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Corporate Governance and Investor Reactions to Seasoned Equity Offerings

Huang, Rongbing; Tompkins, James G - 2009

We study the role of corporate governance in abnormal returns around announcements of seasoned equity offerings (SEOs) by publicly traded U. S. firms from 2001 - 2004. We find that investors react more positively for firms in which different people hold the CEO and board chairman positions. We...

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Multiple directorships and corporate performance in Australian listed companies

Kiel, G. C.; Nicholson, G. J. - 2006

How many directorships are too many? Globally, normative advice emphasises the importance of limiting the number of directorships any individual should hold due to the workloads they entail. However, there is little empirical evidence to support this view. Rather, there is a strong tradition of...

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Three Essays on Bankruptcy Risk and Corporate Governance

Yan Hui Wu - 2010

more power, and where poorly-performing management teams are left in place. Our results indicate that the additional … explanatory power from corporate governance variables becomes more pronounced as the time to bankruptcy is increased, suggesting …

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Board composition and corporate performance: How the Australian experience informs contrasting theories of corporate governance

Kiel, Geoffrey C.; Nicholson, Gavin J. - 2003

In many respects, Australian boards more closely approach normative best practice guidelines for corporate governance than boards in other Western countries. Do Australian firms then demonstrate a board demographic-organisational performance link that has not been found in other economies? We...

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Corporate Governance von humankapitalintensiven Unternehmen

Weishaupt, Till - 2007

Hintergrund der Untersuchung ist die zunehmende Bedeutung von Humankapital als wettbewerbsentscheidendem Produktionsfaktor in modernen humankapitalintensiven Unternehmungen. Es stellt sich die Frage nach den Auswirkungen der Bedeutungszunahme und der Regelung des „Primärhumankapitals“, also...

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The Effect of Governance on Credit Decisions and Perceptions of Reporting Reliability

Holder-Webb, Lori; Sharma, Divesh S. - 2010

We conduct an experiment to examine how lending decisions are affected by lender perceptions of reporting and governance quality. We perform a set of experiments to determine whether lenders are sensitive to the quality of governance as measured by board composition along multiple dimensions,...

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UK executive pay: the special case of executive bonuses

Fattorusso, Jay - 2006

on remuneration committee, CEO presence on nominationscommittee, CEO/Chair duality, tenure, and power) to examine their … uses two competing theories (i.e. agency and power theory) to providea fuller explanation of the subtleties of the pay … performance. As with previous studies on executive bonus pay this associationremains weak. By implication, power theory is not …

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Relationship between corporate governance and firm performance : an African perspective

Kyereboah-Coleman, Anthony - 2007

Corporate Governance has engaged the attention of academics and practitioners alike for some time now. It is sad to note, however, that most of the studies carried out in this area have been conducted in countries such as the USA and the UK. In recent times, interest in Corporate Governance on...

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EXISTE DIFERENÇA ENTRE A RENTABILIDADE DAS AÇÕES DAS EMPRESAS QUE ADOTAM GOVERNANÇA CORPORATIVA COM RELAÇÃO ÀS EMPRESAS DO MERCADO TRADICIONAL?

Bressan, Valeria Gama Fully; Bressan, Aureliano Angel - 2008

The study verifies, between march 2005 and march 2006, if there is any difference between the stock yields of a sample of companieslisted in Bovespa that adopt the principles of Corporate Governance, in different levels, in relation to the companies of the traditionalmarket. The data were...

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A critical analysis of the independence of the internal audit function : evidence from Australia

Christopher, Joe; Sarens, Gerrit; Leung, Philomena - 2009

Purpose – This study aims to critically analyse the independence of the internal audit function through its relationship with management and the audit committee. Design/methodology/approach – Results are based on a critical comparison of responses from questionnaires sent out to Australian...

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