This paper examines the effect of geographic and industrial diversification on firm value for a sample of over 20,000 firm-year observations of U.S. corporations from 1987-1993. Our" multivariate tests indicate the average value of a firm with international operations is 2.2% higher than...

The primary objectives of this research are to investigate the impact of the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) accelerated deadline on foreign firms' 20-F filing practices and factors relating to the filing lags. Based on a sample of 338 U.S.-listed foreign firms, our results indicate that...