This article reviews family firm studies in the finance and accounting literature, primarily those conducted using data from the United States and China. Family owners have unique features such as concentrated ownership, long investment horizon, and reputation concerns. Given the distinguishing...

This paper aims to examine the underlying causes of the sharp reduction in bank lending, which in turn is highlighting some structural weaknesses of Italian firms and financial system. The structure of this paper is as follows. Section 1 introduces the paper. Section 2 analyzes some drivers of...

This article reviews family firm studies in the finance and accounting literature, primarily those conducted using data from the United States and China. Family owners have unique features such as concentrated ownership, long investment horizon, and reputation concerns. Given the distinguishing...

Recent international financial research finds that a firm's capital structure is not only influenced by firm- and industry-specific determinants, but also by country-specific factors. A brief review of the last decade's studies on the country effect identifies some areas of potential development...

This paper surveys the literature criticizing the view that managers should run companies aiming to create shareholder value by maximizing stock prices. Based on a multidisciplinary approach, I include empirical and theoretical papers from fields such as corporate law, management, finance,...

Italian Abstract: Il presente lavoro esamina i principali casi aziendali di information providers e sistemi di information sharing operanti nel mercato creditizio italiano, con una prospettiva di analisi prettamente economicoaziendale. Sono analizzati i modelli di business dei primi 5 operatori...

I explore the evolving role of accounting information in allocating capital. Accounting arose to control conflicts of interest in organizations (stewardship role). The industrial revolution spawned capital-intensive firms and public capital markets with dispersed shareholders to finance these...

Crowdfunding remains a bit of an unknown in business finance. Securities crowdfunding, as a subset of that financing market, is no more familiar. Diverse investors and risks make for a complex regulatory puzzle.Investor protection regulation has begun to develop in a path-dependent manner....

This is a PPT presentation that discusses what is coming next on corporate governance (CG) and in which ways the successful business of the 21st century will differ from its successful 20th century counterpart. The presentation is divided into five key messages: 1) This is a moment of lower...

Italian Abstract: Scopo di questo lavoro è quello di contribuire, sia sul piano teorico-metodologico sia su quello empirico, agli studi sull'evoluzione del rapporto banca-impresa. Si tratta di un tema particolarmente complesso, di grande attualità e rilevanza scientifica.La prima parte del...