and Inorganic-9) has been chosen from 114 listed companies in BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange) using Multi-Stage Random Sampling Technique. The sample units have been chosen for the study based on the availability of required financial data like share price, DPS etc.6. Tools used for Analysis of DataThe equations and variables used for the study are given below:The subscript ‘i’ denotes the ith company in a sample of ‘n’ companies selected from a particular industry, and all variables are measured in the ith time period. Market price per share is the closing prices for the year. To analyze the data, the statistical tools that have been used are Mean, Standard Deviation, multiple regression technique and stepwise regression method to ascertain best fitted model for predicting the dividend policy impact on shareholder’s wealth. The significance of various explanatory variables has been tested by computing t-values. To determine the proportion of explained variation in the dependent variable, the coefficient of determination (R2) has been worked out. The significance of R2 has also been tested with the help of F-Value.7. Period of the StudyThe data used for the analysis are relating to the selected (Organic and Inorganic) Chemical Companies for the period of Ten years (1997-2006).8. Analysis and Results8.1. Comparison of Shareholders’ Value between Dividend Payers an dNon-Payers among Organic CompaniesBefore going through evaluating the relationship between dividend policy and shareholders’ wealth of selected (Organic and Inorganic) chemical companies in India, it has been tried to compare the average wealth of investors between dividend paying and non-paying Organic and Inorganic companies in India. The comparison of mean shareholders’ wealth of companies of all types pooled under dividend paying and non-paying companies are also carried out. The mean values between two groups arecompared with t-values. The results of the analysis are shown from tables 1 – 3.Table 1: Year-wise Comparison of Market Value to Book Value of Equity between Dividend Payers and Non-Payers among Organic Chemical Companies in IndiaYear Dividend Payers Dividend Non-Payers Mean SD Mean SD t-value LS 1997 1.89 1.55 1.00 1.88 1.13 ns1998 1.87 1.54 0.98 1.86 1.14 ns1999 1.90 1.56 0.97 1.83 1.19 ns2000 1.90 1.58 0.97 1.84 1.18 ns2001 1.87 1.53 0.99 1.89 1.12 ns2002 1.83 1.49 0.97 1.82 1.13 ns2003 1.84 1.50 0.95 1.82 1.16 ns2004 1.87 1.52 0.98 1.86 1.15 ns2005 1.82 1.41 0.97 1.89 1.11 ns2006 1.83 1.43 0.97 1.85 1.14 nsAll Years 1.86 1.44 0.98 1.76 3.81 0.01An examination of the results of year-wise comparison of market value of equity to its book value between dividend payers and non-payers of chemical companies in India (vide table 3) shows that the mean market value of equity relative to book value is well above 1 for all the years under study as well as for pooled years. It has been ranging from minimum of 1.53 in 2005 to 1.60 in 2000 with overall mean of 1.56 for all the years. This shows that the market value is well above the book value for the chemical companies which pay dividend. But the scenario has been slightly different in the case of dividend non-paying chemical companies in India.Table 2: Year-wise Comparison of Market Value to Book Value of Equity between Dividend Payers and Non-Payers among Inorganic Chemical Companies.Year Dividend Payers Dividend Non-Payers Mean SD Mean SD t-value LS 1997 1.04 0.56 -0.70 1.70 2.39 0.051998 1.03 0.54 -0.68 1.62 2.47 0.041999 1.05 0.58 -0.71 1.68 2.43 0.052001 1.10 0.72 -0.76 1.75 2.36 0.052002 1.07 0.65 -0.77 1.85 2.29 ns2003 1.07 0.66 -0.74 1.75 2.35 0.052004 1.07 0.63 -0.69 1.68 2.38 0.052005 1.05 0.59 -0.87 1.98 2.32 0.052006 1.06 0.60 -0.93 2.07 2.31 0.05All Years 1.06 0.58 -0.75 1.48 8.36 0.00An average market value relative to book value is <1, revealing marginal increase in wealth of the investors of these companies. The mean values vary between 0.50 in 2006 to 0.57 in 1997 and 1998. The decline in mean value in 2006 has indicated the decline in wealth of the investors during the period. However, comparison of mean values between dividend payer and non-payer under chemical sector (Organic and Inorganic) revealed that the wealth creation in each year does not show any significant difference. However, in the long-run, the difference is highly significant at 1 per cent level.H1: “There is no significant difference in average market value relative to book value of equity between dividend payers and non-payers of (Organic and Inorganic) chemical companies in India.”Table 3: Year-wise Comparison of Market Value to Book Value of Equity Between Dividend Payers and Non-Payers among Organic and Inorganic Chemical Companies.Year Dividend Payers Dividend Non-Payers Mean SD Mean SD t-value LS 1997 1.57 1.32 0.57 1.92 1.63 ns1998 1.56 1.30 0.57 1.89 1.64 ns1999 1.58 1.33 0.55 1.88 1.70 ns2000 1.60 1.35 0.55 1.89 1.71 ns2001 1.58 1.31 0.55 1.94 1.68 ns2002 1.54 1.27 0.54 1.91 1.68 ns2004 1.57 1.30 0.56 1.90 1.67 ns2005 1.53 1.20 0.51 2.00 1.67 ns2006 1.54 1.22 0.50 2.00 1.71 nsAll Years 1.56 1.25 0.54 1.85 5.49 0.00The H1 is rejected. Therefore, it is found that in the long-rum, wealth of shareholders of dividend paying chemical companies has increased significantly when compared to that of the dividend non-paying counterparts, which further shows the impact of dividend policy on wealth creation. Hence H1 stands: “There is significant difference in average market value relative to book value of equity between dividend payers and non-payers of (Organic and Inorganic) chemical companies in India.”8.2. Relationship between Dividend Policy and Shareholders’ WealthDividend Paying Organic Chemical CompaniesTable 4: Results of Regression showing the Impact of Dividend Policy on Market Value of Equity of ALL DIVIDEND PAYING ORGANIC CHEMICAL COMPANIES in India.The impa ct of dividend policy on shareholders’ wealth of organic and inorganic chemical companies with adoption of dividend policy has been elicited using multiple regression analysis. The Dividend per share (DPS) has been used as proxy for measuring the dividend policy of the companies and Market value (MV) of equity of the companies under study is considered as proxy for measuring the shareholders’ wealth and used as dependent variable. Apart from DPS, Retained earnings (RE), lagged Price-Earning Ratio (PEt-1) and lagged Market value of equity (MVt-1) are also used as explanatory variables in order to know whether dividend policy of Organic and Inorganic chemical companies are dominated by these factors in influencing the creation of shareholders’ wealth. Table 4 shows the regression results for all selected organic chemical companies in India with regard to impact of initiating dividend payout on shareholders’ wealth. Perusal of the results indicates that the fit of all four models is significant at 1 per cent level (F = 23.77, p < 0.01 formodel 1, F = 11.77, p < 0.01 for model 2, F = 7.44, p < 0.01 for model 3 and F = 123.15, p < 0.01 for model 4). Among the four models, F value for model 4 is very high. Further, the coefficients of DPS in all four models are highly significant at 1 per cent level and positive in sign (β = 92.68, t = 4.88, p < 0.01 in model 1; β = 92.81, t = 4.84, p < 0.01 in model 2; β = 94.57, t = 4.66, p < 0.01 in model 3; and β = 32.34, t = 3.08, p < 0.01 in model 4). Also, from the perusal of adjusted R2 values, it is clear that the explanatory variables in the model 4 could together explain 80.46 per cent of the variance in market value, whereas explanatory variables in model 1, 2 and 3 could, together, explain 18.70 per cent, 17.87 per cent and 17.83 per cent respectively of the variance in dependent variable Hence, model 4 is the appropriate one for the final interpretation. Interestingly, the coefficient of DPS in model 4, though statistically significant, has declined considerably in the presence of RE and lagged MV, even though the coefficients of those variables are insignificant. Also, the intercepts, which are insignificant in the first three models, become significant in model 4, indicating that there are some factors inherent in the market dominated over dividend policy when market has started considering RE and lagged MV of organic chemical companies under chemical sector.H2: “There is no significant impact of dividend policy on shareholders’ wealth in Organic Chemical Companies in I ndia.”9. Summary and Concluding RemarksGenerally, higher dividend increases the market value of the share and vice versa. Shareholders preferred current dividend to future income so, dividend is considered as an important factor which determines the shar eholders’ wealth. This is normally true in case of salaried individuals, retired pensioners and others with limited incomes. Dividend has information content and the payment of dividend indicates that the company has a good earning capacity. The wealth of the shareholders is greatly influenced mainly by five variables viz., Growth in Sales, Improvement of Profit Margin, Capital Investment Decisions (both working capital and fixed capital), Capital Structure Decisions, Cost of Capital (Dividend on Equity, Interest on Debt) etc. As far as the dividend paying companies are concerned, there is a significantimpact of dividend policy on shareholders’ wealth in Organic Chemical Companies. Whereas, as far as the Inorganic Chemical Companies are concerned, the share holders’ wealth is not influenced by the dividend payout.Source: R. Azhagaiah, Sabari Priya.N. The Impact of Dividend Policy on Shareholders’ Wealth. International Research Journal of Finance and Economics,2008(20) :P181-187.译文:对股东财富影响的股利政策1.简介印度经济不断发展,在全球化、自由化和私有化,特别是信息技术取得了迅速进展的情形下,带来了在各个活动领域的激烈竞争。
金融学专业私募股权投资资料外文翻译文献外文题目:Financial Foreign Direct Investment: The Role of Private Equity Investments in the Globalization of Firms from Emerging Markets原文:1. Introduction International International business business business and and and economic economic economic development development development are are are closely closely closely related. related. related. When When applying applying to to to emerging emerging emerging markets, markets, markets, foreign foreign foreign direct direct direct investment investment investment (FDI) (FDI) (FDI) and and and development development economics are two sides of the same coin. In terms of the classical OLI model of the economics of international business, the multinational enterprises (MNE) brings into play the ownership advantage while the governments of emerging markets bring into play play the the the location location location advantage advantage advantage (Dunning (Dunning (Dunning 2000). 2000). 