Department: Business.

We examine whether ownership and governance characteristics are associated with the firm's operating performance and stock price. We hypothesize that while ownership structure and governance mechanisms impact the firm's operating performance, they can also impact stakeholders' abilities to...

An equity valuation model, incorporating accounting information and analyst forecasts is utilized in selecting stocks from EMU countries. In the diverse accounting environment of the EMU countries, the valuation model is shown to be less sensitive to differences in accounting regimes than...

In recent years, outsourcing has become a common practice for firms operating domestically as well as globally. The academic and professional literature discusses numerous factors that influence outsourcing decisions, including the commonly used argument that activities that are not within the...

Global listing of stocks has become a major topic in international capital markets. Many argue that the U.S. investor protection system discourages foreign firms from listing and raising capital in the U.S. However, there has recently been an increase in the number of foreign firms listing their...

We examine whether ownership and governance characteristics are associated with the firm s operating performance and stock price. We hypothesize that while ownership structure and governance mechanisms impact the firm's operating performance, they can also impact stakeholders abilities to...