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Does Intellectual Capital Affect Financial Leverage of Chinese Agricultural Companies? Exploring the Role of Firm Profitability

Sustainability, 2022-03, Vol.14 (5), p.2682 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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  • Title:
    Does Intellectual Capital Affect Financial Leverage of Chinese Agricultural Companies? Exploring the Role of Firm Profitability
  • Author: Jin, Guangchun ; Xu, Jian
  • Subjects: Agriculture ; Capital structure ; Competitive advantage ; Debt financing ; Debt service ; Economics ; Financial leverage ; Financial performance ; Hypotheses ; Intellectual capital ; Investments ; Knowledge ; Pharmaceutical industry ; Profitability ; Stock exchanges
  • Is Part Of: Sustainability, 2022-03, Vol.14 (5), p.2682
  • Description: The objective of this paper is to examine the relationship between intellectual capital (IC) and firms’ financial leverage by exploring whether firm profitability mediates this relationship, using a dataset of Chinese agricultural listed companies during the period of 2014–2020. Financial leverage is measured by the debt-to-asset ratio, and IC is measured via the modified value-added intellectual coefficient (MVAIC) model. The results reveal that financial leverage is lower in firms with higher levels of IC, and IC positively affects firm profitability. In addition, firm profitability partially mediates the relationship between IC and financial leverage. When MVAIC is disaggregated into its four components, firm profitability has a partially mediating effect on the relationship between physical and human capitals and financial leverage. This paper might provide corporate managers with a clear understanding of IC’s impact on firm indebtedness.
  • Publisher: Basel: MDPI AG
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 2071-1050
    EISSN: 2071-1050
    DOI: 10.3390/su14052682
  • Source: Geneva Foundation Free Medical Journals at publisher websites
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