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Overseas listing location and capital structure

Li, Peixin; Wang, Baolian - In: China Finance Review International 4 (2014) 1, pp. 3-23

the Chinese overseas listed companies are listed in the USA and Hong Kong. As the institutional quality of the USA is …. Specifically, the authors argue that the better institutional environment of the USA can mitigate the information asymmetry problem … and the agency problem of financing via equity. Consequently, firms listed in the USA will rely more on equity and have …

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In: China Finance Review International 4 (2014) 1

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Examining gender on corporate boards: a regional study

McCormick Hyland, MaryAnne; Marcellino, Patricia Ann - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 2 (2002) 4, pp. 24-31

government filings were collected for the top 100 public companies in a suburban region of the USA. Results indicated a positive …

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A critical analysis of the directors’ protocol in new york’s not for profit and business corporations

Spencer Waters, Winston - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 1 (2001) 3, pp. 20-23

Analyzes the directors’ protocols in both the New York Not for Profit Corporation Law and in the New York Business Corporation Law. Examines the similarities and differences existing in the directors’ roles in not for profit corporations and in business corporations. Highlights the legal...

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Houston Business Process Re‐engineering Share Group: a case study

Gupta, Vipul K.; Rohe, Duke - In: Business Process Management Journal 3 (1997) 2, pp. 173-180

Describes how a group of organizations (consultants, companies and universities) in Houston, Texas, USA created an …

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Process improvement in a utility company

Hayes, Tracy M.; Helms, Marilyn M. - In: Business Process Management Journal 5 (1999) 4, pp. 297-310

Companies today must continuously improve their processes in order to meet the ever changing needs of the consumer. In the past, most utility providers (telephone, natural gas, etc.) paid little attention to improving processes in order to improve customer service, due to their monopolistic hold...

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The Smithers’ view: a rocky road ahead for Japan and the USA

Bruce, Robert - In: Balance Sheet 10 (2002) 3, pp. 19-24

Andrew Smithers is a leading UK economist and pundit. This outline of a talk which he gave to the UK Asset and Liability Management Association earlier this year looks at the economic prognosis for both the Japanese and the US economies. Both are facing tough and almost impossible choices, he...

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The regulation and distribution of hedge funds in Europe – changes and challenges

Phillips, Graham; Dawson, Jerry - In: Balance Sheet 11 (2003) 4, pp. 36-43

The growth of the use of hedge funds in both the USA and in Europe has led to greater attempts to regulate the market …. The authors provide a guide to the way regulations are likely to be imposed and the differences which may occur in the USA …

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Basel 2: the risk to the global consensus

Gordon‐Hart, Sheenagh - In: Balance Sheet 12 (2004) 1, pp. 22-26

completely different ways in which Basel 2 will be implemented in the USA and EU pose a challenge for institutions that operate …

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Corporate regulation: dead hand or safeguard in the year 2004

Davis, Roger - In: Balance Sheet 12 (2004) 2, pp. 16-18

approach to regulation between the USA and Europe and suggests that the issues of risk management needs to better take this …

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