The recent financial crisis that began in 2007, also known as the Global Financial Crisis, had a huge influence on the financial situations of enterprises and financial institutions around the world. The situation on world stock markets was also strongly affected by the crisis. As the behavior...

We document that corporate insiders' trading behavior exhibits persistence over time. Classifying insiders as “Persistently Profitable (PP)” based on profits generated from historical trades, we find the current transactions of these insiders better predict firm performance. The relative...

Paucity of indigenous research on regulatory assessment of Islamic financial institutions makes the subject an unveiled prospect. The study examines, evaluates and compares the financial activities of selected Islamic and conventional banks of Pakistan for a decennium viz. 2003-2012. Financial...

This study explores the association between the complex pyramid ownership structure and firm's market performance at Chinese and Pakistani firms, and the effect of efficient judiciary on this relationship. Previous studies report that Pakistani pyramidal firms have complex ownership structure,...

The current paper analyzes the impacts of privatization of Sudan air carrier, Sudan Airways. The hypothetical framework in this study is that alternative policies other than privatization are feasible. Sudan airways represents the sovereignty of the country carrying its flag, its objectives is...

This study examines the impact of corporate governance on financial performance of Lebanese banks during five years (from 2006 to 2010). Based on 182 observations, a quantitative method of data analysis was employed to investigate the relevance of corporate governance mechanisms. The first...

Analyzing a sample of 13,917 U.S. firm-years from 1991 to 2006, we find that more innovative firms demonstrate high corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance subsequent to a successful innovation. These high-CSR innovative firms enjoy significantly higher valuation post-innovation. These...

In this study an attempt has been made to create a link between corporate governance, intellectual capital efficiency and firm performance. The sample is BSE SENSEX firms from the year 2013 to 2015. Data has been collected from PROWESS database of Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE)....

This paper studies the informativeness of stock prices, after some companies have defaulted. We show that the average price of companies in the stock market exceeds the average value of surviving plus defaulted companies. This price-value wedge is narrower for company types with higher survival....

Companies are required to have a reliable system of corporate governance in place at the time of IPO in order to protect the interests of public company investors and stakeholders. Yet, relatively little is known about the process by which they implement one. This Closer Look, based on detailed...