Analysis of the large rise in the numbers of self-employed in the UK reveals high levels of in-work poverty, especially among those coming off of social security benefits. Policies that are developed to alleviate social and economic risk regularly lead to behavioural responses to perceptions...

Using UK data and the standard Event Study methodology framework, the wealth effects of target and acquiring companies involved in merger and acquisition activities over the period from 2000 to 2010 is investigated. Further, we extend our analysis to examine the financing payments of M&A...

This study analyses whether the board characteristics (diversity attributes, competitive capital, time commitment) of companies listed on the Financial Times Stock Exchange FTSE100 exhibit a different performance compared to those associated with conventional benchmark indices (FTSE250, FTSE...