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Does Board Gender Diversity Make a Difference? New Evidence from Quantile Regression Analysis
Dang, Rey; Nguyen, Duc Khuong - Institut de Préparation à l'Administration et à la … - 2014
relationship between board gender diversity and firm performance from a dynamic perspective through using quantile regression. This … this impact depends on the measure of performance under consideration. Typically, board gender diversity affects negatively … that using traditional OLS and fixed- random-effect estimations may mask the true effect of board gender diversity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010860487
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Women on French Corporate Board of Directors- How Do They Differ from their Male Counterparts?
Dang, Rey; Bender, Anne-Françoise; Scotto, Marie-José - Institut de Préparation à l'Administration et à la … - 2014
of our paper, we discuss the different theoretical frameworks which supported the business case of gender diversity on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010754813
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Does the Glass Ceiling Exist? A Longitudinal Study of Women’s Progress on French Corporate Boards
Dang, Rey; Nguyen, Duc Khuong; Vo, Linh-Chi - Institut de Préparation à l'Administration et à la … - 2014
In this article, we conduct a longitudinal study of women’s progress on French corporate boards of directors. We particularly focus on the extent to which women directors have circumvented the glass ceiling. Using a sample of SBF 120 companies over a 10-year period from 2000 to 2009, our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010764053
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Linear voting rule limitation strategy to reduce the power of a unique new comer in a firm's capital
Teulon, Frédéric; Moschetto, Bruno-Laurent - Institut de Préparation à l'Administration et à la … - 2013
In all the defensive measures against takeover bids, those based on rules limiting voting rights are generally cited as the most effective. Ironically, the supposed efficacy seems to have never been tested or modeled. This is precisely the subject of our article that focuses in terms of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010860450
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Does Gender Diversity on board lead to Risk-Taking? Empirical Evidence from Tunisia
Loukil, Nadia; Yousfi, Ouidad - Institut de Préparation à l'Administration et à la … - 2014
The current paper studies the impact of board gender-diversity on firm risk-taking in a developing market. Our study is … associated with cash ratio. Second, we showed no significant relationship between gender-diversity on board and the propensity to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010860462
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Do shareholders really own the firm?
BOYER, Tristan - Institut de Préparation à l'Administration et à la … - 2014
The object of this contribution is to address the question of the ownership of the firm. Both law and economics shape representations of the world: law focuses on rules and justice; economics focuses on efficiency and allocation. They describe common situations and "objects'' such as firms and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010860491
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Activism of Institutional Investors, Corporate Governance Alerts and Financial Performance
Lantz, Jean-Sebastien; Montandrau, Sophie; Sahut, … - Institut de Préparation à l'Administration et à la … - 2014
Institutional investors are predominant on the financial markets and are becoming more active in their portfolio management. This article attempts to enhance our understanding of the incidence of shareholder activism on market reaction in the wake of seve
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010860518
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Real exchange rates, commodity prices and structural factors in developing countries
BODART, Vincent; CANDELON, Bertrand; CARPANTIER, … - Institut de Préparation à l'Administration et à la … - 2014
Family businesses are an important part of the world economy (Anderson and Reeb, 2003) and show significant differences in their corporate governance compared to non-family firms. Although displaying evident unique features, family firms have received relatively little attention as distinct from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010860520
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Excess control, agency costs and the probability of going private in France
Belkhir, Mohamed; Boubaker, Sabri; Rouatbi, Wael - Institut de Préparation à l'Administration et à la … - 2014
The current study investigates the determinants of going private (GP) in France. It contrasts a sample of 161 firms that went private between 1997 and 2009 with a propensity-score-matched sample of firms that remained public during the same period. The results indicate that, unlike for firms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010930518
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Audit Fees in Family Firms Evidence From U.S. Listed Companies
Ben Ali, Chiraz; Lesage, Cédric - Institut de Préparation à l'Administration et à la … - 2014
Family businesses are an important part of the world economy (Anderson and Reeb, 2003) and show significant differences in their corporate governance compared to non-family firms. Although displaying evident unique features, family firms have received relatively little attention as distinct from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010754709