F&E-Aktivitäten haben für den langfristigen Unternehmenserfolg eine hohe Bedeutung. Allerdings müssen die Unternehmen abwägen, inwiefern sie diese bewertungsrelevanten Informationen kommunizieren, da wettbewerbsinduzierte Kosten z.B. durch den Verlust von komparativen Konkurrenzvorteilen...

Infolge von Normenverstößen nimmt die freiwillige Berichterstattung über die Ausgestaltung von Corporate-Compliance-Systemen, d.h. von Maßnahmen zur Sicherstellung normenkonformen Verhaltens in Unternehmen, stark zu. Aus agencytheoretischer Sicht soll damit die Unsicherheit der Investoren...

The purpose of this study is to provide an integrated analysis of corporate environmental communication strategies using stakeholder theory. More precisely, we argue that there is a symbiotic relationship between managerial decisions with respect to environmental disclosure and stakeholders. On...

This study investigates the cross sectional determinants of online disclosure practices of companies listed in the Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE). Regression analysis is employed to explore the potential dependence of online corporate disclosure practices on size, profitability, leverage and the...

Предсказание финансовой неустойчивости компании является дискуссионной темой в экономической литературе и остается таковой уже на протяжении многих лет....

We attempt to identify a possible linkage between stock price crashes and jumps and media coverage by using data from Japanese stock markets and newspaper articles. Our evidence clearly indicates that crash frequency increases with media coverage and its seasonal concentration. This key finding...

This study examines the difference in corporate transparency of firms affiliated with business groups and unaffiliated firms in India. Based on previous studies we measured corporate transparency using equity analysts’ forecast error and dispersion. We find that firms affiliated with business...

I show that more comprehensive corporate disclosure reduces investors’ uncertainty about domestic companies’ payoffs at no cost, thereby decreasing investors’ equity home bias toward a country. Since investors should base their investment decisions on valid and easily interpretable company...

This study explores whether an information gap exists for six types of corporate disclosure in Egypt, where International Accounting Standards (IAS) apply but penalties for non-compliance are limited. It also investigates whether low compliance with mandatory disclosure can be explained by low...