We examine how the legal protection of outside shareholders and the appropriative costs that they induce influence the incentives for private firms to go public. A higher degree of protection of shareholders can increase the appropriative costs associated with the conflict between managers and...

We examine how the legal protection of outside shareholders and the appropriative costs that they induce influence the incentives for private firms to go public. A higher degree of protection of shareholders can increase the appropriative costs associated with the conflict between managers and...

The aim of this study is to investigate the pre and post going public process of the operational, social, and financial and dividend policy performance of twenty five Portuguese family companies in most of sectors of economic activity that went public through public share offering and direct...