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Corporate governance, value and performance of firms: New empirical results on convergence from a large international database
Krafft, Jackie; Qu, Yiping; Quatraro, Francesco; Ravix, … - HAL - 2013
This paper aims to revisit the link between corporate governance, value, and firm performance by focusing on convergence, understood as the way that non-US firms are adopting US best practice in terms of corporate governance, and the implications of this adoption. We examine theoretical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010607938
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Corporate governance, value and performance of firms: New empirical results on convergence from a large international database
Krafft, Jackie; Qu, Yiping; Quatraro, Francesco; Ravix, … - HAL - 2013
This paper aims to revisit the link between corporate governance, value, and firm performance by focusing on convergence, understood as the way that non-US firms are adopting US best practice in terms of corporate governance, and the implications of this adoption. We examine theoretical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010899028
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Corporate governance, value and performance of firms: New empirical results on convergence from a large international database
Krafft, Jackie; Qu, Yiping; Quatraro, Francesco; Ravix, … - HAL - 2013
This paper aims to revisit the link between corporate governance, value, and firm performance by focusing on convergence, understood as the way that non-US firms are adopting US best practice in terms of corporate governance, and the implications of this adoption. We examine theoretical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010899761
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La structure du capital et la profitabilité : Une étude empirique sur données de panel françaises
Kebewar, Mazen - HAL - 2012
L'objectif de cet article est d'analyser l'impact de la structure du capital sur la profitabilité. Cet impact peut être expliqué par trois théories essentielles: la théorie du signal, l'influence de la fiscalité et la théorie de l'agence. Nous montrons, à partir d'un échantillon de 9136...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010618158
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La structure du capital et la profitabilité : Une étude empirique sur données de panel françaises
Kebewar, Mazen - HAL - 2013
The objective of this article is to analyze the impact of capital structure on profitability. This impact can be explained by three essential theories: signaling theory, tax theory and the agency costs theory. From a sample of 9136 firms distributed on seven sectors taken over the period...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010821251
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French firm's financing choices: towards a reconciliation of the static trade-off theory and the pecking order theory?
Mazen, Gharsalli - HAL - 2012
The main purpose of this study is to examine the validity of the static trade-off theory and the pecking order theory using a French panel data. Our empirical tests provide that we can not formally reject either of the two theories explaining financing behavior. However, they confirm the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009148037
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As luck would have it : innovation and market value in "complex technology" sectors
Coad, Alex; Rao, Rekha - HAL - 2006
How do financial markets respond to firms' efforts at innovation ? To answer this question, we measure innovation by creating a synthetic indicator based on a firm's recent history of R&D expenditure and patent applications. We focus on four 2-digit «complex technology» manufacturing sectors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010750780
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Taxation and the international strategy of Japanese multinational enterprises
Azemar, Céline; Corcos, Grégory; Delios, Andrew - HAL - 2006
This paper analyzes the effect of statutory tax rates on the location of Japanese capital in emerging countries. Considering the fact that the difference between Japan and foreign tax rates can engender transfer pricing manipulation to diminish tax liabilities, and that some firms are more able...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010929092
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The setting of a coalition contract between controlling shareholder, managers and employees: How to mix incentive and political logics?
Bruslerie, Hubert De La - HAL - 2011
. In this paper, the setting of a coalition contract is done by awarding stocks to managers and employees. This article … the initial dominant shareholder with managers and employees. It is shown that the two logics are not opposite but …. The initial controlling shareholder "buys" efficient efforts by awarding a stake of capital to managers or employees, but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009650748
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Ownership concentration and firm performance: Evidence from an emerging market
Grosfeld, Irena - HAL - 2006
The initial view of the advantages of ownership concentration in joint stock companies was determined by the concern about the opportunistic managerial behavior. The growing importance of knowledge and human capital in the operation of firms shifts the focus of concern: excessive ownership...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010738833