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What is the perception of corporate social responsibility for fund managers in Switzerland?
Pasquini-Descomps, Hélène; Teulon, Frédéric - Institut de Préparation à l'Administration et à la … - 2014
We study the link between the sustainable and social activities of a firm (known as Corporate Social Responsibility CSR) and its financial performance. We first review and analyze the existing research on the topic, followed by a qualitative study of this relationship consisting of interviews of...
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ESG Impact on Market Performance of Firms: International Evidence
Pasquini-Descomps, Hélène; Sahut, Jean-Michel - Institut de Préparation à l'Administration et à la … - 2014
This study investigates how news-based scores in Environmental, Social and Corporate governance (ESG)will influence the … variation of the Global ESG score is a significant but slightly negative factor of a stock’s monthly performance in the UK, but …’s performance to its ESG news–based scores’ changes is probably not linear. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010860507
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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 drawn on a sample of 30 Tunisian listed firms between 1997 and 2010. First, we found that women have a risk perception that leads to a risk avoidance behavior: the presence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010860462
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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
The under-representation of female directors in the boardroom where corporate strategic decisions are made has recently become not only an ethical business case but also a public pressure to improve this gender imbalance. While there is some practical evidence to suggest that gender-diverse...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010860487
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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
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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