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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2021

Examining the Relationship Between Product Market Competition and Chinese Firms Performance: The Mediating Impact of Capital Structure and Moderating Influence of Firm Size.

Riaqa Mubeen, Dongping Han, Jaffar Abbas, Saqlain Raza, Wang Bodian

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Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 15 papers.

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5 authors.

Riaqa MubeenSchool of Management, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China.
Dongping HanSchool of Management, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China.
Jaffar AbbasAntai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Saqlain RazaFaculty of Management Sciences, Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Wang BodianSchool of Economics and Management, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study emphasized the relationship between the Chinese companies' product market competition and organizational performance. This article explored the mediating effect of capital structure and the moderating impact of firm size in achieving better performance of Chinese companies. This study employed a sample of 2,502 Chinese firm observations and identified that market competition positively influenced firm performance. Additionally, capital structure partly mediated the relationship between product market competition and firm performance. Similarly, the present study also tested the moderating effect of firm size (both small and large) on the association between product market competition and firm performance. The results showed that moderating large businesses affects the nexus between product market competition and firm performance. Conversely, small firms' moderating role revealed a substantial adverse impact on the association between product market competition and firm performance. These findings contribute to the literature on the complex implications of market competition on business firms' performance. The results provide insightful and practical implications for future research directions.

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capital structurefirm performancefirm sizeGMM modelproduct market competition

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PMID35662855
PMCPMC9156956

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