<title>Abstract</title>The current study aims to empirically explore the relationship between firm characteristics, corporate governance and capital structure in New Zealand's large listed companies. Eight years of data for 40 firms listed on the NZX50 Stock Exchange, are collected and observations are...

The current study investigates the relationship between family firm board structure and financial performance in Sri Lanka. This study uses five years (2006-2010) of data from 65 family firms listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE). In order to investigate the impact of board structure on...

This paper investigates the determinants of capital structure in unlisted firms in New Zealand. Hypotheses utilising pecking order theory, trade-off theory and agency costs theory and the effects of firm ownership structure, firm characteristics and industry on small business capital structure...

This paper investigates the role of board structure and the effect of ownership structures on firm performance in New Zealand's listed firms. Several studies, the majority from the U.S., U.K. and Japan, have examined the relationship between corporate governance mechanisms, ownership structure...

Purpose – This paper aims to illuminate the issue of whether there is a significant difference between long-term abnormal return of acquirers across industries, and which industries achieve better returns. Design/methodology/approach -This paper investigates whether there is a significant...

Tom or Jerry? The Employment Contracts Act: The Judicial Influence 1991-1997 by Jack Hodder and Jane Forster (Wellington: Institute of Policy Studies), 1998. 89 pp text; 2 appendices listing cases. ISBN 0 90893523 Today's Schools — Governance and Quality, by Simon Smelt (Wellington: Institute...

The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics by William Easterly, The MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass, and London, England, 2001, xiii+342pp., ISBN 0-262-05065-X, US$ 29.95/£ 20.50 Cycles of Disadvantage? by Scott Boggess and Mary Corcoran, with Stephen P....

Public Ownership and the Community, by Peter McKinlay, (Wellington: Institute of Policy Studies), 1999. ISBN 0-908935-36-6. Five Years After: The New Zealand Labour Market and the Employment Contracts Act, by Tim Maloney, (Wellington: Institute of Policy Studies), 1998, i-xiii +128pp.,ISBN...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine whether the registered charities in New Zealand have adopted the principle-based corporate governance practices similar to those adopted by the publicly-listed companies and the effect corporate governance practices have on their financial...