This study examines the governance attributes of post-IPO (initial public offering) retained ownership of private equity in business group constituent firms in contrast to their unaffiliated counterparts, in 202 newly listed firms in 22 emerging African economies. We adopt an actor centred...

Companies today, in particular banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions, increasingly operate their businesses in a group structure. These financial groups have a growing presence in markets worldwide and the economy as a whole. To do business effectively and efficiently in...

This paper examines the influence of family business groups' affiliated and non-affiliated firms on earnings manipulation on a sample of Pakistani listed firms for the period of 2014 to 2019. The sample of this paper consists of 323 listed firms from the Pakistan Stock Exchange. Data were...

We examine whether business groups’ influence on cash holdings depends on ownership. Group affiliation can increase firms’ agency costs or benefit firms by providing an internal capital market, especially in transition economies characterized by weak investor protection and difficult...

This study attempts to show that firms affiliated to family-controlled business groups are associated with poorer performance compared to firms without such affiliation (independent firms) based on the ROA performance measure. Moreover, the empirical evidence suggests that heterogeneity in these...

This study examines the governance attributes of post-IPO (initial public offering) retained ownership of private equity in business group constituent firms in contrast to their unaffiliated counterparts, in 202 newly listed firms in 22 emerging African economies. We adopt an actor centered...

The Korean government doubled the total assets threshold for its large business group (chaebol) designation policy in 2016. Exploiting this policy change, I examine the value implications of a firm’s chaebol affiliation. My results suggest that firms affiliated with business groups that had...

The purpose of this study is to investigate the earnings management behavior in Pakistani business groups by empirically testing the impact of ownership concentration as well as client importance on earnings management. A novel measure for client importance is proposed. This measure uses...