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Do Bank Mergers Create Shareholder Value? An Event Study Analysis

Sharma, Varini - 2010

This paper investigates the economic role of bank mergers in creating shareholder value based on the idea that shareholder wealth will increase if the consolidation leads to the aforementioned gains. This paper is divided into seven sections. The second section of my paper provides an academic...

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Dubious Value of International Acquisitions by Emerging Economy Firms: The Case of Indian Firms

Karnani, Aneel - 2010

This article addresses the question whether companies from emerging economies create shareholder value through foreign acquisitions. The popular business press usually views these foreign acquisitions very positively. The stock markets have often reacted negatively to the acquisitions. The...

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Die Relevanz der in Deutschland obligatorischen Informationen zur Corporate Governance

Kristian Köpke - 2011

Die Europäische Union hat es sich zum Ziel gemacht, auf eine gute und vor allem effektive Corporate Governance hinzuwirken. Mit dieser Zielsetzung wurde in einer Abänderungsrichtlinie festgelegt, dass kapitalmarktorientierte Unternehmen künftig umfassende Informationen (das sog. Corporate...

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Antecedents and consequences of pay disparity between CEO and non-CEO executives [electronic resource] /

Pissaris, Seema. - Florida Atlantic University.College of … - 2008

This dissertation investigates the antecedents and consequences to pay disparity between the CEO and non-CEO executives from an equity-based perspective. While the principles of agency theory suggest that CEOs are granted higher compensation packages to better align their motives to those of the...

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Are the regulatory reforms working? [electronic resource] : evidence from audit committee members' selection of auditors

Looknanan-Brown, Veena. - 2011

companies' auditors. Limited research in the auditor selection process and PCAOB inspections suggest that managers, not audit … indicators, other than managers' recommendation, in evaluating auditors. In a setting where the manager recommends the auditor … companies' auditors. Limited research in the auditor selection process and PCAOB inspections suggest that managers, not audit …

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The Bottom Line on Board Diversity: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Business Rationales for Diversity on Corporate Boards

Fairfax, Lisa M. - 2005

The Bottom Line on Board Diversity: A Cost Benefit Analysis of the Business Rationales for Diversity on Corporate Boards critically examines the business rationales for diversity in order to determine whether they can or should be used to encourage greater diversity on the boards of major...

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15.997 Advanced Corporate Risk Management, Spring 2007

Parsons, John E.; Obizhaeva, Anna - 2007

Opportunity for group study by graduate students on current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum. From the course home page: Course Description This is a course on how corporations make use of the insights and tools of risk management. Most courses on derivatives,...

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In High Gear: A Case Study of the Hees-Edper Corporate Group

Strangeland, David; Daniels, Ronald J.; Morck, Randall - 1995

schemes used by Hees-Edper firms encouraged managers to adopt high-risk strategies, and that the intercorporate co …

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Corporate Governance Ratings in Emerging Markets: Implications for Market Valuation, Internal Firm-Performance, Dividend Payouts and Policy

Baker, Edward; Godridge, Ben; Gottesman, Aron; Morey, … - 2007

This paper utilizes a new data set from AllianceBernstein that, unlike other corporate governance data, has country-level and monthly-updated firm-level governance ratings for 22 emerging markets countries for almost a five year period. With these data we examine the relationship of firm-level...

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Corporate Governance and Investor Reactions to Seasoned Equity Offerings

Huang, Rongbing; Tompkins, James G - 2009

We study the role of corporate governance in abnormal returns around announcements of seasoned equity offerings (SEOs) by publicly traded U. S. firms from 2001 - 2004. We find that investors react more positively for firms in which different people hold the CEO and board chairman positions. We...

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