2000). For For For most most most part, part, part, the the the economics economics economics and and and the the strategy strategy of of of international international international business business business focused focused focused on on on the the the MNE MNE MNE while while while economic economic economic geography geography from from Koopman Koopman (1957) to to Krugman Krugman (1991) and and later later later (as (as well as as development development economics) have focused on the country in which the investment takes place. This This paper paper paper brings brings brings together together together international international international business business business development development development economics economics economics and and international trade to gain better insights into an important and fascinating phenomenon phenomenon in in in the the the arena arena arena of of of international international international business business business –– the the recent recent recent growth growth growth of of of private private equity equity investments investments investments in in in emerging emerging emerging markets. markets. markets. The The The tremendous tremendous tremendous growth growth growth of of of private private private equity equity investments in emerging markets is evident from the data presented in Table 1. The total total went went went up up up almost almost almost ten ten ten times, times, times, from from from about about about $3.5B $3.5B $3.5B to to to more more more than than than $33B $33B $33B in in in the the the period period 2003-2006. Emerging Asia led the emerging markets with $19.4B raised in 2006 by 93 funds; about a third of the money that was raised by these funds went to China and India. The main argument that is presented and discussed in this paper is that private equity equity investments investments investments in in in emerging emerging emerging markets markets markets is is is another another another expression expression expression of of of foreign foreign foreign direct direct investment (FDI) where firms from the developed countries export specific factors of production (their ownership advantage) to small countries and emerging markets (new locations) as a way to generate value to all stakeholders. The firms in the developed countries countries in in in this this this case case case are are are specialized specialized specialized financial financial financial institutions institutions institutions (private (private (private equity equity equity funds) funds) (Yoshikawa (Yoshikawa et et et al. al. al. 2006) 2006) 2006) and and and the the the factor factor factor of of of production production production that that that they they they export export export is is is high-risk high-risk sector sector specific specific specific capital. capital. capital. We We dubbed dubbed this this this form form form of of of FDI FDI FDI as as as financial financial financial foreign foreign foreign direct direct investment investment (FFDI), but (FFDI), but the process and the rational a re the same as in are the same as in the classical FDI analysis. FFDI (synonymous –but not restricted to –for private equity throughout this this paper) paper) paper) is is is a a a subset subset subset of of of FDI FDI FDI that that that is is is solely solely solely devoted devoted devoted––as as the the the name name name implies implies implies––for investments in private firms in purpose of generating high return on- investment over a relatively short period (5-7 years). The term “short” is relative and in comparison with with the the the typical typical typical investment investment investment periods periods periods of of of the the the investors investors investors of of of private private private equity equity equity funds funds funds (e.g., (e.g., pension funds, endowment funds and the like). At the extreme, i.e., in venture capital investments, investors take into account upfront that some of their investments will be written written off off at at the the the prospects prospects prospects that that that few few few will will will generate generate generate return return return that that that will will will more more more than than compensate compensate those those those sunk sunk sunk investments investments investments (hence (hence (hence the the the “high “high “high-r -r -risk” isk” isk” referral). referral). referral). Sector Sector Sector specific specific capital is a general phenomenon. In many industries such investment is more than mere financial investment and is augmented by specific information that the investor may posses in the form of managerial expertise, deal structuring specialty, networking capabilities and the like. In the case of the high-risk capital industry there is a need to bridge the gap between the risk perception of the investment project by the entrepreneurs entrepreneurs or or or the the the “insiders” “insiders” “insiders” and and and the the the investors investors investors (most (most (most often often often risk-averse risk-averse risk-averse investors), investors), the the “outsiders”. “outsiders”. “outsiders”. This This This is is is accomplished accomplished accomplished by by by a a a combination combination combination of of of validation validation validation processes processes processes and and screening mechanisms that are engaged by the private equity funds. In this regard they act act as as as financial financial financial and and and risk risk risk intermediaries intermediaries intermediaries (Coval/Thakor (Coval/Thakor (Coval/Thakor 2005, 2005, 2005, provide provide provide an an an analytical analytical framework framework for for for this this this approach). approach). approach). The The The value value value of of of the the the general general general partners partners partners of of of private private private equity equity funds funds depends depends depends on on on the the the quality quality quality of of of the the the risk risk risk intermediation intermediation intermediation that that that they they they perform perform perform for for for their their investors. This makes them credible and reliable processors of information. Table 1: Emerging Markets Private Equity Funds Raising, 2003-2006 (US$ Millions) Emerging Asia CEE Russia Latham Sub-Sah ara Africa Middle- East Africa Multi ple Regions Total 2003 2,200 406 417 NA 350 116 3,489 2004 2,800 1,777 714 NA 545 618 6,454 2005 15,446 2,711 1,272 791 1,915 3,630 25,765 2006 19,386 3,272 2,656 2,353 2,946 2,580 33,193 Source: EMPEA (Emerging Markets Private Equity Association) 2007. The discussion and the analysis presented in this paper draw on three different bodies of literature; the literature of finance and growth from development economics, (Levine (Levine 1997, 1997, 1997, 2004), 2004), 2004), the the the literature literature literature on on on comparative comparative comparative advantage advantage advantage in in in the the the discussion discussion discussion of of patterns of trade (Deardorff 2004) and the literature of imperfect contracts in micro economics and in financial economics (Hart 2001, Zingales 2000). Financial foreign direct investment as practiced by private equity funds can be a powerful powerful contributor contributor contributor to to to economic economic economic and and and business business business growth growth growth in in in emerging emerging emerging markets. markets. markets. FFDI FFDI changes changes the the the scene scene scene of of of international international international business business business as as as it it it contributes contributes contributes to to to a a a change change change in in in the the relations relations between between between firms firms firms in in in developed developed developed countries countries countries and and and firms firms firms in in in the the the emerging emerging emerging markets. markets. The The unique unique unique relatively relatively relatively short short short term term term nature nature nature of of of a a a private private private equity equity equity investment investment investment makes makes makes it it it an an appropriate instrument for for the the transition period that that the the world of of international international business is experiencing regarding the role of emerging markets and the role of China and and India India India in in in particular. particular. particular. This This This is is is so so so because because because the the the short short short term term term nature nature nature of of of private private private equity equity investments investments allows allows allows firms firms firms in in in emerging emerging emerging markets markets markets for for for sufficient sufficient sufficient time time time for for for transfer transfer transfer of of information and learning and yet allow the local stakeholders to resume full ownership once the process is completed. The The relations relations relations between between between the the the development development development economics economics economics literature literature literature on on on finance finance finance and and growth and the international business literature is presented and discussed in the next section section of of of the the the paper. paper. paper. It It It is is is shown shown shown that that that the the the two two two bodies bodies bodies of of of literatures literatures literatures are are are quite quite quite related related once one penetrates the specific lingo employed by each one of them. The problems in in the the the institutional institutional institutional setting setting setting and and and the the the lack lack lack of of of sufficient sufficient sufficient development development development of of of the the the capital capital markets markets in in in most most most emerging emerging emerging markets markets markets are are are overcome overcome overcome by by by creating creating creating specific specific specific international international alliances that generate local comparative advantage. In section three, the concept of local local comparative comparative comparative advantage advantage advantage (Deardorff (Deardorff (Deardorff 2004) 2004) 2004) is is is used used used for for for better better better understanding understanding understanding of of FFDI. The perfect and efficient financial market of the Modern Theory of Finance is replaced by a set of imperfect contracts negotiated and renegotiated between domestic firms firms in in in emerging emerging emerging markets markets markets and and and private private private equity equity equity funds funds funds from from from the the the US US US and and and other other other major major capital capital markets. markets. markets. This This This issue issue issue is is is discussed discussed discussed and and and analyzed analyzed analyzed in in in section section section four four four of of of the the the paper. paper. Private equity funds drew a fair amount of criticism lately. The potential of private equity investment in emerging markets is discussed in section five of the paper. The conclusions conclusions of of of the the the study study study are are are briefly briefly briefly discussed discussed discussed in in in section section section six, six, six, the the the last last last section section section of of of the the paper. 2. Finance, Growth and International Business In a survey paper on the relations between financial development and economic growth growth Levine Levine Levine (1997) (1997) (1997) states states states that: that: that: “…the “…the “…the development development development of of of financial financial financial markets markets markets and and institutions are critical and inextricable part of the growth process”. He continues and says that: “…financial d evelopment development development is is is a a a good predictor of future rates of econom good predictor of future rates of econom ic growth, capital accumulation and and technological technological technological change. change. change. Moreover, Moreover, Moreover, cross-country, cross-country, cross-country, case case case study, study, study, industry- industry- industry- and and firm- firm- level level level analyses document extensive periods when financial development-or the analyses document extensive periods when financial development-or the lack lack thereof-crucially thereof-crucially thereof-crucially affect affect affect the the the speed speed speed and and and the the the pattern pattern pattern of of of econom econom economic ic ic development”, development”, (Levine (Levine 1997, 1997, 1997, p. p. p. 689). 689). 