Possible Factors Affecting Companies’ Capital Structure

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10.2991/978-94-6463-052-7_160How to use a DOI?

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Capital Structure; Change; Factors; Aims

Abstract

The capital structure shows the composition of a public corporation. The decision to change a company’s capital structure made by managers is not only a method of increasing the profitability of the firm but also the prediction of the future development of the market. Thus, some of the most common ways of changing structure will be explained in this paper, and a major proportion of factors that may lead to the change of capital structure, including internal and external factors, as well as the process of influencing the change and the possible consequences. After the analysis, it can be summarized that these factors do not all affect the profitability of a firm, but some of them influence the survival of the firm. So the board of directors and managers of the firm should make the proper decision at the right time to make sure the positive trend of the company’s development.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Kaiyi Bao
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/27
TI  - Possible Factors Affecting Companies’ Capital Structure
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Economics, Smart Finance and Contemporary Trade (ESFCT 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1447
EP  - 1453
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-052-7_160
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-052-7_160
ID  - Bao2022
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