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Does Size Influence Firm Performance? Evidence From Romanian Listed Companies

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  • Sebastian Lazar

    (University Alexandru Ioan Cuza of Iasi, Romania)

Abstract

The paper investigates if size has any influence on firm performance for all non-financial companies listed at Bucharest Stock Exchange over 12 years period. The proxies for firm size were total assets, sales and number of employees. Control variables were tangibles, leverage, labour intensity, sales growth and company value added. Using a fixed effects panel data estimation model in order to account for individual firm heterogeneity, the paper finds a negative effect of firm size on corporate performance, when size is expressed in total assets and sales and no effect at all when number of employees is used as a proxy for size. Also, tangibles, leverage and labour intensity display a negative sign, the only positive determinants being sales growth and company value added. The findings suggest that the asset mix Romanian listed is not performance driving oriented, but is under the influence of the large amount of real-estate assets which are not directly involved in producing goods (as oppose to machine and equipments) and therefore do not directly generate profits.

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  • Sebastian Lazar, 2016. "Does Size Influence Firm Performance? Evidence From Romanian Listed Companies," Annals of Faculty of Economics, University of Oradea, Faculty of Economics, vol. 1(1), pages 682-689, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:ora:journl:v:1:y:2016:i:1:p:682-689
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    1. Ali Shaddady, 2022. "Business environment, political risk, governance, Shariah compliance and efficiency in insurance companies in the MENA region," The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, Palgrave Macmillan;The Geneva Association, vol. 47(4), pages 861-904, October.
    2. Mohamed Aymen Ben Moussa & Amira El Feidi, 2023. "The Impact of Leverage on Financial Performance of Tunisian Quoted Firms," International Journal of Economics & Business Administration (IJEBA), International Journal of Economics & Business Administration (IJEBA), vol. 0(4), pages 101-116.

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    Keywords

    size; firm performance; determinants;
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    JEL classification:

    • L25 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Performance

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