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A critique of shareholder primacy under UK takeover law and the continued imposition of the Board Neutrality Rule

Nyombi, Chrispas - In: International journal of law and management : IJLMA 57 (2015) 4, pp. 235-264

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Corporate boards and acquirer returns : international evidence

Miletkov, Mihail; Moskalev, Sviatoslav; Wintoki, M. Babajide - In: Managerial finance 41 (2015) 3, pp. 244-266

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Is the Board Neutrality Rule Trivial? Amnesia About Corporate Law in European Takeover Regulation

Gerner-Beuerle, Carsten - 2011

Whether the European Union's Takeover Directive should have adopted a mandatory neutrality rule has been the subject of …-Directive assessment have failed to consider the core lesson of takeover defences in the United States, namely that the construction of … of takeover defences, or undermine the extent to which they can be potently deployed, then the adoption or rejection of …

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International Mergers and Acquisitions Laws, the Market for Corporate Control and Accounting Conservatism

Khurana, Inder K. - 2018

corporate takeover threat, this paper examines how a disciplinary market for corporate control affects accounting conservatism … shareholder protection and in those experiencing larger growth in takeover activity. Further analysis reveals that elevated … takeover threats increase conservatism through changes in capital structure and investment decisions as well as improvements in …

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Corporate Control Activism

Corum, Adrian Aycan - 2018

This paper studies the role of activist investors in the M&A market. Our theory proposes that activist investors have an inherent advantage relative to bidders in pressuring entrenched incumbents to sell. As counterparties to the acquisition, bidders have a fundamental conflict of interests with...

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International Mergers and Acquisitions Laws, the Market for Corporate Control, and Accounting Conservatism

Khurana, Inder K. - 2019

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Acquirer Internal Control Weaknesses in the Market for Corporate Control

Darrough, Masako N. - 2017

This paper examines how disclosures regarding internal controls, required by Sections 302 and 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX), affect the market for corporate control. We hypothesize that acquirers with internal control weaknesses (ICWs) make suboptimal acquisition decisions based on...

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Corporate Governance : Implications for Canadian Cross-Border Acquisitions

Tebourbi, Imen - 2014

In this study, we raise the question of why bidders from high investor protection countries tend to make acquisitions in less protective countries. To answer this question, we use a sample of 462 cross-border and domestic acquisitions by Canadian bidders. Our results reveal that Canadian bidders...

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Shareholder litigation rights and corporate acquisitions

Chung, Chune Young; Kim, Incheol; Rabarison, Monika K.; … - In: The journal of corporate finance : contracting, … 62 (2020), pp. 1-22

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Staggered boards and shareholder value : a reply to Amihud and Stoyanov

Cohen, Alma; Wang, Charles C. Y. - 2015

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