Does capital structure affect the differences in the financial performance of small enterprises?

Capital structure refers to the combination of debt and equity that the company uses to finance overall operations and growth. One of the most common problems of small enterprises is difficult access to various sources of financing, which is certainly reflected in their capital structure. Deciding o...

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Autores principales: Stoiljković Aleksandra, Tomić Slavica, Uzelac Ozren
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Publicado: University of Novi Sad - Faculty of Economics, Subotica 2021
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:2d3acb83e7084be399816b08fcc3d2502021-12-05T21:34:16ZDoes capital structure affect the differences in the financial performance of small enterprises?1821-34482334-619110.5937/StraMan2103072Shttps://doaj.org/article/2d3acb83e7084be399816b08fcc3d2502021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/1821-3448/2021/1821-34482103072S.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/1821-3448https://doaj.org/toc/2334-6191Capital structure refers to the combination of debt and equity that the company uses to finance overall operations and growth. One of the most common problems of small enterprises is difficult access to various sources of financing, which is certainly reflected in their capital structure. Deciding on capital structure is one of the most important activities in the company, given that it significantly determines the performance of the company, but also the competitiveness and sustainability of the business. The aim of the study was to investigate whether there is a significant difference in financial performance between enterprises belonging to different leverage levels. Financial leverage was calculated by dividing total debts to total assets and based on leverage the companies are divided into 3 groups. Using ANOVA analysis, we found that the only difference in financial performance indicators was observed with NPM (but with a small effect size: eta square = 0.0470), whereas no statistically significant difference was observed between the groups in the ROE and ROA indicators.Stoiljković AleksandraTomić SlavicaUzelac OzrenUniversity of Novi Sad - Faculty of Economics, Suboticaarticlecapital structurefinancial performanceleveragesmall enterprisesProduction management. Operations managementTS155-194Personnel management. Employment managementHF5549-5549.5ENStrategic Management, Vol 26, Iss 3, Pp 72-80 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic capital structure
financial performance
leverage
small enterprises
Production management. Operations management
TS155-194
Personnel management. Employment management
HF5549-5549.5
spellingShingle capital structure
financial performance
leverage
small enterprises
Production management. Operations management
TS155-194
Personnel management. Employment management
HF5549-5549.5
Stoiljković Aleksandra
Tomić Slavica
Uzelac Ozren
Does capital structure affect the differences in the financial performance of small enterprises?
description Capital structure refers to the combination of debt and equity that the company uses to finance overall operations and growth. One of the most common problems of small enterprises is difficult access to various sources of financing, which is certainly reflected in their capital structure. Deciding on capital structure is one of the most important activities in the company, given that it significantly determines the performance of the company, but also the competitiveness and sustainability of the business. The aim of the study was to investigate whether there is a significant difference in financial performance between enterprises belonging to different leverage levels. Financial leverage was calculated by dividing total debts to total assets and based on leverage the companies are divided into 3 groups. Using ANOVA analysis, we found that the only difference in financial performance indicators was observed with NPM (but with a small effect size: eta square = 0.0470), whereas no statistically significant difference was observed between the groups in the ROE and ROA indicators.
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author Stoiljković Aleksandra
Tomić Slavica
Uzelac Ozren
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Tomić Slavica
Uzelac Ozren
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title Does capital structure affect the differences in the financial performance of small enterprises?
title_short Does capital structure affect the differences in the financial performance of small enterprises?
title_full Does capital structure affect the differences in the financial performance of small enterprises?
title_fullStr Does capital structure affect the differences in the financial performance of small enterprises?
title_full_unstemmed Does capital structure affect the differences in the financial performance of small enterprises?
title_sort does capital structure affect the differences in the financial performance of small enterprises?
publisher University of Novi Sad - Faculty of Economics, Subotica
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/2d3acb83e7084be399816b08fcc3d250
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