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Aim of the paper Entrepreneurship is recognized as an engine of both economic growth and development (Audretsch & al, 2006). Such growth results in social and cultural change as new companies and industries are created and have their impact. Women entrepreneurs contribute greatly to this dynamic...
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In Europe, the concepts of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainable development (SD) are closely linked …. Yet this approach to CSR has only taken shape in the last ten years and it is not shared by everyone. The objective of … this article is to present the different stages of the CSR and SD “coupling” process, highlighting the role of …
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This chapter summarizes recent research on the role of law, culture and corruption on venture capital (VC) fund … culture. …
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This paper focuses on the CSR measures as major tool to manage a corporate social performance through the study of … these CSR measures. This analysis allows us to report a huge number of these measures within these companies. Moreover …, different control mechanisms using these tools were identified. The differences can be explained by both the oldness of CSR …
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Because IPO mechanisms determine both the initial trading price and the allocation of newly-listed firms' shares, they have financial and strategic consequences for shareholders. For that reason, it is of interest to analyse the relative advantages and disadvantages of the different procedures...
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Based on a sample of 15 European countries, this survey analyses various features of the European IPO (Initial Public Offering) market over the period from 1995 to 2004: listing requirements, IPO-mechanism choices, performance and secondary market liquidity. First, the comparison of national...
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We investigate the link between employee ownership and price levels of stocks. Using a comprehensive sample of firms in the Société des Bourses Françaises (SBF) 120 Index from 2000 to 2007, we document a negative correlation between share price levels and employee ownership. This suggests...
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This paper examines the effect of stock market conditions on the waiting time of initial public offering (IPO) candidates, from the date firms file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to the effective IPO date. I find that issuers are going public faster...
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Research on the impact of open market share repurchases has been hindered by the lack of data available on actual share repurchases in many countries, including the US. Using a previously unused database containing detailed information on 36,848 repurchases made by 352 French firms, we show that...
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