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Family ownership, corporate governance and risk-taking
Otero-González, Luis; Rodríguez-Gil, Luis-Ignacio; … - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 15 (2022) 3, pp. 1-15
This paper analyses the effect of family ownership and the characteristics of the board of directors on the risk … exchanges during the period 2012-2015. The results show that the level of family ownership concentration affects the level of …
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Improved covariance matrix estimation for portfolio risk measurement : a review
Sun, Ruili; Ma, Tiefeng; Liu, Shuangzhe; Sathye, Milind - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 12 (2019) 1/48, pp. 1-34
The literature on portfolio selection and risk measurement has considerably advanced in recent years. The aim of the present paper is to trace the development of the literature and identify areas that require further research. This paper provides a literature review of the characteristics of...
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The moderating effect of family business ownership on the relationship between short-selling mechanism and firm value for listed companies in China
Wenzhen Mai; Nik Intan Norhan Bt Abdul Hamid - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 14 (2021) 6, pp. 1-20
findings also established that family ownership weakens firm value with the availability of short-selling, which indicates that …
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Board-gender diversity, family ownership, and dividend announcement : evidence from Asian emerging economies
Mustafa, Adeel; Saeed, Abubakr; Awais, Muhammad; Aziz, … - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 13 (2020) 4/62, pp. 1-20
In eras of intense debates on the appointment of women on corporate boards, this research sheds light on the structure of board in Asian emerging economies by examining how women on board of family businesses separately and collectively affect the dividend announcement of business organizations....
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Founding family ownership and firm performance : some evidence from the Italian stock market
Pierni, Pierluigi; Montagna, Dennis Marco; Maggi, Mario … - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 15 (2022) 5, pp. 1-19
This study investigates the relationship between founding family ownership and firm performance in the Italian stock … market. Making use of a precise definition of Founding family ownership factor, an empirical analysis on the stock monthly …
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The influence of female directors and institutional pressures on corporate social responsibility in family firms in Latin America
García-Sánchez, Isabel-María; Rodríguez-Ariza, Lázaro - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 14 (2021) 1/28, pp. 1-20
This paper has two main aims. Firstly, we examine whether, given a critical mass of female board members, their presence has a different effect on the firm's CSR practices according to its family or non-family nature. We then consider whether the moderating role of the institutional environment...
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International diversification versus domestic diversification : mean-variance portfolio optimization and stochastic dominance approaches
Abid, Fathi; Leung, Pui-lam; Mroua, Mourad; Wong, Wing Keung - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 7 (2014) 2, pp. 45-66
examine preferences for international diversification versus domestic diversification from American investors’ viewpoints. Our … PO results imply that the domestic diversification strategy dominates the international diversification strategy at a …
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Corporate governance and dividend policy in the presence of controlling shareholders
Rodrigues, Ricardo; Felício, J. Augusto; Matos, Pedro Verga - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 13 (2020) 8/162, pp. 1-15
been addressed despite the importance of dividends for shareholders and the implications on the free cash-flow, whose … application may be a source of conflicts between managers and shareholders. In this paper, we study the influence of a set of … the importance of governance mechanisms toward the protection of shareholders’ interests, and reveal that the decisions on …
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The role of institutional investors in improving board of director attributes around the world
Alshabibi, Badar - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 14 (2021) 4, pp. 1-33
institutional environment, to include various economic conditions (pre-crisis, crisis and post-crisis), legal systems and ownership … differently when operating within different economic conditions (pre-crisis, crisis and post-crisis), legal systems and ownership … include economic conditions, legal systems and ownership structures. …
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Reforms protecting minority shareholders and firm performance : international evidence
Burunciuc, Corina; Gonenc, Halit - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 14 (2021) 1/5, pp. 1-24
This study investigates the effect of corporate governance reforms protecting minority shareholders on the firm value …
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