689). Levine Levine Levine makes makes makes two two two other other other important important important points; points; points; first first first that that that the the discussion of finance and developments takes place outside the state-contingent world of Arrow (1964) and Debreu (1959) and the discussion takes place in an incomplete world with imperfect (monopolistic) competition. The second point is that there are three main research questions in the field of finance and development that needs more attention. attention. (1) (1) (1) Why Why Why does does does financial financial financial structure structure structure change change change as as as countries countries countries grow? grow? grow? (2) (2) (2) Why Why Why do do countries at similar stages of economic development have different looking financial systems? systems? and and and (3) (3) (3) are are are there there there longterm longterm longterm economic economic economic growth growth growth advantages advantages advantages to to to adopting adopting adopting legal legal and policy changes that create one type of financial system vis-à-vis another? The three research questions raised by Levine deal with different aspects of the location of foreign direct investment. In particular, the three research questions deal with the gap between the potential of a certain country, or countries, as a site for an international oriented investment and the actual investment that has taken place. This is particularly true where the investment from the developed countries is in the form of of high-risk high-risk high-risk sector sector sector specific specific specific capital capital capital such such such as as as provided provided provided by by by private private private equity equity equity funds. funds. funds. The The potential potential of of of some some some countries countries countries in in in attracting attracting attracting private private private equity equity equity funds funds funds is is is not not not being being being fully fully realized realized due due due to to to the the the absence absence absence of of of an an an appropriate appropriate appropriate financial financial financial system. system. system. A A A well well well developed developed financial financial system system system is is is necessary necessary necessary to to to enhance enhance enhance the the the import import import of of of sector sector sector specific specific specific (high-risk) (high-risk) capital, a necessary condition for FFDI. As As the the the financial financial financial structure structure structure of of of a a a country country country changes changes changes (as (as (as the the the country country country grows), grows), grows), it it it is is suggested by Levine in his first question that different types of FDI can be accommodated. The development of FDI in China is an evidence of this process. Yet, as it is proposed in Levine’s second question, the financial markets of countries with similar similar rate rate rate of of of growth growth growth develop develop develop in in in different different different pace pace pace and and and in in in a a a different different different way. way. way. There There There are are long-term economic growth advantages of adopting certain p atterns of development patterns of development for the financial market of a given country. In many cases FDI and FFDI do depend on on relatively relatively relatively transparent transparent transparent and and and enforceable enforceable enforceable corporate corporate corporate governance. governance. governance. Morck, Morck, Morck, Wolfenzon, Wolfenzon, and and Y eung Y eung (2005) (2005) (2005) demonstrated demonstrated demonstrated that that that economic economic economic entrenchment entrenchment entrenchment has has has a a a high high high price price price in in foregone growth opportunities. There There are are are three three three related related related problems problems problems in in in creating creating creating a a a domestic domestic domestic financial financial financial system system system for for private equity and venture capital investments: How How to to to mobilize mobilize mobilize the the the type type type and and and the the the quantity quantity quantity of of of savings savings savings (capital) (capital) (capital) appropriate appropriate appropriate for for such investments where most of the capital should be imported from the major capital markets of the world? How How to to to generate generate generate credible credible credible information information information and and and trust? trust? trust? How How How to to to monitor monitor monitor management management and to exert corporate control? The The only only only feasible feasible feasible way way way to to to accommodate accommodate accommodate private private private equity equity equity and and and venture venture venture capital capital investments in emerging markets is to import sector specific high-risk capital from the US and other major capital markets. The term sector specific capital recognizes the fact that capital is not a unified factor of production (in the same way that there are different types of labor there are different types of capital). High-risk sector specific capital capital relates relates relates to to to the the the portfolio portfolio portfolio of of of the the the investors investors investors and and and to to to the the the relational relational relational capital capital capital of of of the the specific financial intermediaries (i.e., the private equity funds). Most of the high-risk capital in the world is coming from large institutional investors in the US and it is a part part of of of their their their assets’ assets’ assets’ management management management program. program. program. (A (A (A good good good example example example of of of how how how such such such capital capital relates to the total portfolio is the investment policy of CALPERS the largest pension fund in the US). Due to internal and external regulations, financial institutions cannot make make investment investment investment unless unless unless there there there is is is an an an acceptable acceptable acceptable level level level of of of transparency transparency transparency and and and corporate corporate governance governance in in in the the the country country country where where where the the the money money money is is is invested. invested. invested. Whether Whether Whether such such such a a a process process process is is possible in a given developing country and what are the chances that if implemented it will succeed is a very important question. Horii, Ohdoi, and Yamamoto (2005) deal with with this this this issue. issue. issue. They They They address address address the the the question question question why why why some some some developing developing developing countries countries countries are are are less less successful than others in adopting technologies and more effective financial markets techniques. To quote Horii et al. (2005, p. 2): “A fundamental question is why some countries are stuck with poor performance even though it results in primitive financial ma markets rkets rkets and and and unproductive unproductive unproductive technologies”. technologies”. technologies”. They They They conclude conclude conclude that that that in in in some some some cases cases cases the the expected expected increase increase increase in in in the the the income income income inequality inequality inequality due due due to to to the the the financial financial financial led led led technological technological changes deters people f rom from from adopting financial, legal, adopting financial, legal, a nd political and political reforms reforms that will that will lead to financial, business, and economic development. Morck, Wolfenzon, and Yeung (2005) provide somewhat different answer, also focusing on income distribution but from a point of view of economic entrenchment and rent seeking behavior. Nowhere the relationship between finance, growth, and international business is more more pronounced pronounced pronounced than than than in in in the the the impressive impressive impressive development development development of of of the the the private private private equity equity equity funds funds devoted for investment in emerging markets. Table 1 presents data on the growth of private equity funds raised for investment in emerging markets by regions. The amounts of money raised by private equity funds dedicated for investments in emerging markets went went up tremendously in up tremendously in t he last five the last five y ears. More importantly years. More importantly significant amounts were were invested invested to support domestic companies in in emerging emerging markets markets to to to become become become more more more competitive competitive competitive in in in the the the global global global markets markets markets by by by providing providing providing their their their own own brands of products to the world’s consumers. Lenovo is a case in point when a major investment investment by by by three three three American American American private private private equity equity equity funds funds funds (Texas (Texas (Texas Pacific Pacific Pacific Group, Group, Group, General General Atlantic, and Newbridge Capital) was made in a Chinese company with the purpose of making Lenovo a leading competitor in the global market. 译 文:金融类对外直接投资:私募股权投资在新兴市场全球化企业中的角色一、简介国际商业和经济发展密切相关。
文献综述1.2011Pedro A. C. Saffi and Kari Sigurdsson 《Price Efficiency and Short Selling》(价格效率和卖空)主要研究借贷市场影响价格效率和收入分配,使用股票借贷供给和借贷费用来代理卖空限制。
主要研究结论:第一,卖空限制降低价格效率;第二,卖空限制的废除不会增加价格波动和极端负收益的发生。
2.2014Saqib Sharif, Hamish D. Anderson, Ben R. Marshall《Against the tide: the commencement of short selling and margin trading in mainland China》(应对潮流:中国大陆融资融券的开端)对于A股和H股,可卖空股票价格的下降,表明,融券主导融资的影响。
与监管部门的意图和新开发市场实验证据相反,卖空股的流动性和买卖价差都下降。
与Ausubel (1990)的结论一致,这些结果表明,不知情的投资者避开卖空股以减少和知情投资者的交易风险。
研究卖空、买空对价格、流动性和波动性的影响,使用中国大陆和香港的数据。
贡献:第一,研究融资、融券的双重影响,可以让我们评价哪个更好,我们发现卖空影响更强。
卖空交易会增加和信息知情者的交易风险;第二,我们通过新兴市场论证卖空和买空对流动性的影响。
相比发达市场,新兴市场似乎在这些方面研究较少。
新兴市场可能与发达市场不同,因为新兴市场的投资者保障更弱(Morck et al., 2000)。
与监管部门的目的和发达市场的证据不同,这种在监管上的改变导致流动性下降。
这表明,投资者避开与监管涉及的股票。
第三,新兴市场上,卖空、买空对股票收益影响有限。
Lee and Yoo (1993)发现,在韩国和台湾,买空需求和股票收益波动性之间无关,而Lamba and Ariff(2006)发现在马来西亚,买空约束的放松伴随收入的增加。
中文3400字外文文献原文题目:上市公司股权激励问题研究Listed Companies Incentive Research1、Overview of equity incentive1.1 The definition of equity incentiveEquity incentive is obtained in the form of company shares by operators to give business owners a certain economic rights, enabling them to participate in corporate decision-making capacity as shareholders ﹑ risk, profit-sharing, so that due diligence services for the company's long-term development of an incentive method .1.2 The role of incentive stock options1.2.1 The incentivesSo be excited owned a minority share of enterprises with equity this link will be excited with the interests of those companies closely tied together, to achieve long-term incentive for operators to enable them to actively andconsciously in accordance with established enterprise requires that the target in order to achieve corporate interests and maximize the interests of shareholders and work hard, releasing the potential value of their human capital, improve capital operational efficiency, increase productivity, enhance cohesion and minimize monitoring costs.1.2.2 Confinement effectConstraints role is mainly manifested in two aspects, one is excited because the owner has been formed by "a prosperity, a loss for both sides," the interests of the community, if the operators do not work hard or because of other reasons, to the detriment of the interests of enterprises, such as the emergence losses, the operators jointly with other shareholders share the same loss of business; the second is through a number of constraints (such as restricted stock) so that those who can not lightly be excited to leave --- if they are excited by leaving before the contract expires, it will lost a small fortune vested economic interests. 