. Using c.500 articles of association and ownership records of publicly-traded Victorian corporations, we find that … shareholder protection had more diffuse ownership. …

. Using c. 500 articles of association and ownership records of publicly-traded Victorian corporations, we find that … shareholder protection had more diffuse ownership. …

: French-speaking directors are prevalent in Swiss French boards and German-speaking directors in Swiss German boards. More … importantly, however, boards of these two parts of Switzerland are more likely to be structured as in their respective neighboring …

This paper analyses the German corporate law reform's effect on the publicly listed companies' ownership and … an empirical analysis using 1997-2008 panel data consisting of ownership, Tobin's Q, and sales growth follows. Empirical … evidence shows that ownership has become more dispersed (the total number of shareholders is larger) and that it had a positive …

's Reform in 2004, to their corporate governance and ownership structures. This research has a twofold target. For one extent it … the paper provides a wide analysis of the ownership structures of unlisted joint stock Italian companies and of the …

findings, it can be expected that after a time lag ownership concentration would decrease in continental Europe. However, our … evidence is mixed. The analysis of the development of shareholder structures from different perspectives - ownership … concentration, shareholder classes and ownership distribution - revealed only limited support for the Law and Finance arguments. The …

This study investigates the transition from being a listed company with a dispersed ownership structure to being a … privately held company with a concentrated ownership structure. We consider a sample of private equity backed portfolio … comparable public companies. These performance differences come from the increase in ownership concentration after the leveraged …

This study examines changes in block ownership for a large sample of listed and non-listed German firms. The frequency … ownership (control transfers). Such changes are more likely for firms with high leverage, while they are less likely for larger … firms and firms with high ownership concentration. Only for listed firms poor performance is related to more frequent …