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Determinants of Financial Structure Decision: Evidence from Syria Companies subject to the supervision of Syrian Commission on Financial Markets and Securities (2007 -2011)

العوامل المُحددة لقرار الهيكل المالي في الشّركات المساهمة العامة دراسة ميدانية على الشّركات الخاضعة لإشراف هيئة الأوراق والأسواق المالية السّوريّة للفترة (2007-2011)

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 Publication date 2016
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The aim of this study is to explore the determinants of the capital structure in Joint Stock Companies that subject to the supervision of Syrian Commission on Financial Markets and Securities, focusing on the period (2007-2011). The research try to explore whether the decision of the firms concerning the financial leverage is in conformity with the patterns proclaimed in previous studies. The study summarized the relation between the accountancy indicators and financial structure of the Joint Stock Companies in Syria by using multi-regression analysis. The study included the following independent variables: size; age; profitability; volatility; liquidity; growth prospects; tangibility; ownership structure; and taxes. On the other hand, the leverage ratio represented the variable related to the company’s financial structure. The study concluded that the leverage ratio in the Syrian companies is about (48%). In addition, the study concluded a statistically significant positive relationship (at 5% significance level) between the financial structure of Syrian companies and all of the company's size; profitability; and ownership structure. The study also found that there is a significant negative relationship (at 5% significance level) between the financial structure of Syrian companies and all of the company's volatility; liquidity; and tangibility. Finally, no evidence has been provided by the study about the relationship between financial structure and all of the company's life; the expected growth; and the company's tax.


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تتناول هذه الدراسة العوامل المحددة لقرار الهيكل المالي في الشركات المساهمة العامة السورية خلال الفترة من 2007 إلى 2011. تهدف الدراسة إلى استكشاف ما إذا كانت قرارات الشركات السورية المتعلقة بالهيكل المالي تتماشى مع نتائج الدراسات السابقة. تشمل العوامل المستقلة التي تم دراستها: حجم الشركة، عمر الشركة، الربحية، مخاطر الأعمال، السيولة، معدل النمو المتوقع، هيكل الأصول، هيكل ملكية الشركة، والضرائب. تم استخدام نموذج الانحدار الخطي المتعدد لتحليل البيانات. توصلت الدراسة إلى أن نسبة المديونية في الشركات السورية بلغت حوالي 48%، وهي نسبة منخفضة مقارنة بالدول الأخرى مثل الولايات المتحدة وألمانيا. كما أظهرت النتائج وجود علاقة إيجابية ذات دلالة إحصائية بين الهيكل المالي للشركات وكل من حجم الشركة، ربحيتها، وهيكل ملكيتها. بينما كانت العلاقة سلبية بين الهيكل المالي وكل من سيولة الشركة، مخاطرها، وهيكل أصولها. ولم تجد الدراسة أي علاقة بين الهيكل المالي وكل من عمر الشركة، معدل النمو المتوقع، ومعدل الضريبة.
Critical review
دراسة نقدية: على الرغم من أن الدراسة قدمت تحليلاً شاملاً للعوامل المؤثرة على الهيكل المالي للشركات المساهمة العامة السورية، إلا أن هناك بعض النقاط التي يمكن تحسينها. أولاً، لم تأخذ الدراسة في الاعتبار تأثير العوامل الاقتصادية والسياسية التي مرت بها سوريا خلال فترة الدراسة، والتي قد تكون أثرت بشكل كبير على نتائج الدراسة. ثانياً، يمكن توسيع نطاق الدراسة ليشمل فترات زمنية أطول أو قطاعات أخرى مثل الشركات الصغيرة والمتوسطة الحجم. ثالثاً، كان من الممكن استخدام مؤشرات أخرى لقياس بعض المتغيرات مثل معدل النمو والضرائب للحصول على نتائج أكثر دقة. وأخيراً، يمكن أن تكون النتائج أكثر شمولية إذا تم تضمين تأثيرات العوامل الاجتماعية والثقافية في التحليل.
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  1. ما هي العوامل المستقلة التي تم دراستها في البحث؟

    العوامل المستقلة التي تم دراستها تشمل: حجم الشركة، عمر الشركة، الربحية، مخاطر الأعمال، السيولة، معدل النمو المتوقع، هيكل الأصول، هيكل ملكية الشركة، والضرائب.

  2. ما هي النتائج الرئيسية التي توصلت إليها الدراسة بشأن نسبة المديونية في الشركات السورية؟

    توصلت الدراسة إلى أن نسبة المديونية في الشركات المساهمة العامة السورية بلغت حوالي 48%، وهي نسبة منخفضة مقارنة بالدول الأخرى مثل الولايات المتحدة وألمانيا.

  3. ما هي العلاقة بين الهيكل المالي للشركات وكل من حجم الشركة وربحيتها وهيكل ملكيتها؟

    أظهرت النتائج وجود علاقة إيجابية ذات دلالة إحصائية بين الهيكل المالي للشركات وكل من حجم الشركة، ربحيتها، وهيكل ملكيتها.

  4. هل وجدت الدراسة أي علاقة بين الهيكل المالي وكل من عمر الشركة ومعدل النمو المتوقع ومعدل الضريبة؟

    لم تجد الدراسة أي علاقة ذات دلالة إحصائية بين الهيكل المالي وكل من عمر الشركة، معدل النمو المتوقع، ومعدل الضريبة.


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