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. Findings Results revealed that liquidity may be considered the most important form of financial flexibility for firms in … transitioning economies, due to constrained capital markets. Blockholder firms also focus on liquidity out of a concern for … recovering their substantial investment. This study suggested that in addition to an emphasis on liquidity, blockholder owners …
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controlling shareholders may improve family firms’ corporate and stock liquidity, compared to non-family firms. Design … firms are more conservative by hoarding more corporate liquid assets (as measured by accounting balance sheet liquidity … exhibit higher level of stock liquidity and lower liquidity risk as measured by effective bid–ask spread than non-family firms …
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Greek listed firms exercise on the relation between investment and liquidity constraints. Design …
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opportunity afforded by Japan's introduction of a dual system of corporate governance in 2003, when companies were offered a …
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Purpose – Japan is well known for having a strong stakeholder environment. However, a more than ten‐year recession and … support for a within‐company success orientation (stakeholder view) in Japan, there are a growing number of employees who … prefer a personal career success orientation (shareholder view) in Japan. Research limitations / implications – Since this is …
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This study is an attempt to verify the mostly anecdotal or case‐based assertions regarding the imperviousness of Japanese management to the threats of large institutional stockholders. Using data drawn from 118 corporations in five industry sectors, and applying an econometric technique, we...
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Purpose – The purpose of this study is to use an empirical model to investigate the effects of eight types of shareholders on corporate social responsibility (CSR) investments in terms of the monetary amount and ratio of each investment. Design/methodology/approach – Cross‐sectional data...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how corporate headquarters control business units, the governing of which has emerged as a vital issue as business portfolios have grown increasingly complex due to diversification, globalization, and corporate group expansion via spinoffs and...
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This study is an extension of research which links top management team characteristics and the use of a variety of business strategies. Agency theory and information processing theory provided the framework used to investigate the complex business strategies of 219 Japanese firms in four...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the ways in which scholars have proposed organizational forms combining elements of markets and hierarchies. These hybrid forms are based on networked connections and bottom‐up entrepreneurship, fostering knowledge sharing among...
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