3. Stability and winSince the equity incentive tools for incentive target vesting conditions are included with limited service period,it can not easily leave. Especially for executives and technology backbone, the backbone of sales and other "key employees" equity incentive efforts tend to be larger, so the equity incentive for stability "key employees" role is relatively obvious. Enterprises and employees to achieve a long-term stable cooperation, combining to form a community of interests and win-win for individuals and businesses.2、The problem and cause analysis of listed companies equity incentive2.1 A listed company equity incentive Problems2.1.1 The implementation of restricted stock incentiveFrom December 20, 2007 start of the second batch of incentive, a total of 26 listed companies announced equity incentive plan, as of the end of 2008 all 26 company's share price fell below the exercise price. But unlike 2008, in 2009 only two companies to cancel and deny the equity incentive plan. 2008 between a high proportion of the company proposed a termination causes the implementation of restricted stock incentive plan, mapping out from the other side, there are some issues of equity incentive implementation process inevitable.2.1.2 Assessment of equity incentive target singleFound from the table below, the vast majority of listed companies is currently the object of the assessment is based on incentive-based accounting indicators, and most of the company adopted the 2-3 financial indicators, ie mainly in the net profit growth, return on net assets was the main indicators. Presence resign cash incentive target behavior. Along with executives of listed companies is a large number of equity incentive boom executives to resign cash. 2007 Annual Report of the shares of three flowers disclosures show that in March 2006 the resignation of a former vice president of the company, two directors, 2007 were reduced holdings of shares held by all three spent 88.83 million shares and 50.10 million shares; the company's former chairmanin April 2007 resigned as chairman and director, 5,650,000 shares of its order, "senior shares" form has been automatically locked unlocked in the November 9, 2007, to obtain tradable. Although executives of listed companies can not assert that the main reason for the resignation is to cash in, but does have a large number of shares of a listed company but does not have a controlling interest motives executives exhibited strong cash holdings worth alert.2.2 Equity Incentive Cause Analysis of Listed Companies2.2.1 The stock option exercise price is set improperly influence the incentive effectStock option plan can achieve the incentive for operators as well as the degree of excitation depends on the development of the exercise price, the exercise price and the right line again equity incentive is based on the company's stock price. When the market effectively, operators work hard to enable enterprises to enhance the performance, stock prices can reflect this change, the operator will be able to profit through the exercise of stock options and therefore be able to achieve excitationfunction. If the market is not valid, the stock prices on the operator's operating performance and business value is not sensitive to reflect or even negative changes in the stock price depends not only on factors that efforts managers themselves, macroeconomic, industry and other effects on stock prices are very large, which there may be significant variation in the development of the exercise price, the operator may operate through efforts to improve the performance of the company, after rising corporate value, while the stock price has not fully reflected, which would harmthe interests of the operator's option dampen their enthusiasm. Therefore, the price should be set at Excluding the impact of stock option system factors, overall economic fluctuations during dynamic exercise price is determined, enhance the effectiveness of incentive stock options.2.2.2. The enterprise performance evaluation system is imperfectCurrently launched equity incentive program, the factors considered by the operator performance evaluation is not comprehensive, focused primarily on the evaluation of financial performance (using only the financial indicators), indicator is relatively simple, almost are ROE and net profit growth for the evaluation. Financial evaluation reflect only the results do not reflect the process will result in an excessive focus on the history of corporate management, and the lack of future performance prediction, one-sided pursuit of profitability temporarily obtain and maintain short-term financial results, contributing to its quick success and short-term speculative behavior . So that investors can not fully understand the business situation is not conducive to optimal allocation of capital, partly the result of excessivefocus on financial performance of the enterprise, while ignoring relevant matters affecting the long-term development of enterprises. Therefore, in the assessment and evaluation of incentive targets should also be added to the non-financial indicators.2.2.3 Equity Incentive mechanism is not perfectInternal governance structure of listed companies is a bit confusing, ownership of the property rights system resulting in the absence of confusion, a lot of executive directors of listed companies to participate in the decision-making of the Remuneration Committee, the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee led by the chairman or part-time parent, that the development of Executive Incentive Plan members of the "remuneration Committee" overlap with senior executives enjoy incentives, in essence, become his own incentive to develop their own standards.Makers with the incentive target equity incentive plan no separation, coupledwith the lack of effective supervision of shareholders, resulting in a lower equity incentive threshold, executives were generally enjoy the incentive, equity incentive becomes a disguised equity dividends. In the designof the exit mechanism and associated restrictions on the more relaxed, equity incentive shorter validity period, executives in the short term will be able to get a lot of benefits through exercise, a phenomenon with a long-term equity incentives contrary, so China's listed companies equity incentive plan for internal constraints useless.3、The shares of listed companies the incentive problem solving strategies3.1 Improve the corporate governance structureCorporate governance is imperfect, the introduction of equity incentive under "internal control", the operators set their own salary for a given situation stocks, damage to the company and shareholders interests inevitable. Sound corporate governance structure of listed companies is an important basis for the healthy operation of the system, but also the role of equity incentives necessary condition for the establishment of an independent director system, supervisory board on major issues of personnel, payroll, and other strategic decisions of legality, impartiality, independence; set up a board system to ensure that the overall interests of the internal corporate governance-related decision-makinglevel, the Board of Directors for the company, but also to ensure the supervision of the management of the Executive Board of the effectiveness of decision-making and more; the establishment of internal control system, the business activities of the enterprise to effectively control ; set up an audit committee system of internal financial operation mechanism effectively regulated. In order to avoid the Supervisory Board and board personnel due to the long "run" so that constraint failure, the Board of Supervisors should adopt the rotation system, every three years or five years to conduct a personnel adjustments.3.2 Improve the independent director systemChina's listed companies are hired basically independent directors of listed company's internal business play a supervisory role, but the time of the introduction of the independent director system is short, various ancillary systems and the external environment is not perfect, to a certain extent, restricted its full play. Many companies are major shareholders or management proposed by the independent director candidates to the Board, on behalf of the board of directors nominated again, this mechanism is difficult toguarantee the nomination of independent directors independent of the major shareholders and management, independent directorsindividual independence and the independence of the whole affected, resulting in weakening of the board control. There are a lot of independent directors lack experience in corporate management, are not familiar with the operation of the enterprise, it is difficult to assume the important task of supervising the business operation, but also for a variety of considerations listed companies, try not to provide less detrimental to the company's offer information, even deliberately not notified of independent directors to attend board meetings, causing the independent directors can not get enough information, resulting in right of independent directors is difficult to be assured that it is difficult to play its role.3.3 The implementation of the concept of corporate culture Incentive3.3.1 Shaping corporate culture inspired by the spirit.Corporate culture is the sum of the spirit of enterprise culture, institutional culture and material culture, is suitable for the characteristics of the philosophy of theorganization long-term business development process gradually, due to the excellent corporate employees can bring a strong sense of belonging, pride and positive mental state, so the corporate culture has become an important means of shaping contemporary entrepreneurship incentives. After the employee into the enterprise, regular staff training enterprise value, philosophy and often organized team activities within the enterprise, enhance the sense of honor, so that employees truly appreciate the individual and the collective community formation, so that employees have the power to dedicate to companies contribute their abilities.3.3.2 The use of corporate contributions to enhance their sense of belonging value methodEnhance their sense of belonging to the cumulative contribution value by establishing enterprise employees archives way, every employee will be set into the enterprise's contribution to the value of their corporate archives, unified management by the Ministry of Personnel. Companies must have a complete evaluation system, the basic idea is the contribution of staff of the enterprise value divided by thecumulative contribution reflects the value of the contribution of each one into a value.In the scoring system set up team points and individual points system, the two do not conflict, you can repeat accumulate. Each workshop or department can become a team, business has a corresponding assessment indicators for each team, each team has a minimum monthly for 10 points, that overall absenteeism rate within the normal range can be obtained; financial performance, if the team can complete the task monthplus 50 percentage points higher than the target will be reflected in the extra points, for example, if the target production workshop this month 100 products and defective rate below 2%, the actual completion of 200 products and defective rate below 2%, the month everyone on the team will add points 50 + 50 × (200- 100) / 100 = 100.End of each year for accounting and personnel departments and various departments each year for contributions to the value of the enterprise, while the cumulative contribution value is calculated according to the level of contribution to the value determined when the companies named a number of excellent staff and excellent team of the year, due to thenature of each department, employee the number of different factors such as the proportion of outstanding employees have assigned different personnel department needs to be weighed carefully. Excellent staff and excellent team for the annual contribution to the value of the bonus points there, while accompanied by material incentives (such as cash incentives, equity incentives, etc.文献译文题目:上市公司股权激励问题研究一、股权激励概述(一)股权激励的定义股权激励是通过经营者获得公司股权形式给予企业经营者一定的经济权利,使他们能够以股东的身份参与企业决策﹑承担风险、分享利润,从而勤勉尽责地为公司长期发展服务的一种激励方法。
