The growth in Chinese and Indian economies has witnessed an increase in the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activities over the last twenty years. The effects of M&As on Chinese and Indian listed companies' are analysed using average abnormal returns (AAR) and cumulative average abnormal returns...

The underpricing of initial public offerings (IPOs) in the Chinese market is higher than in other markets. This paper analyses both initial underpricing and long-run performance for Chinese IPOs in order to resolve arguments in previous Chinese IPOs literature studies. Using a sample of 275...

This research investigates the relationship between board gender diversity and firm financial performance in the context of a transitional economy characterised by an underdeveloped corporate governance system. Using a sample of 120 publicly listed companies in Vietnam covering a 4-year period...

Many microfinance institutions (MFIs) are currently drifting away from their original mission of alleviating poverty. The objective of this article is to identify and update significant social performance (SP) for micro-finance institutions (MFIs) by viewing social performance measures as a way...

This study has four key objectives as follows: first, to test how family-controlled firms are associated with firm performance in Europe; second, investigate whether the blockholding influences firm performance; third, to compare firm performance of active family controlled firms with passive...