Search Results - subject:"Institutional Shareholders"

Selection and institutional shareholder activism in Chinese acquisitions

Peng, Fei; Kang, Lili; Jiang, Jun - In: Management Decision 51 (2013) 1, pp. 141-162

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the role that institutional shareholders play in acquisition decisions using …, composition of institutional shareholders and concentration of tradable share (TS) in China. The paper uses the Heckman selection … model to surmount the selection biases in acquisition decision. Findings – The paper finds that institutional shareholders …

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Australia; Financial Sector Assessment Program: Technical Note: Investor Protection, Disclosure, and Financial Literacy

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006

This study reviews selected issues on investor protection and corporate governance in Australia, and concludes that the corporate governance framework for Australian-listed companies is largely healthy and dynamic. Shareholder activism is an important element of corporate governance because it...

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The corporate-fund manager interface: objectives, information and valuation

Roberts, John; Sanderson, Paul; Hendry, John; Barker, … - ESRC Centre for Business Research - 2004

, institutional shareholders, investor relations Acknowledgements This paper is part of the output of an ESRC Centre for Business …

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Corporate social responsibility disclosure and corporate governance in Malaysia

Lim, Ying Zhee; Talha, Mohammad; Mohamed, Junaini; … - In: International Journal of Behavioural Accounting and Finance 1 (2008) 1, pp. 67-89

presence of larger non-executive directors and a higher involvement of institutional shareholders, which is dummied by …

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Corporate social responsibility disclosure and corporate governance in Malaysia

Lim, Ying Zhee; Talha, Mohammad; Mohamed, Junaini; … - In: International Journal of Behavioural Accounting and Finance 1 (2008) 1, pp. 67-89

presence of larger non-executive directors and a higher involvement of institutional shareholders, which is dummied by …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005048702

Integrity risk and financial reporting: who pays for voting?

Littlejohn, George - In: Balance Sheet 12 (2004) 1, pp. 27-30

There have been many efforts at improving corporate governance in the last few years following the spate of American corporate scandals. The reforms have resulted in the focus now moving to one of the most glaring anomalies in the link of safeguards against the risk of the integrity of financial...

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