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The Dangers and Drawbacks of the Disclosure Antidote : Toward a More Substantive Approach to Securities Regulation

Ripken, Susanna Kim - 2007

This article analyzes and critiques the federal securities laws' reliance on disclosure as the primary method of protecting investors and regulating the securities markets. Since the inception of the federal securities law seventy years ago, the policy has always been that, as long as...

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The Effects of Total Quality Management on Corporate Performance : An Empirical Investigation

Easton, George S. - 2007

measured by comparing each firm's performance to that of a control benchmark designed to capture what the firm's performance …

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The Product Differentiation Hypothesis for Corporate Trade Credit

Blazenko, George - 2006

The product differentiation hypothesis for trade credit says that business managers use trade credit like advertising to differentiate their products. Prior studies of this hypothesis conclude that higher profit margins induce firms to increase trade credit and vice versa. We better represent...

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Characteristics of Soulless Persons : The Applicability of the Character Evidence Rule to Corporations

Ripken, Susanna Kim - 2006

The article discusses the nature of corporate personhood and the propriety of using certain types of evidence to prove corporate misconduct. Under Federal Rule of Evidence 404, the character evidence rule, evidence of a person's bad character generally is not admissible to prove that a person...

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Financial Misrepresentation : Antecedents and Performance Effects

Harris, Jared D. - 2009

This doctoral thesis examines the influence of relative performance and managerial incentives on corporate financial misrepresentation, and then tests the relationship between misrepresentation and subsequent operating performance, including the moderating effects of change in board composition...

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Designing the Boundaries of the Firm : From 'Make, Buy or Ally' to the Dynamic Benefits of Vertical Architecture

Jacobides, Michael G. - 2015

The concept of vertical architecture defines the scope of a firm and the extent to which it is open to final and intermediate markets. A firm can make or buy inputs, and transfer outputs downstream or sell them. Permeable vertical architectures are partly integrated and partly open to the...

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Academics in Wonderland : The Team Production and Director Primacy Models of Corporate Governance

Dent, George W. - 2014

interests that they would self-destruct if they controlled the firm. Accordingly they tie their own hands by ceding control to a … promises to stakeholders. Accordingly, firms hand control to a board of disinterested directors who act as mediating hierarchs … governance is not control by independent, disinterested directors but by CEOs. I then discuss why the alternative -- shareholder …

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Corporate Social Responsibility and Shareholder's Value : An Event Study Analysis

Becchetti, Leonardo - 2014

In today's global economy, corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a core component of corporate strategy. Due in part to financial scandals, losses, and the diminished reputation of the affected listed companies, CRS is emerging as a crucial instrument for minimizing conflicts with...

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Corporate Social Responsibility and Stock Market Performance

Becchetti, Leonardo - 2014

We analyze the performance of a large sample of SR stocks relative to a control sample of equivalent size for 14 years …. We find that individual SR stocks have on average significantly lower returns and unconditional variance than control … return) mean and variance of the buy-and-hold strategies on the SR portfolio with respect to those on the control portfolio …

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Are Venture Capitalists a Catalyst for Innovation, or Do They Simply Exploit it?

Caselli, Stefano - 2014

Analyzing 153 venture-backed and non-venture-backed companies that went public in Italy between 1995 and 2004, we tested two hypotheses about the role of venture capital in developing innovations within firms. The first concerns the relevance of innovation and whether it is present when venture...

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