中英文资料外文翻译文献Chinese Listed Companies Preference to Equity Fund:Non-Systematic FactorsAbstractThis article concentrates on the listed companies’ financing activities in China, analyses the reasons that why the listed companies prefer to equity fund from the aspect of non-systematic factors by using western financing theories, such as financing cost, types and qualities of the enterprises’ assets, profitability, industry factors, shareholding structure factors, level of financial management and society culture, and concludes that the preference to equity fund is a reasonable choice to the listed companies according to Chinese financing environment. At last, there are some concise suggestions be given to rectify the companies’ preference to equity fund.Keywords: Equity fund, Non-systematic factors, financial cost1. IntroductionThe listed companies in China prefer to equity fund, According to the statistic data showed in <China Securities Journal>, the amount of the listed companies finance in capital market account to 95.87 billions in 1997, among which equity fund take the proportion of 72.5%, and the proportion is 72.6% in 1998 and 72.3% in 1999, on the other hand, the proportion of debt fund to total fund is respective 17.8%, 24.9% and 25.1% in those three years. The proportion of equity fund to total fund is lower in the developed capital market than that in China. Take US for example, when American enterprises need to fund in the capital market, they prefer to debt fund than equity fund. The statistic data shows that, from 1970 to 1985, the American enterprises’ debt fund financed occupied the 91.7% proportion of outside financing, more than equity fund. Yan Dawu etc. found that, approximately 3/4 of the listed companies preferred to equity fund in China. Many researchers agree upon that the listed companies’ outside financing following this order: first one is equity fund, second one is convertible bond, third one is short-term liabilities, last one is long-term liabilities. Many researchers usually a nalyze our national listed companies’ preference to equity fund with the systematic factors arising in the reform of our national economy. They thought that it just because of those systematic facts that made the listed companies’ financial activities betr ay to western classical financing theory. For example, the “picking order” theory claims that when enterprise need fund, they should turn to inside fund (depreciation and retained earnings) first, and then debt fund, and the last choice is equity fund. In this article, the author thinks that it is because of the specific financial environment that activates the enterprises’ such preference, and try to interpret the reasons of that preference to equity fund by combination of non-systematic factors and western financial theories.2. Financings cost of the listed company and preference toequity fundAccording to western financing the theories, capital cost of equity fund is more than capital cost of debt fund, thus the enterprise should choose debt fund first, then is the turn to equity fund when it fund outside. We should understand that this conception of “capital cost” is taken into account by investors, it is somewhat opportunity cost of the investors, can also be called expected returns. It contains of risk-free rate of returns and risk rate of returns arising from the investors’ risk investment. It is different with financing cost in essence. Financing cost is the cost arising from enterprises’ financing activities and using fund, we can call it fund co st. If capital market is efficient, capital cost should equal to fund cost, that is to say, what investors gain in capital market should equal to what fund raisers pay, or the transfer of fund is inevitable. But in an inefficient capital market, the price of stock will be different from its value because of investors’ action of speculation; they only chase capital gain and don’t want to hold the stocks in a long time and receive dividends. Thus the listed companies can gain fund with its fund cost being lower than capital cost.But in our national capital market, capital cost of equity fund is very low; it is because of the following factors: first, the high P/E Ratio (Price Earning Ratio) of new issued shares. According to calculation, average P/E Ratio of Chinese listed companies’ shares is between 30 and 40, it also is maintained at 20 although drops somewhat recently. But the normal P/E Ratio should be under 20 according to experience. We can observe the P/E was only 13.2 from 1874 to 1988 in US, and only 10 in Hong Kong. High P/E Ratio means high share issue price, then the capital cost of equity fund drops even given the same level of dividend. Second, low dividend policy in the listed companies, capital cost of equity fund decided by dividend pay-out ratio and price of per share. In China, many listed companies pay little or even no dividends to their shareholders. According to statistic data, there were 488 listed companies paid no dividend to their shareholders in 1998, 58.44 percents of all listed companies, there were 590, 59.83 percents in 1999, even 2000 in which China Securities Regulatory Commission issue new files to rule dividend policy of companies, there were only 699 companies which pay dividends, 18.47 percents more than that in 1999, but dividend payout ratio deduce 22%. Thus capital cost of equity is very low. Third, there is no rigidity on equity fund, if the listed companies choose equity fund, they can use the fund forever and has no obligation to return this fund. Most of listed companies are controlled by Government in China, taking financing risk into account, the major stockholders prefers to equity fund. The management also prefer equity fund because its lower fund cost and needn’t to be paid off, then their position will be more stable than financing in equity fund. We can conclude from the above analysis that cost of equity fund is lower than cost of debt fund in Chinese listed companies and the listed companies prefer to such low-cost fund.3. Types and qualities of assets in listed companies andpreference to equity fundStatic Trade-off Theory tells us, the value of enterprise with financial leverage is decided by the value of self-owned capital; value arising from tax benefit, cost offinancial embarrassment and agency cost. Cost of financial embarrassment and agency cost are negative correlative to the types and qualities of companies’ assets, if the enterprise has more intangible assets, more assets with lower quality, it will has lower liquidity and its assets have lower mortgage value. When this kind of enterprise faces to great financial risk, it will have no way to solve its questions by selling its assets. Furthermore, because care for the ability of turning into cash of the mortgage assets, the creditors will high the level of rate and lay additional items in financial contract to rule the debtor’s action, all of those will enhance the agency cost and deduce the companies value. Qualcomm is supplier of wireless data and communication service in America, it is the inventor and user of CDMA and it also occupies the technology of HDR. The market value of its share is 1120 billions dollars at the end of March, 2000, but the quantities of long-term liabilities is zero. Why? Some reasons may be that there are some competitors in the market who own analogous technologies and the management of Qualcomm Company takes conservative attitude in financing activities. But the most important factor may be Qualcomm Company owns a mass of intangible assets which will have lower conve rtibility and the company’s value will decline when it has no enough money to pay for its debt.Many listed companies in China are transformed from the national enterprises. In the transformation, these listed companies take over the high-quality assets of the national enterprises, but with the development of economy, some projects can not coincide with the market demand and the values of relative assets decline. On the other hand, there are many intangible assets in new high-tech companies. State-owned companies and high-tech companies are the most parts of the capital market. We can conclude that the qualities of listed companies’ assets are very low. This point is supported by the index of P/B (Price-to-Book value) which is usually thought as one of the most important indexes which can weigh the qualities of the listed companies’ assets. According to statistic data coming from Shenzhen Securities Information Company, by the end of November 14, 2003, there were 412 companies whose P/B is less than 2, take the 30% proportions of total listed companies which issue A-share in China, among them, there were 150 companies whose P/B is less than 1.53, and weighted average P/B of the stock market is 2.42. Lower qualities of assets means more cost may be brought out from debt fund and lower total value of the listed companies. Thus the listed companies prefer to equity fund when need outside financial support in China.4. Profitability and preference to equity fundFinancial Leverage Theory tells us that a small ch ange in company’s profit may make great change in company’s EPS (Earnings per share). Just like leverage, we can get an amplified action by use of it. Debt fund can supply us with this leverage, by use of debt fund, these companies which have high level of profitability will get higher level of EPS because debt fund produces more profit for shareholders than interest shareholder shall pay. On the contrary, these companies which have low level of profitability will get lower level of EPS by use of debt fund because debt fund can not produce enough profit for shareholder to fulfill the demand of paying off the interests. Edison International Company has steady amount of customers and many intangible assets, these supply it with high level of profitability and ability to gain debt fund, its debt account to 67.2% proportions of its total assets in 1999.Listed companies in developed countries or regions always have high level of profitability. Take US for example, there are many listed companies which haveexcellent performance in American capital market when do business, such as J.P Morgan, its EPS is $11.16 per share in 1999. Besides it, GM, GE, Coca Cola, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Dell etc. all always are profitable. In Hong Kong, most of those companies whose stock included in Hang Sang Index have the level of EPS more than 1 HKD, many are more than 2 HKD. Such as Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited, its EPS is 7.66 HKD. But listed companies do not have such excellent performance in profitability in China inland. Their profitability is common low. Take the performance of 2000 for example, the weighted average EPS of total listed companies is only 0.20 Yuan per share, and the weighted average P/B is 2.65 Yuan per share, 8.55 percents of these listed companies have negative profit. With low or no profit, the benefit nixes, listed companies’ preference to equity fund is a reasonable phenomenon. Can be gained from debt fund is very little; the listed companies can even suffer from the financial distress caused by debt fund. So with the consideration of shareholders’ interest, the listed companies prefer to equity fund when need outside financial support in China.5. Shareholding structure factors and preference to equityfundListed companies not only face to external financing environmental impacts, but also the structure of the companies shares. Shareholding structure of Chinese listed companies shows characteristics as followed: I. Ownership structure is fairly complex. In addition to the public shares, there are shares held with inland fund and foreign stocks, state-owned shares, legal person shares, and internal employee shares, transferred allotted shares, A shares, B shares, H shares And N shares, and other distinction. From 1995 to 2003, Chinese companies’ outstandin g shares of the total equity share almost have no change, even declined slightly. II. There are different prices, dividends, and rights of shares issued by same enterprise. III. The over-concentration of shares. We use the quantity of shares of the three major shareholders who top the list of shareholders of the listed companies to measure the concentration of stock. We study he concentration of stock of these companies which issue new share publicly in the years from 1995 to 2003 and focus on the situation of Chinese listed companies over the same period. The results showed that: from 1995 to 2003, the company-Which once transferred or allotted shares-whose top three shareholders’ shareholding ratio are generally higher than the average level of all the listed companies, and most of these company's top three shareholders holding 40 percent or higher percent of companies’ shares. In some years, the maximum number even is more than 90 percent, indicating that the company with the implementation of transferred and allotted shares have relatively high concentration rate of shares and major shareholders have absolute control over it. In short, transferring allotting shares and the issuance of additional shares have a certain relevance to the company’s concentration of ownership structure; the company's financing policy is largely controlled by the major shareholders.Chinese listed companies’ special shareholding structure effects its financing action. Because stockholders of the state-owned shares, legal person shares, social and outstanding shares, foreign share have a different objective function, their modes offinancing preferences vary, and their preference affect the financing structure of listed companies. Controlling shareholders which hold state-owned shares account for the status of enterprises and carry out financing decisions in accordance with their own objective function. When the objective function conflict with the other shareholders benefit, they often damage the interests of other shareholders by use of the status of controlling. As the first major shareholders of the companies, government has multiple objectives, not always market-oriented, it prefers to use safe fund such as equity fund to maintain the value of state-owned assets, thus resulting in listed company’s preference to equity financing. Debt financing bring business with greater pressure to pay off the par value and interests. Therefore, the state-owned companies are showing a more offensive attitude to debt fund, again because of Chinese state-controlled listed companies have the absolute status in all listed company.From: International Journal of Business and Management; October, 2009.中国上市公司偏好股权融资:非制度性因素摘要本文把重点集中于中国上市公司的融资活动,运用西方融资理论,从非制度性因素方面,如融资成本、企业资产类型和质量、盈利能力、行业因素、股权结构因素、财务管理水平和社会文化,分析了中国上市公司倾向于股权融资的原因,并得出结论,股权融资偏好是上市公司根据中国融资环境的一种合理的选择。
外文原文Management Research News,Volume 25 Number 12,2002A Rational Justification of the Pecking Order Hypothesis to theChoice of Sources of FinancingBy Vuong Duc Hoang Quan外文翻译原文来自:Management Research News,Volume 25 Number 12,2002:74-90融资过程中啄食顺序理论的一个合理证明Vuong Duc Hoang Quan摘要自从被Stewart Myers (1984)发展以来,啄食顺序理论在近期把研究重心从传统静态权衡理论转移到其他理论的研究的趋势中成为了一道亮点,它试图为公司资本结构的行为寻求一个合理的解释。
这篇文章通过建立啄食顺序理论和与之有明显对立的MM定理1之间的关系,提出了啄食顺序理论的一个合理证明。
为支持我们的解释,在推论过程中,我们采用各种各样现有的理论,包括税盾理论、破产成本理论、代理理论、信号理论和管理风险厌恶理论等,这些证明啄食顺序理论的论据,其内涵也被简要地讨论了。
关键词:公司融资;资本结构;啄食顺序理论介绍企业怎样选择资本结构及其影响因素是公司财务上一个很有争议的根本问题。
传统上,资本结构的形成被认为是有利税率之间静态权衡的结果。
税收优势提倡增加债务,它与破产风险相对,破产风险更偏好于股权融资的使用。
尽管如此,近期的研究已经呈现出了从静态权衡理论为焦点到其他理论的研究的转移,从而试图寻找出一个对资本结构行为更进一步的解释。
Myers (1984)谈到的啄食顺序理论最早是由Donaldson (1961)始创的,是用来描述企业管理者为减轻不对称信息引起的投资不足问题的缺陷而优先采取的融资方式的选择这一融资实际。
因此相对于外源融资,任何类型的企业更倾向于内源融资。
金融学专业私募股权投资资料外文翻译文献外文题目:Financial Foreign Direct Investment: The Role of Private Equity Investments in the Globalization of Firms fromEmerging Markets原文:1. IntroductionInternational business and economic development are closely related. When applying to emerging markets, foreign direct investment (FDI) and development economics are two sides of the same coin. In terms of the classical OLI model of the economics of international business, the multinational enterprises (MNE) brings into play the ownership advantage while the governments of emerging markets bring into play the location advantage (Dunning 2000). For most part, the economics and the strategy of international business focused on the MNE while economic geography from Koopman (1957) to Krugman (1991) and later (as well as development economics) have focused on the country in which the investment takes place.This paper brings together international business development economics andinternational trade to gain better insights into an important and fascinating phenomenon in the arena of international business –the recent growth of private equity investments in emerging markets. The tremendous growth of private equity investments in emerging markets is evident from the data presented in Table 1. The total went up almost ten times, from about $3.5B to more than $33B in the period 2003-2006. Emerging Asia led the emerging markets with $19.4B raised in 2006 by 93 funds; about a third of the money that was raised by these funds went to China and India.The main argument that is presented and discussed in this paper is that private equity investments in emerging markets is another expression of foreign direct investment (FDI) where firms from the developed countries export specific factors of production (their ownership advantage) to small countries and emerging markets (new locations) as a way to generate value to all stakeholders. The firms in the developed countries in this case are specialized financial institutions (private equity funds) (Yoshikawa et al. 2006) and the factor of production that they export is high-risk sector specific capital. We dubbed this form of FDI as financial foreign direct investment (FFDI), but the process and the rational are the same as in the classical FDI analysis. FFDI (synonymous–but not restricted to–for private equity throughout this paper) is a subset of FDI that is solely devoted–as the name implies–for investments in private firms in purpose of generating high return on- investment over a relatively short period (5-7 years). The term “short” is relative and in comparison with the typical investment periods of the investors of private equity funds (e.g., pension funds, endowment funds and the like). At the extreme, i.e., in venture capital investments, investors take into account upfront that some of their investments will be written off at the prospects that few will generate return that will more than compensate those sunk investments (hence the “high-r isk” referral). Sector specific capital is a general phenomenon. In many industries such investment is more than mere financial investment and is augmented by specific information that the investor may posses in the form of managerial expertise, deal structuring specialty, networking capabilities and the like. In the case of the high-risk capital industry there is a need to bridge the gap between the risk perception of the investment project by theentrepreneurs or the “insiders” and the investors (most often risk-averse investors), the “outsiders”. This is accomplished by a combination of validation processes and screening mechanisms that are engaged by the private equity funds. In this regard they act as financial and risk intermediaries (Coval/Thakor 2005, provide an analytical framework for this approach). The value of the general partners of private equity funds depends on the quality of the risk intermediation that they perform for their investors. This makes them credible and reliable processors of information.Table 1: Emerging Markets Private Equity Funds Raising, 2003-2006 (US$ Millions)Emerging Asia CEERussiaLatham Sub-SaharaAfricaMiddle-EastAfricaMultipleRegionsTotal2003 2,200 406 417 NA 350 116 3,489 2004 2,800 1,777 714 NA 545 618 6,454 2005 15,446 2,711 1,272 791 1,915 3,630 25,765 2006 19,386 3,272 2,656 2,353 2,946 2,580 33,193 Source: EMPEA (Emerging Markets Private Equity Association) 2007.The discussion and the analysis presented in this paper draw on three different bodies of literature; the literature of finance and growth from development economics, (Levine 1997, 2004), the literature on comparative advantage in the discussion of patterns of trade (Deardorff 2004) and the literature of imperfect contracts in micro economics and in financial economics (Hart 2001, Zingales 2000).Financial foreign direct investment as practiced by private equity funds can be a powerful contributor to economic and business growth in emerging markets. FFDI changes the scene of international business as it contributes to a change in the relations between firms in developed countries and firms in the emerging markets. The unique relatively short term nature of a private equity investment makes it an appropriate instrument for the transition period that the world of international business is experiencing regarding the role of emerging markets and the role of China and India in particular. This is so because the short term nature of private equity investments allows firms in emerging markets for sufficient time for transfer ofinformation and learning and yet allow the local stakeholders to resume full ownership once the process is completed.The relations between the development economics literature on finance and growth and the international business literature is presented and discussed in the next section of the paper. It is shown that the two bodies of literatures are quite related once one penetrates the specific lingo employed by each one of them. The problems in the institutional setting and the lack of sufficient development of the capital markets in most emerging markets are overcome by creating specific international alliances that generate local comparative advantage. In section three, the concept of local comparative advantage (Deardorff 2004) is used for better understanding of FFDI. The perfect and efficient financial market of the Modern Theory of Finance is replaced by a set of imperfect contracts negotiated and renegotiated between domestic firms in emerging markets and private equity funds from the US and other major capital markets. This issue is discussed and analyzed in section four of the paper. Private equity funds drew a fair amount of criticism lately. The potential of private equity investment in emerging markets is discussed in section five of the paper. The conclusions of the study are briefly discussed in section six, the last section of the paper.2. Finance, Growth and International BusinessIn a survey paper on the relations between financial development and economic growth Levine (1997) states that: “…the development of financial markets and institutions are critical and inextricable part of the growth process”. He continues and says that: “…financial development is a good predictor of future rates of econom ic growth, capital accumulationand technological change. Moreover, cross-country, case study, industry- and firm- level analyses document extensive periods when financial development-or the lack thereof-crucially affect the speed and the pattern of econom ic development”, (Levine 1997, p. 689). Levine makes two other important points; first that the discussion of finance and developments takes place outside the state-contingent world of Arrow (1964) and Debreu (1959) and the discussion takes place in an incomplete world with imperfect (monopolistic) competition. The second point is that there arethree main research questions in the field of finance and development that needs more attention. (1) Why does financial structure change as countries grow? (2) Why do countries at similar stages of economic development have different looking financial systems? and (3) are there longterm economic growth advantages to adopting legal and policy changes that create one type of financial system vis-à-vis another?The