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Anglo-American stock markets are much larger than their continental counterparts. Does investor protection and governance explain these differences? Using UK data, we examine four different forms of intervention which are suppose to promote good governance: takeovers, independent directors,...
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high takeover threat. This study examines the effects of hostile takeover threats on managerial efforts to innovate. Our … results show that more active hostile takeover markets stifle managerial efforts in corporate innovation. The findings suggest … that managers tend to be more myopic when firms are exposed to hostile takeover threats. Managers will put less effort into …
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conditional probability of takeover of over 20%. However, we find no evidence that firms without apparent profitable investment …
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This study provides evidence suggesting that CEOs’ physical fitness has a positive impact on firm value, consistent with the beneficial effects of fitness on, e.g., cognitive functions, stress coping and job performance. For each of the years 2001 to 2011, we define S&P 1500 CEOs as fit if...
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