Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Year (A.D.)

2019

Document Type

Independent Study

First Advisor

Nualnoi Treerat

Faculty/College

Faculty of Economics (คณะเศรษฐศาสตร์)

Degree Name

Master of Arts

Degree Level

Master's Degree

Degree Discipline

Business and Managerial Economics

DOI

10.58837/CHULA.IS.2019.4

Abstract

For over 30 years, there has been numerous studies on firm’s pricing strategies influenced by financing decisions. The evidences of such effects are undeniably true but surprisingly less known and discussed in the corporate world. This paper hence demonstrates real-case firms such as Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. in a methodological research such that financial statements are analyzed and strategies are theoretically explained accordingly. The findings are nothing unexpected but remarkably motivating nonetheless, as there is a strong implication of debt financing, especially of short-term debts on Apple Inc.’s pricing directions. Whereas its rival, Samsung Electronics, even though dominating different capital structure, is also dependent on both long-term debts and high operating fixed costs in determining pricing strategy.

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Economics Commons

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