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Title: | Interactions between Financial Leverage and Product Quality in the Tourism & Leisure Industry: Testing the Moderating Role of Business Conditions |
Authors: | Katırcıoğlu, Salih (Co-Supervisor) Kılıç, Hasan (Supervisor) Sodeyfi, Setareh Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Business and Economics, Dept. of Banking and Finance |
Keywords: | Banking and Finance Financial Leverage-Tourism and Leisure Industry Leverage Investment Product Quality Tourism Leisure Moderating Role |
Issue Date: | Jan-2017 |
Publisher: | Eastern Mediterranean University EMU - Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi (DAÜ) |
Citation: | Sodeyfi, Setareh. (2017). Interactions between Financial Leverage and Product Quality in the Tourism & Leisure Industry: Testing the Moderating Role of Business Conditions. Thesis (Ph.D.), Eastern Mediterranean University, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Dept. of Banking and Finance, Famagusta: North Cyprus. |
Abstract: | The present study develops a new model and proposes new research impetus by
searching the effects of financial leverage and its related control variables on the level
of product quality offered by business firms. Another contribution of this research
study to the literature is that the moderating role of business conditions in the effects
of financial leverage on product quality is tested. Due to its importance among the
other sectors, tourism and leisure industries have been selected in the case of United
Kingdom (UK). The selection of the UK is important since it ranks 8th in attracting
international tourists as of 2015 according to the statistics of World Tourism
Organization. A panel data of 80 tourism and leisure firms in the UK have been
constructed on quarterly basis as they were available from Thomson Reuters’
DataStream. Results of empirical analyses provide a strong evidence of negative
effects of financial leverage on product quality. Financial leverage impact negatively
on firm-level investments as well. This study finds that business conditions and
macroeconomic performance in the UK have positively significant effects on firmlevel
product quality; this shows that any positive climate in business environment at
macro level would contribute to promotion of the quality levels of products offered by
business firms. Another major finding of this new research study is that business
conditions at macro level have significant moderating role in the relationship between
financial leverage and product quality. This reveals that leverage positions of business
firms are closely linked to business environment and this reality significantly impact
on the level of product quality. This research study provides important and significant
policy implications for policy makers.
Keywords: Leverage; Investment; Product Quality; Tourism; Leisure; Moderating
Role. ÖZ:
Bu çalısma sahada ilk kez yeni bir model ve arastırma konusu önermektedir. Söyle
ki, ilk kez finansal kaldıraç aracının ve baglantılı oldugu diger faktörlerin isletmelerin
sunmus oldugu ürünlerin kalite seviyesine olan etkisi incelenmistir. Bu çalısmanın,
sahaya diger bir etkisi ise, yine ilk kez, makro seviyede is hayatı kosullarının ve
makroenomik gelismelerin finansal kaldıraç ile ürün kalite seviyesi arasındaki
iliskiye anlamlı bir etki edip etmedigi de incelenmistir. Bu baglamda, diger sektörler
arasında çok önemli bir yere sahip olan turizm ve konaklama (sehayat, tatil) sektörü
seçilmisdir. Ülke olarak, Dünya Turizm Örgütü raporuna göre 2015 yılı itibariyle
dünya turizm sıralamasında 8. sırada olan ngiltere seçilmistir. Çalısmayı
yürütebilmek için ngiltere’de faaliyet gösteren ve Thomson Reuters kaynaklı
DataStream veritabanında mevcut 80 firma seçilip panel verileri olusturulmustur.
Sonuçlar, finansal kaldıraç oranlarının güçlü bir sekilde firma yatırımları ve ürün
kalitesi üzerinde negatif yönde etki ettigini göstermektedir. Diger taraftan, ülkedeki
is kosulları ve makroekonomik performans da finansal kaldıraç aracılıgı ile ürün
kalitesine etki etmektedir. Bu çalısmanın diger bir temel bulgusu da, is kosullarının
ve makroekonomik performansın finansal kaldıraç ile ürün kalitesi arasındaki
iliskiye de yüksek oranda anlamlı etki ettigi ortaya çıkarılmıstır. Sahada ilk kez
yapılan böyle bir çalısmanın bulguları, firmaların yönetimleri açısından çok önemli
mesajlar içermekte olup metin içerisinde tartısılmıstır.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Kaldıraç; Yatırım; Ürün Kalitesi; Turizm; Dinlenme; Aracı
Rol. |
Description: | Doctor of Philosophy in Banking and Finance. Thesis (Ph.D.)--Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Business and Economics, Dept. of Banking and Finance, 2017. Co-Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Salih Katırcıoğlu, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Hasan Kılıç |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11129/4248 |
Appears in Collections: | Theses (Master's and Ph.D) – Business and Economics
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