Firms' profitability: evidence from Bahrain and Qatar

Abdulla, Yomna

doi:10.1504/ijebr.2020.103903

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“…Traditional profitability studies use company size [ 34 , 35 , 36 ], asset turnover [ 37 , 38 ], and level of indebtedness [ 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 ] as determinants of ROA. Total assets, operating income, and number of employees have traditionally been used as proxies for company size.…”

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COVID-19 and Public Health Spending; Effects on the Economic Sustainability of the Spanish Private Healthcare System

Martínez

Jaén

Valls-Úbeda

et al. 2023

IJERPH

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This research analyzes the influence of COVID-19 and public health spending policies on the economic sustainability of Spanish private hospitals. Moreover, it explores the relationship between public health spending policies and the spread of COVID-19 in Spain. Private health care is an understudied sector, yet it is fundamental to the health of citizens. Moreover, the economic causes linked to the spread of the pandemic have not yet been clearly established. Therefore, this work covers a gap in the literature. Private hospital profitability was analyzed by applying ordinary least squares and panel data regressions on financial and macroeconomic data for the period 2017–2020. The spread of COVID-19 was examined by means of cluster and component analysis. The results show that the COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected the economic sustainability of Spanish private hospitals, which was also influenced by public health spending. In turn, the spread of the pandemic was mainly related to population density, but was also influenced by public health spending and the gross domestic product of the region. Therefore, policymakers must consider that it is essential to make adequate investments in the healthcare system to cope with pandemics such as COVID-19. In addition, managers can see how corporate social responsibility is a valuable strategy for maintaining hospital profitability.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

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COVID-19 and Public Health Spending; Effects on the Economic Sustainability of the Spanish Private Healthcare System

Martínez

Jaén

Valls-Úbeda

et al. 2023

IJERPH

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“…For Shahnia et al (2020) [4], asset turnover has no significant impact on return on assets. On the other hand, Abdulla (2020) and Akoto et al (2013) [14,66] point out that the relationship of this indicator with profitability is positive.…”

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“…2009) [9,63,64] conclude that the degree of leverage has a negative effect on profitability. On the contrary, Singapurwoko and El-Wahid (2011) [65] and Becker-Blease et al ( 2010) [66] state that debt has a positive impact on ROA but a negative effect on ROE.…”

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Profitability determinants of the natural stone industry: Evidence from Spain and Italy

Farías

Martínez²,

Martín-Cervantes³

2022

PLoS ONE

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The natural stone sector is an important driver of the Spanish and Italian economies, which underwent internationalization after the financial crisis of 2008 as part of a survival and development strategy. This article aims to study the financial and economic profitability of this sector in the two leading European production countries, as well as its determinants. For this purpose, the economic-financial data of a sample composed of 453 companies (203 Spanish and 250 Italian) from 2015–2019 were analyzed using the multiple linear regression methodology. To address the problems of possible endogeneity and omission of variables in the model, the dependent variable was used as a regressor with one and two lags, and panel data with fixed effects were considered after performing the Hausman test. The results show significant differences between the two countries, with higher profitability in Italy. Company size, company growth (measured as the change in assets), and the variation in the country’s GDP all positively affected profitability. At the same time, the level of indebtedness showed a negative relationship. The country’s inflation rate and gender diversity in top management were shown to be non-relevant variables. The research conducted indicates that, to increase profitability, Spanish and Italian companies in the natural stone sector should undergo mergers in order to grow in size, increase efficiency in the use of assets, reduce their dependence on external financing, and promote equity capital. In addition, Italian companies should reduce the average period of payment to suppliers to lower deferral costs, and boost exports to become less dependent on the country’s domestic economy.

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“…La rotación de activos es considerada un indicador de eficiencia, calculado a partir de la división de las ventas para el total de activos, indica el número de veces que los activos generan ingresos en la compañía. Algunos investigadores coinciden que la rotación de activos tiene un efecto positivo en el rendimiento de las empresas (Abdulla, 2020;Akoto et al, 2013;Jamali, 2012). Por otro lado, (Latha y Rao, 2017), (Aulová et al, 2019) y (Endri et al, 2020) señalan que existe una relación negativa y significativa entre la rentabilidad y la rotación de activos.…”

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Factores explicativos de la rentabilidad de las microempresas: Un estudio aplicado al sector comercio

Farías

Rivera-Naranjo

Quimi-Franco

et al. 2021

IRJ

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El presente estudio tiene como objetivo determinar los factores que explican la rentabilidad económica de las microempresas que pertenecen al sector comercio de la provincia del Guayas mediante un modelo de regresión lineal múltiple con datos suministrados por 788 empresas que reportaron sus estados financieros a la Superintendencia de Compañías, Valores y Seguros en el año 2019. Los resultados de estudio mostraron que el endeudamiento, el nivel de liquidez y el tamaño tienen una relación negativa y significativa con la rentabilidad. Este estudio también muestra que la rotación de activos, el capital de trabajo y el impacto de los gastos administrativos tienen una incidencia directa con el rendimiento sobre activo. Esta investigación pone de manifiesto la importancia de la información contable y financiera para explicar el comportamiento de la rentabilidad económica. Las conclusiones de este estudio pretenden ofrecer orientaciones a las empresas sobre las estrategias que deben adoptar para mejorar su rendimiento.

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Firms' profitability: evidence from Bahrain and Qatar

Cited by 6 publications

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COVID-19 and Public Health Spending; Effects on the Economic Sustainability of the Spanish Private Healthcare System

COVID-19 and Public Health Spending; Effects on the Economic Sustainability of the Spanish Private Healthcare System

Profitability determinants of the natural stone industry: Evidence from Spain and Italy

Factores explicativos de la rentabilidad de las microempresas: Un estudio aplicado al sector comercio

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