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Capital budgeting techniques and financial performance: a comparison between SMEs and large listed firms

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  • Pupung Purnamasari
  • Adriza

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Modern-day firms, both small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and large listed firms (LLFs) practice distinct investment appraisal approaches known as conventional and sophisticated capital budgeting techniques. Despite these prominent developments, the extant literature is yet to empirically examine the impact of these approaches on the financial performance (FP) of respective firms. This study aims to analyze and compare the impact of conventional and sophisticated capital budgeting techniques on the FP of SMEs and LLFs. Following the logic of real option and contingency theories, the payback method and average/accounting rate of return are conceptualized as conventional whereas, net present value, internal rate of return, and profitability index are used as sophisticated capital budgeting techniques. The associated data of 500 Indonesian firms between 2011 and 2020 was obtained and analyzed using the generalized method of moments (GMM) technique. After addressing multicollinearity and heterogeneity issues, the preliminary findings indicate that conventional capital budgeting techniques are not a significant predictor of the FP of SMEs. Conversely, it is observed that sophisticated capital budgeting techniques have a strong and positive effect on the FP of LLFs. The robustness checks confirmed that sophisticated capital budgeting techniques are the significant predictors of the FP of both SMEs and LLFs. The findings of this study are novel and contribute to validating the use of sophisticated capital budgeting techniques for SMEs and LLFs of emerging economies to realize optimal financial outcomes of their investments.Capital budgeting decisions are key to maximizing stakeholders' wealth. Its success hinges on selecting the most viable capital budgeting technique (CBT) from the pool of available techniques. The key criteria used by firms of different sizes such as SMEs and large listed firms is the financial outcomes of adopted CBT. The firms in developing economies particularly located in Southeast Asia remain in dilemma on deciding a financially feasible CBT. This research aims to resolve this issue by examining the impact of different capital budgeting techniques on the financial performance of firms of different sizes. The empirical findings of this study expect to validate the relevance of a financially feasible CBT which can be used as a benchmark by firms of different sizes operating in developing countries for perusing capital budgeting and investment decisions.

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  • Pupung Purnamasari & Adriza, 2024. "Capital budgeting techniques and financial performance: a comparison between SMEs and large listed firms," Cogent Economics & Finance, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 12(1), pages 2404707-240, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:oaefxx:v:12:y:2024:i:1:p:2404707
    DOI: 10.1080/23322039.2024.2404707
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