Sarmad Ali

ORCID: 0000-0003-2814-0905
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Research Areas
  • Corporate Finance and Governance
  • Firm Innovation and Growth
  • Corporate Taxation and Avoidance
  • Islamic Finance and Banking Studies
  • Working Capital and Financial Performance
  • Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
  • Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials
  • Sustainable Finance and Green Bonds
  • Taxation and Compliance Studies
  • Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
  • Intellectual Capital and Performance Analysis
  • Market Dynamics and Volatility
  • Financial Reporting and Valuation Research
  • Private Equity and Venture Capital
  • Gender Diversity and Inequality
  • Financial Markets and Investment Strategies
  • Economic Growth and Productivity
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Family Business Performance and Succession
  • FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance

Bocconi University
2024

University of Chieti-Pescara
2021-2024

Conference Board
2022

Jinnah University for Women
2022

This paper aims to examine whether effective tax rate and firm-specific factors (such as firm size, growth opportunities, tangibility, risk, profitability, non-debt shields liquidity) impact the capital structure of multinational firms in energy sector. We employ regression models consisting OLS, fixed effect random test balanced panel dataset based UK USA over period 2011–2019. show a positive significant profitability on long-term total debt measures structure. In case short-term debt,...

10.3390/jrfm15020055 article EN Journal of risk and financial management 2022-01-25

Purpose This paper examines the moderating role of capital structure decisions in relationship between research and development (R&D) investment small medium enterprises (SMEs) performance. Design/methodology/approach Based on panel data 1,357 European SMEs from 2014 to 2020, this study employs a generalized method moments (GMM) regression examine R&D-performance link through structure. Findings The results show that R&D equity financing positively significantly influence Debt...

10.1108/emjb-11-2023-0311 article EN EuroMed Journal of Business 2024-06-30

In this study, we examine the moderating effect of debt financing on relationship between board gender diversity (BGD) and sustainable investment. Using a quantitative approach with sample 10,840 firm-year observations from publicly listed European firms during 2012–2022, employ ordinary least squares instrumental variable regressions to test our hypotheses assess financing. Our results, based theoretical framework that draws insights stakeholder theory agency theory, show BGD has positive...

10.1080/20430795.2024.2414245 article EN Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment 2024-10-16

Purpose The purpose of this research is to examine the impact corporate governance proxies by ownership structure on financial constraints for a sample 215 non-financial Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) listed firms between 2010 and 2018. Design/methodology/approach dynamic generalized method moments (GMM) estimator used determine influence constraints. enterprises measured using seven variables: managerial, family, institutional, foreign, associated, presence block holder, concentrated...

10.1108/mf-12-2021-0620 article EN Managerial Finance 2022-05-13

The European Green Deal is an extraordinary pact to pursue collective sustainable development. It identifies not only key aspects that delimit the new regulatory horizons envisaged by Union but also those can support initiatives from a concrete point of view. Among them,  green bonds  play strategic role. This work aims investigate state art of  , one specific financial instruments companies certain size operating in agri-food sector could use comply with innovative development plan “green”...

10.13132/2038-5498/12.3.313-327 article EN Economia aziendale online 2021-09-30

Capital structure has central importance to evaluate the overall return of firms, and it is more important know that whether stock are sensitive change in capital structure. This study investigates impact on context oil gas sector Pakistan. For this purpose analysis conducted 10 companies operating Pakistan basis availability data over period 2005 2014. To examine impact, taken as a dependent variable debt equity, financial leverage independent variables. A simple correlation regression...

10.2139/ssrn.2927874 article EN SSRN Electronic Journal 2016-01-01

This paper explores how the size of a firm influences relationship between capital structure choices and research development (R&D) investment. By analyzing data from publicly listed U.S. pharmaceutical firms 2011 2020 using an instrumental variables regression, we present evidence that impact on R&D investment varies depending size. Our findings show plays critical role in shaping financing decisions to support R&D. Specifically, large small employ different strategies for...

10.1177/03063070241284895 article EN Journal of General Management 2024-09-16

Purpose This study aims to analyze the moderating role of debt financing in relationship between intellectual capital (IC) and small medium enterprise (SME) performance high-tech low-tech industries. Design/methodology/approach longitudinal uses a balanced panel sample 7,293 (3,563 3,730 low-tech) SMEs Southwestern European countries from 2013 2020. The data are analyzed using fixed-effect model as baseline estimation, generalized method moments estimation is used for robustness checks....

10.1108/mrr-07-2022-0505 article EN cc-by Management Research Review 2024-12-11
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