three research questions raised by Levine deal with different aspects of the location of foreign direct investment. In particular, the three research questions deal with the gap between the potential of a certain country, or countries, as a site for an international oriented investment and the actual investment that has taken place. This is particularly true where the investment from the developed countries is in the form of high-risk sector specific capital such as provided by private equity funds. The potential of some countries in attracting private equity funds is not being fully realized due to the absence of an appropriate financial system. A well developed financial system is necessary to enhance the import of sector specific (high-risk) capital, a necessary condition for FFDI.As the financial structure of a country changes (as the country grows), it is suggested by Levine in his first question that different types of FDI can be accommodated. The development of FDI in China is an evidence of this process. Yet, as it is proposed in Levine’s second question, the financial markets of countries with similar rate of growth develop in different pace and in a different way. There are long-term economic growth advantages of adopting certain patterns of development for the financial market of a given country. In many cases FDI and FFDI do depend on relatively transparent and enforceable corporate governance. Morck, Wolfenzon, and Yeung (2005) demonstrated that economic entrenchment has a high price in foregone growth opportunities.There are three related problems in creating a domestic financial system for private equity and venture capital investments:How to mobilize the type and the quantity of savings (capital) appropriate for such investments where most of the capital should be imported from the major capital markets of the world?How to generate credible information and trust? How to monitor managementand to exert corporate control?The only feasible way to accommodate private equity and venture capital investments in emerging markets is to import sector specific high-risk capital from the US and other major capital markets. The term sector specific capital recognizes the fact that capital is not a unified factor of production (in the same way that there are different types of labor there are different types of capital). High-risk sector specific capital relates to the portfolio of the investors and to the relational capital of the specific financial intermediaries (i.e., the private equity funds). Most of the high-risk capital in the world is coming from large institutional investors in the US and it is a part of their assets’ management program. (A good example of how such capital relates to the total portfolio is the investment policy of CALPERS the largest pension fund in the US). Due to internal and external regulations, financial institutions cannot make investment unless there is an acceptable level of transparency and corporate governance in the country where the money is invested. Whether such a process is possible in a given developing country and what are the chances that if implemented it will succeed is a very important question. Horii, Ohdoi, and Yamamoto (2005) deal with this issue. They address the question why some developing countries are less successful than others in adopting technologies and more effective financial markets techniques. To quote Horii et al. (2005, p. 2): “A fundamental question is why some countries are stuck with poor performance even though it results in primitive financial ma rkets and unproductive technologies”. They conclude that in some cases the expected increase in the income inequality due to the financial led technological changes deters people from adopting financial, legal, and political reforms that will lead to financial, business, and economic development. Morck, Wolfenzon, and Yeung (2005) provide somewhat different answer, also focusing on income distribution but from a point of view of economic entrenchment and rent seeking behavior.Nowhere the relationship between finance, growth, and international business is more pronounced than in the impressive development of the private equity funds devoted for investment in emerging markets. Table 1 presents data on the growth of private equity funds raised for investment in emerging markets by regions.The amounts of money raised by private equity funds dedicated for investmentsin emerging markets went up tremendously in the last five years. More importantly significant amounts were invested to support domestic companies in emerging markets to become more competitive in the global markets by providing their own brands of products to the world’s consumers. Lenovo is a case in point when a major investment by three American private equity funds (Texas Pacific Group, General Atlantic, and Newbridge Capital) was made in a Chinese company with the purpose of making Lenovo a leading competitor in the global market.译文:金融类对外直接投资:私募股权投资在新兴市场全球化企业中的角色一、简介国际商业和经济发展密切相关。
股权融资在企业扩张中的作用论文中英文资料外文翻译文献摘要本文研究了股权融资在企业扩张中的作用。
通过对相关文献的综述和分析,我们发现股权融资在企业发展过程中起着重要的作用。
股权融资可以为企业提供资金,促进企业扩张和增长。
在股权融资的帮助下,企业能够获得更多的资本支持,从而拓展业务并进一步实现盈利。
然而,在股权融资过程中也存在一些问题和风险,需要企业管理层谨慎处理。
引言股权融资是指企业通过向投资者筹集资金的一种方式。
在企业扩张和发展的过程中,股权融资可以提供重要的资金支持。
通过,企业能够吸引投资者参与,从而获得更多的资本用于扩大业务规模、开展新项目或投资新技术。
股权融资的作用和影响一直是学者们关注的热点之一。
本文将通过综述和分析相关文献,探讨股权融资在企业扩张中的作用。
股权融资对企业扩张的影响提供资金支持股权融资可以为企业提供大量资金支持,使企业能够实现快速扩张。
相比其他融资方式,如债务融资,股权融资具有更高的灵活性和潜在回报。
通过,企业可以吸引更多投资者的关注并融资,从而获得更多资本用于发展企业。
促进企业扩大业务规模拥有充足的资金支持,企业可以更容易地扩大业务规模。
通过股权融资,企业可以增加其资本实力,从而支持新增的生产线、设备采购、市场拓展和人员扩充等扩张计划。
这样,企业可以更快地进入新市场,扩大产品线,提高市场份额,实现更快的增长。
实现盈利和投资回报股权融资不仅可以为企业提供资金,还可以为投资者提供投资回报。
当企业通过股权融资获得更多资金并实现扩张时,企业盈利能力和投资回报率可能会提高。
这为投资者带来了更多的机会,使他们能够分享企业发展的收益。
股权融资过程中的问题和风险股权稀释股权融资会导致企业现有股东的股权稀释。
当企业发行更多股票时,新股东的加入会导致原有股东在企业中的股权比例降低。
这可能会对现有股东的利益产生一定的影响。
股权管理困难随着股权融资的进行,企业的股权和股东结构也会变得复杂。
管理多个股东的权益、利益平衡以及进行有效的股权管理可能会成为一项挑战。
文献信息:文献标题:Equity Financing and Financial Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Embu Town, Kenya(肯尼亚恩布镇中小企业股权融资与财务绩效研究)国外作者:IK Njagi,ME Kimani,SN Kariuki文献出处:《International Academic Journal of Economics and Finance》, 2017,2(3):74-91字数统计:英文2793单词,15064字符;中文4590汉字外文文献:Equity Financing and Financial Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Embu Town, Kenya Abstract Capital structure comprise of a mix of debt and equity. Managers used various combinations of debt and equity that increases the net worth of business at the same time reduces the cost of obtaining finance. Financial decisions affected the financial performance of SMEs but vary from one firm to another. This is due to the limited access to finances and ability of the manager to fully utilize the resources available. SMEs are of significance to the economic development of any state regardless of the development status. Despite their importance SMEs are characterized with slow growth rate and three out of five SMEs fail in their first three years of operation. The continued poor performances have led to decline in growth and eventually death of the SMEs. The growth of the SMEs highly depended on the investment decisions made by the entrepreneurs and lack of access to finances has created financial gaps that have fueled the challenges that SMEs face. The study therefore analyzed the effect of equity financing on financial performance of SMEs in Kenya. The study revealed that SMEs had greater preference for contribution from friends and ploughing back profit as a source of equity finance. Angel investors as aform of equity financing has not gained acceptance as a source of finance. From the study it was evident that equity finance had a positive relationship to financial performance of the SMEs.Key Words: capital structure, equity, financial performanceINTRODUCTIONThe significance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Kenya was first acknowledged in the International Labor Organization report on Employment, Income and Equity in Kenya in 1972. The report underscored SMEs as an engine for employment and income growth. SMEs create about 85 percent of Kenya’s employment [Government of Kenya (Gok, 2009)].Despite the role played by SMEs, the World Bank Report (2010) suggests that one of the major causes of SMEs failure is limited access to finances. Business organizations aim to improve on their production and operations efficiency and to increase their profit margin. A number of factors may influence efficiency and effectiveness of business operations including capital structure. The capital structure of a firm is a mix of debt and equity that a firm uses to finance business. The finance manager is therefore concerned with a capital structure that increases the profit margin at least cost (Ehrhardt & Brigham, 2013). According to Chepkemoi (2015) earlier studies on general small firm capital structure have presupposed small and medium sized enterprises to (predominantly) act in such a way as to maximize their financial wealth. A consequence of this presupposition is that, these studies have assumed that SMEs, in general, desire substantial growth and consequently have a desire for external finance.Academic research has documented that there are differences in financing patterns between SMEs and large firms and analyzed possible causes of these differences (Elaine, Angelo, Ana & Ricardo, 2005; Howorth, 2001; Mac & Lucey, 2010). The existence of fixed costs due to external financing, smaller firms choose to refinance less frequently than larger firms because they are more affected by these fixed costs in relative terms. Hence, small firms choose to operate at a higher leveragelevel at a refinancing moment to compensate for less frequent rebalancing. This argument explains why smaller firms, if they have some debt, are more levered than larger firms. In addition, as the time period between restructurings is longer for small firms, on average, they have lower leverage ratios (Chepkemoi, 2013).Capital structure represents the proportionate relationship between the different forms of long term financing (Varaiya, Kerin & Weeks, 2007). Making appropriate decision on the financing option may look simple, but sometimes it require time. Management is often faced with dilemma on whether to obtain funds from internal sources (retained earnings) or external sources which include loans from financial institutions, trade credit, and issuance of equity shares. The creation of a capital structure in any organization influences the governance structure of a firm which, in turn, has direct impact on strategic decisions made by the managers (Mwangi, Makau & Kosimbei, 2014).Management has numerous capital structure choices that they may adopt at their discretion. The choice of the type of capital structure to be adopted may not mean value maximization but may be for the protection of the management self-interest, especially in businesses where the decisions are dictated by the managers and the voting power of the shares they own (Dimitris & Psillaki, 2008). Funds used for firms operations may be generated internally or externally. When raising funds externally, firms choose between equity and debt. Most of the effort of financial decision making process is centered on the determination of the optimal capital structure of a firm (Narayanan, 2008). Capital structure decisions affect all businesses, but they vary from one business to another based on financial requirement for the business success primarily depends on the ability of the finance manager to effectively manage firm’s financial resources (Narayanan, 2008).Equity FinancingEquity financing comprise of retained profits, own savings, contribution from board members, contribution from partners and friends, deferred income and cash flows of the business (Kongmanila & Kimbara, 2007). Angel Investors (business angels) are wealthy individuals who place equity in business that they believe havehigh growth and return prospects and are interested in supporting the entrepreneur (Ibrahim, 