En este trabajo se analiza la relevancia de las opciones reales en la industria de componentes del autom¢vil. Con este prop¢sito, estudiamos en profundidad el caso de una inversi¢n directa exterior emprendida por un importante proveedor del sector. El proyecto de inversi¢n evaluado pertenece...

Technological strategic alliance (TSA) formation represents an important competitive mechanism for firms, and it can be considered as a real option on future technological opportunities. Our objective is to analyse, under a real options reasoning, how firms decide between forming TSAs or...

Este trabajo analiza la decisi¢n de dividendo de las empresas brasile¤as desde la perspectiva del conflicto entre accionistas mayoritarios y minoritarios. El problema de gobierno corporativo en los pa¡ses del civil-law confiere a la decisi¢n de dividendo dos funciones principales: mecanismo...

The aim of this paper is to examine the notion that the market value of companies reflects the investors? expectations with regard to the value of real options. We test the empirical relation between alternative estimates of the proportion of total firm market value accounted for by the value of...

Using the law and finance approach we analyze how the ultimate ownership and control structure influences the performance of Spanish commercial banks during the period 1996-2004. Our evidence shows that 96% of Spanish commercial banks have an ultimate controlling owner. Also, we observe that...