may affect the M&As in the post-IPO stage. We use a Cox proportional hazard model to test the relation between Delaware … premiums and announcement returns. We report that IPO firms choosing to reincorporate in Delaware experience a higher … likelihood of being acquired compared to those IPO firms choosing to remain incorporated in their home states. We further …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether the Boardroom heterogeneity affects IPO underpricing for … listed on China’s Growth Enterprise Market from its start in 2009 to 2012. Findings The author found that IPO underpricing … heterogeneity in tenure. Board heterogeneity affects IPO underpricing of entrepreneurial firms partially, which means functional …

initial public offering (IPO) companies. This study also examines the business case for having women on boards. Design …/methodology/approach – Using a sample of 228 IPO companies that went public during the period 1999‐2006, this study tracks the changes in the … gender composition of these companies prior to the IPO year, IPO year and three‐year post‐IPOs. This study also tracks the …