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The impact of foreign capital on profitability: the case of Portuguese manufacturing SMEs

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The objective of this paper is to examine the relationship between the firms' ownership and control structure, in particular the presence of foreign capital, and its profitability. The relation between profitability and ownership and control structure is a topic less studied in the literature. This paper uses a balanced panel data of 5.722 firms for the period 2010-2017, researching if the presence of foreign capital influences financial performance. Possible nonlinear effects or moderating and interaction roles between variables are also tested. Our results evidence that, despite foreign firms' higher levels of profitability, the degree of foreign ownership and institutional difference generally showed a non-significant relation with profitability. Nevertheless, there seems to exists a nonlinear relation between the development level of the country of origin of the share capital and profitability, with the results indicating that firms with share capital originated from more advanced countries attain a higher financial performance.

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  • Luís Pacheco, 2020. "The impact of foreign capital on profitability: the case of Portuguese manufacturing SMEs," International Journal of Globalisation and Small Business, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 11(4), pages 391-412.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijgsbu:v:11:y:2020:i:4:p:391-412
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