July 2017

Socioemotional wealth and probability of financial distress

This study analyzes a firm’s characteristics which affect the probability of financial distress. It takes into account accounting variables, ownership and management characteristics. In particular, it studies the effect of the ultimate controlling owner nature; that is, family or non-family control, on a firm’s likelihood to run into financial distress. This research focuses on a large sample of Italian...

Author(s): Pietro Gottardo and Anna Maria Moisello

July 2017

Entrepreneurial intention among undergraduate agricultural students in Ethiopia: The case of Jimma University

The basic objective of this study was to find out the entrepreneurial intention of undergraduate agricultural students in Ethiopia taking Jimma University college of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine as a study area. Descriptive and inferential design was employed in the study. The stratified sampling techniques were applied to select respondents and in order to collect data, pretest self-administered questionnaires...

Author(s): Sultan Jemal