This paper seeks to establish what form of management structure, ownership structure and financial characteristics are exhibited by firms that propose and subsequently adopt anti-takeover charter amendments (ATCAs) in Australia. An ATCA is a restriction of partial takeover activity implemented...

Cycles in initial public offer (IPO) underpricing have been historically linked to both the proportion and pricing of resource-based IPOs issued relative to the entire population of IPOs. In addition, IPOs in the less diversified resource sector are exposed to changes in underlying commodity...

Existing trade-indicator models that estimate the components of the bid-ask spread of a common stock fail to utilize the trade flows in the options market as a potential source of adverse information. This paper develops a cross-market model to address this issue by introducing an option...

Cycles in initial public offer (IPO) underpricing have been historically linked to both the proportion and pricing of resource-based IPOs issued relative to the entire population of IPOs. In addition, IPOs in the less diversified resource sector are exposed to changes in underlying commodity...

Changes to Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement by the Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in 2005, with particular reference to the minimum number of non-executive directors, brought mixed reactions. However, Indian firms generally embraced the changes with the expectation that it sent...

The last decade has witnessed e-learning evolving as a major force in higher education. The role of faculty in e-learning is often debated. This paper reports the findings of a pilot study about the role of faculty interaction in a pedagogically rich environment, grounded in a constructivist...

This study analyzes the development of residential housing prices in Australia and its underlying macroeconomic drivers. From the results, implications for other booming economies in Asia-Pacific are highlighted. The research covers different aspects of house price development and is based on...