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    • Asymmetry and the cost of capital. 

      Sarria Allende, Virginia; García Sánchez, Javier; Preve, Lorenzo (2nd World Finance Conference, Rhodes., 2011)
      The expected cost of capital is a crucial component for most of the topics in corporate finance. Unfortunately in the presence of risky debt, it is systematically overestimated. This bias is increasing in leverage and the ...
    • Cross-National differences in relationships of work demands, job satisfaction and turnover intentions with Work-Family Conflict. 

      Fraile, Guillermo María (PERSONNEL PSYCHOLOGY, 2007)
      A study of work interference with family (WIF) among managers is described, contrasting four clusters of countries, one of which is individualistic (Anglo) and three of which are collectivistic (Asia, East Europe, and Latin ...
    • An empirical analysis of the effect of financial distress on trade credit 

      Preve, Lorenzo (Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, Denver., 2003)
      This paper studies the use of supplier's trade credit by firms in financial distress. Trade credit represents a large portion of firms’ short-term financing and plays an important role in financial distress. We find that ...
    • La agenda del CEO Latinoamericano 

      Carrera, Alejandro (Harvard Business Review America Latina, 2011)
      Descubra cómo la conducta del máximo ejecutivo de nuestro continente refleja factores tales como el ciclo económico, la experiencia en el cargo, la propiedad y la procedencia de una empresa.
    • Managing Talent Risk 

      Preve, Lorenzo; Hatum, Andres (Managing Talent Risk, Journal Harvard Deusto Vol 4, No 1 (2015), 2015)
      Talent Management is one of the most exciting topics in Management, and coincidentally, the same can be said about Risk Management. Additionally, it is worth mentioning that one of the most interesting features of Risk ...
    • The Regulation of Entry and the Distortion of Industrial Organization 

      Sarria Allende, Virginia; Fisman, Raymond ("Journal of Applied Economics. (CEMA), Vol XIII, No. 1 (May 2010), 91-120.", 2010)
      We study the distortions of industrial organization caused by entry regulation. We take advantage of heterogeneity across industries in their natural barriers and growth opportunities to examine whether industries are ...
    • Small and medium enterprises financing in Eastern Europe. 

      Sarria Allende, Virginia; Klapper, Leora; Sulla, Victor (World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No.2933, Washington., 2002)
      There is currently a large interest in understanding firms' percentage of total employment) in Eastern European access to finance, particularly in the financing of small- countries is smaller than in most developed ...
    • Theory and practice of corporate finance: Evidence and distinctive features in Latin America 

      Preve, Lorenzo; Sarria Allende, Virginia; Maquieira, Carlos (Emerging Markets Review, 2011)
      We survey 290 LATAM firms on capital budgeting, cost of capital and capital structure issues. We analyze the results and compare them to those of other studies. We interpret differences according to special features ...
    • Trade credit and bank credit: Evidence from recent financial crises 

      Preve, Lorenzo; Inessa, Love; Sarria Allende, Virginia ("Financial Market Development and emerging and transition economies. Hyderabad, India. ", 2003)
      This paper studies the effect of financial crises on trade credit for a sample of 890 firms in six emerging economies. Although the provision of trade credit increases right after a crisis, it contracts in the following ...
    • Trade Receivables Policy of Distressed Firms and its Effect on the Cost of Financial Distress 

      Preve, Lorenzo; Molina, Carlos (Financial Management, 2009)
      This paper studies the trade receivables policy of distressed firms as the trade-off between the firm's willingness to gain sales and the firm's need for cash. We find that firms increase trade receivables when they have ...
    • Valuation in Emerging Markets: A Simulation Approach 

      García Sánchez, Javier; Preve, Lorenzo; Sarria Allende, Virginia (Morgan Stanley, 2010-04)
      Most of the foundations of valuation theory have been designed for use in developed markets. Because of the greater, and in some cases different, risks associated with emerging markets (although recent experience might ...
    • Working Capital Management: An Exploratory Study 

      Sarria Allende, Virginia; Preve, Lorenzo; Ettienot, Hernan (Journal of Applied Finance, 2012)
      Working capital management is an issue in which finance research is scarce. One possible reason behind this fact might relate to the relative ease with which efficient financial markets correct deviations from optimal ...
    • Working Capital Management: An Exploratory Study 

      Preve, Lorenzo (Journal of Applied Finance, 2012)
      Working capital management is an issue in which finance research is scarce. One possible reason behind this fact might relate to the relative ease with which efficient financial markets correct deviations from optimal ...