This paper examines if and how mass media enhances entrepreneurial activities. Specifically, we use the staggered introduction of the television show Dragons' Den, also known as Shark Tank, across countries to analyze the impact of mass media on entrepreneurial activity. The show consists of...

We investigate how auditor alignment, i.e. parent and subsidiary are audited by auditors from the same audit firm network, affects the quality of the internal information environment of groups and their subsidiaries decision making and performance management processes. We predict that auditor...