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Finance and Financial Management

2012

JEMI_2012_Vol_8_Issue_3

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Innovation And Csr Impact On Financial Performance Of Selected Companies In Mexico, Rocío Durán-Vázquez, Arturo Lorenzo-Valdés, Einar G. Moreno-Quezada Jan 2012

Innovation And Csr Impact On Financial Performance Of Selected Companies In Mexico, Rocío Durán-Vázquez, Arturo Lorenzo-Valdés, Einar G. Moreno-Quezada

Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation JEMI

This study analyzes the behavior of the companies in the index of México’s Precios y Cotizaciones (IPC), with respect to measures of financial performance and its relationship with the two main approaches of innovation, according to the Bogota and Oslo manuals; assessing their impact on the stock price. The data is used on a quarterly basis from January 2000 to December 2011. It also makes reference to the impact of having the distinction “Socially Responsible Company” (Corporate Social Responsibility), in the Mexican stock market price reaction. Our main interest is to be pioneers in the search for relationships between topics …


Ownership Structure, Firm Value And Investment Opportunities Set: Evidence From Mexican Firms, Juan M. San Martín-Reyna, Jorge A. Durán-Encalada Jan 2012

Ownership Structure, Firm Value And Investment Opportunities Set: Evidence From Mexican Firms, Juan M. San Martín-Reyna, Jorge A. Durán-Encalada

Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation JEMI

This paper analyses the influence of ownership, board of directors, and financial leverage on companies’ performance when these either face, or do not face, profitable growth opportunities. Towards that end we examined a sample of 83 listed Mexican firms during the period 2005-2011. The results confirm the relevance of debt and board of directors in terms of firm market value by showing a negative relationship between performance and both, board of directors and leverage, in the presence of growth opportunities. In contrast, the relationship between debt and performance becomes positive when firms have no profitable investment projects. The results also …