BACKGROUND Although most studies on female-headed families focus on women's access to social support, the associations between social capital and quality of life in these families are unclear in many societies (such as Iran). This study aimed to determine the associations between social capital and quality of life in Iranian female headed families. METHODS This cross-sectional study was perfo...

We investigate the institutional drivers of Corporate Social Performance (CSP) by focusing on its three fundamental components: social, environmental and governance performance. Using a large cross-section of firms from 42 countries over 7 years, we are able to explain 41, 46 and 63% of the variation in social performance, environmental performance, and corporate governance respectively, with o...

This paper challenges the traditional view of the corporate tax as taxing corporate capital rather than the act of incorporating. Our model has no capital. Entrepreneurs pay to go public to diversify their risk. In discouraging incorporation, the tax keeps more entrepreneurs private and exposed to more risk. The tax falls primarily on high-skilled entrepreneurs and to a lesser extent on labor, ...

Various theories and philosophies have provided the foundation for the development of alternative forms of corporate governance systems around the world. Furthermore, as economies have evolved through time it appears that corporate executives have deviated from the sole objective of maximizing shareholders’ wealth. Owners of the capital have responded to these forces for the purpose of preservi...

Corporate governance is concerned with the institutions that influence how business corporations allocate resources and returns. A system of corporate governance shapes who makes investment decisions in corporations, what types of investments they make, and how returns from investments are distributed. Retained earnings—undistributed profits and capital consumption allowances—have always provid...

knowledge-based firms play a critical role in economics of developing countries. innovation and entrepreneurship are two important factors for sustainable development of these firms. corporate entrepreneurship and recognizing factors impacting them have become important in recent years. the purpose of this paper is to examine the relations between corporate entrepreneurship, market orientation ...

Economic actors confront various forms of uncertainty in their decision making, and the ways in which they deal with these obstacles may affect their success in accomplishing their goals. In this paper, we examine the means by which relationship managers in a major commercial bank attempt to close transactions with their corporate customers. We hypothesize that under conditions of high uncertai...

A significant gap exists in early-stage seed capital for technology-based new ventures. This article reports the results of a survey of embryonic firms in the southwestern United States, which received significant amounts of their initial capital from strategic partners. Our concern in this paper is the resource development process of high-growth (technology-intensive), early-stage firms throug...

the present study examined the role of social capital on financial performance of farming cooperatives in khouzestan province. the method of research was descriptive- correlative. the population consisted of 3273 members of farming cooperatives. based on cochran formula, 213 persons were selected. the survey was conducted using a questionnaire. content validity of the questionnaire was determin...