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Ownership structure and voluntary disclosure in annual reports of Bangladesh

Rouf, Md. Abdur; Al-Harun, Abdullah - In: Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences (PJCSS) 5 (2011) 1, pp. 129-139

This study examines the association between ownership structure and voluntary disclosure levels in the 2007 annual report of 94 samples of Bangladeshi listed companies. Ownership structure is provided by management ownership and institutional ownership. Using agency theory, it is argued that...

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Investment in R&D and Corporate Governance

Smith, Valdemar; Madsen, Erik Strøjer - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 70 (2001) 2, pp. 263-274

The paper investigates the impact of ownership concentration on the likelihood that firms are involved in innovative activities or invest in research and development. We find that more dispersed ownership significantly increases the probability that a firm is engaged in innovation or invests in...

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Corporate Investment, Asymmetric Information and Agency Costs in the UK

Goergen, Marc; Renneboog, Luc - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 70 (2001) 2, pp. 248-260

This paper investigates whether investment spending of firms is sensitive to the availability of internal funds …. Imperfect capital markets create a hierarchy for the different sources of funds such that investment and financial decisions are … not independent. The relation between corporate investment and free cash flow is investigated using the Bond and Meghir …

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Corporate governance and firm performance within the Russian agri-food sector: does ownership structure matter?

Tleubayev, Alisher; Bobojonov, Ihtiyor; Gagalyuk, Taras; … - In: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 24 (2021) 4, pp. 649-668

the case of corporate agri-food companies in Russia. While Russia plays a vital role in the global agri-food system, its …

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Does independent directors' monitoring affect reputation? Evidence from the stock and labor markets

Du, Jun; Hou, Qingchuan; Tang, Xuesong; Yao, Yiwei - In: China Journal of Accounting Research 11 (2018) 2, pp. 91-127

Using novel data on independent directors' opinions in China, we investigate the stock and labor market effects prompted by independent directors publicly saying "no" to major board decisions. We find that the market reacts negatively to modified director opinions, but positively to firms...

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Corporate Governance Transformation in Transition Economies: Evidence from Bulgaria

Peev, Evgeni - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 70 (2001) 2, pp. 289-300

The paper presents study of corporate governance evolution in Bulgaria and its convergence to EU structures. The author discusses the traditional approach to separation of ownership and control in transition economies and modern ideas about the need for changing corporate governance paradigm....

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Sunk Costs, Managerial Incentives and Firm Productivity

Groß-Schuler, Alexandra; Weigand, Jürgen - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 70 (2001) 2, pp. 275-287

In this paper, we use a production function approach to examine the impact of ownership concentration, product market competition and financial pressure on German firm productivity. Additionally, we are interested in the influence of ownership identity and changes in ownership structure. We also...

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Say on pay effectiveness, corporate governance mechanisms, and CEO compensation alignment

Sánchez Marín, Gregorio; Lozano-Reina, Gabriel; … - In: BRQ Business Research Quarterly 20 (2017) 4, pp. 226-239

Say on pay (SOP) is a relatively new governance mechanism that allows shareholders to pronounce on the suitability on executives’ compensation. The literature has mainly examined SOP effects on Anglo Saxon contexts of corporate governance, reporting mixed results and highlighting the need to...

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The role of cross-listing, foreign ownership and state ownership in dividend policy in an emerging market

Lam, Kevin C. K.; Sami, Heibatollah; Zhou, Haiyan - In: China Journal of Accounting Research 5 (2012) 3, pp. 199-216

In this paper, we investigate if dividend policy is influenced by ownership type. Within the dividend literature, dividends have a signaling role regarding agency costs, such that dividends may diminish insider conflicts (reduce free cash flow) or may be used to extract cash from firms...

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Ownership concentration and bank profitability

Ozili, Peterson Kitakogelu; Uadiale, Olayinka - In: Future Business Journal 3 (2017) 2, pp. 159-171

We investigate whether ownership concentration influences bank profitability in a developing country context. We focus on bank ownership concentration measured as the amount of direct equity held by a majority shareholder categorised into: high ownership concentration, moderate ownership...

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