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Rethinking CSR in Australia: time for binding regulation?

Thirarungrueang, Kunnawee - In: International Journal of Law and Management 55 (2013) 3, pp. 173-200

Purpose – This paper seeks to provide the reader with a clear insight into the discussion over the voluntary aspect of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the attempts to introduce regulatory reforms to control corporate activities within Australia. Design/methodology/approach – This...

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Horizontal mergers with synergies: first-price vs. profit-share auction

Ding, Wei; Fan, Cuihong; Wolfstetter, Elmar G. - 2010

We consider takeover bidding in a Cournot oligopoly when firms have private information concerning the synergy effect of merging with a takeover target. Two auction rules are considered: standard first-price and profit-share auctions, supplemented by entry fees. Since non-merged firms benefit...

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Screening and Merger Activity

Banal-Estanol, Albert; Heidhues, Paul; Nitsche, Rainer; … - 2009

also consistent with other stylized facts about takeovers and generates novel testable predictions. …

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Business Groups, Bank Control and Large Shareholders: An Analysis of German Takeovers

Boehmer, Ekkehart - 1999

takeovers to test whether group structure, large shareholders, and bank control affect their value to shareholders. First, I … find that takeovers increase bidder value, but generally not that of the business group surrounding it. Second, majority … shareholder. Fourth, the worst takeovers are completed by firms that are majority-controlled by financial institutions. …

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Is There a Preferential Treatment for Locals in the Labor Market? Evidence from Takeovers

Colussi, Tommaso; Romano, Livio - 2016

performance. By exploiting variations in firms' ownership generated by takeovers, we find that belonging to the same community of …

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Are women more likely to seek advice than men? Evidence from the boardroom

Levi, Maurice; Li, Kai; Zhang, Feng - In: Journal of Risk and Financial Management 8 (2015) 1, pp. 127-149

to important business decisions, specifically those involving corporate takeovers. Consistent with the evidence from …

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Sequential Decision-Making and Asymmetric Equilibria: An Application to Takeovers

Gill, David; Sgroi, Daniel - In: The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics 4 (2004) 1

With indivisible shareholdings and simultaneous shareholder decision-making, the existing takeover literature provides a reasonable profit only in asymmetric equilibria. We allow the raider to approach shareholders sequentially and thereby find a unique equilibrium that produces the same outcome.

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National Champion Versus Foreign Takeover

Südekum, Jens - 2008

Governments in several countries have recently spent considerable effort to defend domestic firms against acquisition attempts from abroad and instead favoured mergers among national firms. In this paper we offer an explanation why globalization can reinforce the case for promoting national...

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Should employment authorities worry about mergers and acquisitions?

Margolis, David N. - 2006

activity in a similar manner, employment authorities may be able to anticipate the regions in which takeovers are more likely …

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An empirical examination of forecast disclosure by bidding companies

Brennan, Niamh - 2000

This paper examines voluntary disclosure of profit forecasts by bidding companies during takeovers. Disclosure is …

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