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...

<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...

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...

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...

Purpose – The analysis aims to explore how momentum return changes with alternative computational methods and the extent to which the portfolio structure is important in the momentum context. Design/methodology/approach – The focus reflected in the prior research emphasises the method used...