2008). Many successful large companies which attracted venture capitalists or public equity relied first on angels (Ibrahim, 2008). Equity financing is important source of income and have a positive relationship to the performance of the business. Firms that use equity finance are able to make it performance better since there is direct control and because equity holders are residual claimant they have to ensure that resources are allocated efficiently (Caroline & Willy, 2015).Many small firms are established as family business which may not pursue growth strategies. Moreover, if SMEs have unconstrained choice between external debt and internal resources, they will choose not to use debt financing because of a desire to retain control and independence (Bell & V os, 2009). They further conceded that the owners of SMEs may show strong preference for the funding options, which have minimal or no intrusion into the business that is retained earnings and personal savings (Bell & V os, 2009).Financial PerformanceOperational performance measures growth in sales and growth in market share this provide a broad definition of performance as they focus on the factors that ultimately lead to financial performance. The most common used performance proxies are the GP margin, NP margin and operating ratios (Munyuny, 2013). Pandula (2011) explains that firms’performance has a great influence on access to credit; research implies that greater profits as well as sales are associated with greater access to financing. Firms with increasing sales and sales turnover have less constraint on credit while poor performing firms have been found to have limited access to financing particularly by banks.SMEs in KenyaThe importance of micro and small enterprise (SMEs) sector to the Kenyan economy has been widely recognized. The SMEs sector is crucial to the government’s effort in reducing poverty as it employs nearly 6.8 million Kenyan and the new jobs created, 89% were in the small sector firm. The Kenyan government is aware of the crucial role private sector plays in her economic development. This has made it toinitiate finance scheme such as youth and women fund and Uwezo fund with a view of finance the SMEs [Kenya Institute of Public Policy Research Analysis (KIPPRA, 2007)]. SMEs contribute positively to economic growth, employment and poverty alleviation (Fatoki & Asah, 2011).In the recent years the performance of the SMEs has continued to decline in Kenya. Virtually most small enterprises had collapsed leading to closure of some of the SMEs that were producing 40% of the employment in Kenya. Other SMEs were auctioned while some were merged or acquired signifying questionable financial performance due to lack of proper management of debt acquired (GoK, 2009). SMEs continue to face challenges such as overlap and inconsistencies in legal and sectorial policies, lack of clear boundaries in the institutional mandate, lack of suitable legal framework, outdated council by-laws, unavailability of land and worksites, exclusion of local authorities in policy development, lack of access to credit, lack of central coordination mechanism, lack of devolved coordination and implementation mechanism (Gok, 2009). SMEs lack of access to finance is a major constraint to their growth in Kenya (Atieno, 2009).EMPIRICAL LITERATUREStudies have been done in regard to effect of capital structure on firm performance both locally and internationally. Heshmati (2008) in his study on dynamics of capital structure of Micro and small firms in Sweden found that listed companies have easier access to the equity market compared to smaller companies because of low fixed cost thus indicating a negative relationship between firm size and debt levels. Shubita and Alsawalhah (2012) in a study of the relationship between capital structure and profitability of industrial Jordan companies suggested that firms with high profits depend heavily on equity as their main financing option. Kihinde (2012) studied relationship between capital structure mix of SMEs and overall performance of firms in Nigeria. The study revealed that most of the SMEs have all equity finance structure and have less debt finance compared to equity finance. It also revealed that the earnings survival and performance of the SMEs is stronglyinfluenced by capital structure mix.Kamau (2010) conducted a study on the relationship between the capital structure and financial performance of insurance companies in Kenya. The study found that there was a weak relationship between financial performance and capital structure hence, debt and equity ratios accounted for a small percentage of financial performance. Birundu (2015) examined the effect of capital structure on the financial performance of small and medium enterprises in Thika sub-County, Kenya. In his findings there was no significant effect of capital structure, asset turnover and asset tangibility on the financial performance of SMEs in Thika sub- County, Kenya. Karanja (2014) carried out a study on effect of capital structure on financial performance of Kenyan SMEs. The study concluded that capital structure has significant impact on the financial performance.From the review of relevant literature it is evident that research in the area of capital structure has been done both internationally and locally. Heshmati (2008) studied dynamics of capital structure of micro and small firms in Sweden, Shubita and Alsawalhah (2012) studied the relationship between capital structure and profitability, Mahamed and Jaafer (2012) studied the effect of debt financing on performance of the firm, Abdul (2012) studied the relationship of capital structure with performance of firms in Pakistan, Salama (2015) studied the impact of capital structure on performance of SMEs in Tanzania, Kamau (2010) studied relationship between the capital structure and financial performance of insurance companies in Kenya, Chepkemoi (2013) studied analysis of the effect of capital structure on the financial performance of SMEs in Nakuru town. Birundu (2015) studied the effect of capital structure on the financial performance of SMEs in Thika Sub County. From the survey of relevant literature it is evident that many studies have been carried out in regard to capital structure. However there is no specific study on equity financing and financial performance of small and medium enterprises in Embu town, Kenya. This study will therefore be conducted in order to fill the gaps in literature by studying equity financing and financial performance of small and medium enterprises in Embu town, Kenya.RESEARCH METHODOLOGYResearch DesignA descriptive survey research design was employed in this study. A descriptive design is selected because of its high degree of representativeness and the ease in which a researcher will obtain the participants’ opinion. According to Burns & Grove (2009) descriptive research is designed to provide a picture of a situation as it naturally happens.The Target PopulationThe target population comprised of all 10,611 registered small and medium enterprises in Embu County. However the major focus was on the accessible population. The accessible population is that proportion of the target population that the researcher can access easily and conveniently. The accessible population for the study was 300 registered SMEs in Embu.Sampling Technique and Sample SizeThe study used simple random sampling technique. Neuman (2003) indicated that 10 to 20% of the accessible population is an adequate sample size in descriptive study. The sample size was therefore 60 SMEs which was 20% of accessible population.Data Collection InstrumentsThe study used self-administered semi-structured open and close ended questionnaire for the collection of primary data. A five step likert scale was used for close ended questions.RESEARCH RESULTSResponse RateResponse rate refers to number of the questionnaires completely filled by the respondents against the questionnaires administered. The study administered 60 questionnaires out of which 41 questionnaires were collected fully filled and returned. The response rate was 68.3% which was attributed to by self-administering thequestionnaires and respondents were also assured high level of confidentiality. According to Mugenda & Mugenda (2003) a response rate of 50% is considered adequate, 60% is good and 70% is excellent. The response rate was therefore considered to be good and reliable.Period of Firm ExistenceThe study sought to establish how long has the business been in existence. From the result of the study it was revealed that majority (46% )of the businesses have been in existence for a period of 2-5 years, while 44% of the businesses have been in operation for a period of 6-10 years. Businesses that have been in operation for a period of less than a year are 7% and those above 10 years of operation are 3%. This indicates that 46% of the businesses are in the early stages of growth while 44% of the business units have exceeded the infancy stage of growth.Legal Status of the BusinessThe research study sought to determine the legal status of the businesses. It was revealed that 90% of the businesses were formed through sole proprietorship while 7% represent partnership kind of business and limited companies represent 3% of the businesses. The most preferred form of businesses in Embu town was sole proprietorship. This could be highly attributed to the ease in legal requirement during formation, capital requirement and exercising full control of the business while least preferred form of business was limited company.Capital size of the FirmThe study sought to establish the capital size of the firm. It established that majority ( 88%) of the business enterprises’ had an capital base of less than 0.5 million shillings worth, 5% had an asset base worth between 0.5 to 1 million shillings and more than 1.5 million shillings. Businesses with a capital base of 1.0 to 1.5 million shillings represented 2%. This indicates that many businesses in Embu town have a capital base of less than 0.5 million shillings due to their size of operation and legal status of the business. The small size capital base was attributed to due to low levels of fixed assets such as land and buildings because the SMEs are operated on rented premises.Firms Annual Sales TurnoverThe study sought to determine the annual sale turnover of the businesses within Embu town. From the findings it was established that the 88% of the businesses reports annual sales volume of less than 0.5 million shillings, 7% of the enterprises report annual sales of 0.5 to 1 million shillings while 3% reports annual sales turnover of more 1 to 1.5 million shillings and 2% report annual sales turnover of more than 1.5 million shillings. This indicate that the larger percentage of the business units report less than 0.5 million shillings annual sales turnover.CONCLUSIONSFrom the study it was evident that equity finance had a positive relationship to financial performance of the SMEs. SMEs prefer equity contribution from friends. This is because the entrepreneurs prefer to share risks with less risk averse investors at the same time avoiding any undesirable change in ownership. Angel investors has not gained acceptance with the entrepreneurs in Embu town. This is because most of the businesses are sole proprietorship forms of businesses which are controlled and managed by the owners.RECOMMENDATIONSThe study acknowledged the use of equity in financing as a source of finance. Contributions from friends and ploughed back profits have minimal or no money burden to the SMEs. The study recommends that SMEs should embrace angel investors as equity financiers since they provide the start-up capital to the SMEs. Angel investors also provide managerial and book keeping skills to the entrepreneurs thus enhancing the accountability and efficient use of the financial resources at hand.中文译文:肯尼亚恩布镇中小企业股权融资与财务绩效研究摘要资本结构包括债务和股权的组合。