Does the risk of major customer need to be balanced? The role of customer concentration in corporate governance

In the operation and management of the company, major customers may affect a supplier firm’s level of governance. The goal of our study is investigating whether a major customer acts as an important role in corporate governance in emerging markets and exposing the mechanism that how major customers...

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Autores principales: Di Gao, Jiangming Ma, Yiru Wang
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:f0855cf01043426387b4462c7304564e2021-11-18T06:34:23ZDoes the risk of major customer need to be balanced? The role of customer concentration in corporate governance1932-6203https://doaj.org/article/f0855cf01043426387b4462c7304564e2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8577764/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203In the operation and management of the company, major customers may affect a supplier firm’s level of governance. The goal of our study is investigating whether a major customer acts as an important role in corporate governance in emerging markets and exposing the mechanism that how major customers affect corporate decision-making. There is a growing body of literature involving studies about the effect of customer concentration on firm performance of western countries. Few studies have recognized to what degree does customer concentration satisfy the sustainable development of supplier firm. Using a sample of Chinese listed firms, we found a nonlinear relationship between customer concentration and risk-taking, corporate policies and firm performance. Evidence shows that the effect of customer concentration in China resembles an inverted U-shaped curve and major customers are crucial in financial and investment policies. Our results help to provide a broader perspective on the role of major customers, giving a deep explanation about the role of customer concentration in corporate governance.Di GaoJiangming MaYiru WangPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 11 (2021)
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Di Gao
Jiangming Ma
Yiru Wang
Does the risk of major customer need to be balanced? The role of customer concentration in corporate governance
description In the operation and management of the company, major customers may affect a supplier firm’s level of governance. The goal of our study is investigating whether a major customer acts as an important role in corporate governance in emerging markets and exposing the mechanism that how major customers affect corporate decision-making. There is a growing body of literature involving studies about the effect of customer concentration on firm performance of western countries. Few studies have recognized to what degree does customer concentration satisfy the sustainable development of supplier firm. Using a sample of Chinese listed firms, we found a nonlinear relationship between customer concentration and risk-taking, corporate policies and firm performance. Evidence shows that the effect of customer concentration in China resembles an inverted U-shaped curve and major customers are crucial in financial and investment policies. Our results help to provide a broader perspective on the role of major customers, giving a deep explanation about the role of customer concentration in corporate governance.
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title Does the risk of major customer need to be balanced? The role of customer concentration in corporate governance
title_short Does the risk of major customer need to be balanced? The role of customer concentration in corporate governance
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