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Society’s well-being and firm profitability. The case of Poland

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  • Ratajczak Piotr

    (Poznań University of Economics and Business, Poznań, Poland)

  • Nowicki Jarosław

    (Poznań University of Economics and Business, Poznań, Poland)

  • Szutkowski Dawid

    (Poznań University of Economics and Business, Poznań, Poland)

Abstract

The aim of the study is to examine the impact of society’s economic well-being determinants – above and beyond the firm-specific and macroeconomic determinants – on firm profitability in Poland. Based on stakeholder theory we hypothesized that the economic well-being of society can influence firm performance. Therefore, we included real wage and salary growth, internal migration, international migration, and natural increase variables in the regression models. We applied four models with different sets of variables using pooled ordinary least square regression, as well as fixed and random effects regressions with robust standard errors clustered at the firm level. The dataset covers the period from 2004 to 2021, comprising 5400 firm-year observations from Poland in the wholesale and retail trade sector. We found that firm profitability generally increases with higher inflation and exchange rate depreciation. Moreover, in models including society’s economic well-being variables, GDP growth is no longer a significant determinant of firm profitability. Most importantly, the study demonstrates a positive relationship between real wage and salary growth and firm profitability. We also found that international migration is negatively associated with firm profitability. Regarding natural increase, the study suggests that it has a positive effect on return on equity, but not on return on assets.

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  • Ratajczak Piotr & Nowicki Jarosław & Szutkowski Dawid, 2024. "Society’s well-being and firm profitability. The case of Poland," Financial Internet Quarterly (formerly e-Finanse), Sciendo, vol. 20(3), pages 13-28.
  • Handle: RePEc:vrs:finiqu:v:20:y:2024:i:3:p:13-28:n:1002
    DOI: 10.2478/fiqf-2024-0016
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    Keywords

    Society’s Well-Being; Firm Profitability; Firm Performance; Macroeconomic Determinants; Sustainable Economy; Stakeholder Theory; Wage and Salary Growth; Migration; Natural In-Crease;
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    JEL classification:

    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
    • M14 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility
    • O16 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth

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