Estimation of the lack of marketability discount remains one of the big issues in business valuation. Empirical studies of the lack of marketability discount originated in the USA are one of the main resources for business valuers in the Czech Republic. However, they are used rather intuitively...

This article deals with firms’ defaults and empirically tests its key macroeconomic determinants. The conducted empirical analysis employs quarterly time series of the number of insolvency petitions filed in the period 1996-2009. The obtained results point out prediction ability of the growth...

The article deals with the possibility of taxing the company plans to expand abroad through cross-border mergers. They discussed two alternatives fiscal relations – establishment of a subsidiary company for the use of losses incurred by subsidiary companies to reduce the tax base of the parent...

We examine agency cost in the multibusiness enterprises (hereinafter “MBE”). Our goal is to find out, whether is there a positive relationship between the complexity of MBE and agency cost. Results are ambiguous, nevertheless we got an indirect indication that more complex MBE bring more...

Selected aspects of new legal regulation of corporations in the Czech Republic is described and analyzed in this paper. These new stipulations will affect the corporate financial management in the Czech Republic from the beginning of 2013. The changes are not substantial in many aspects; however...

The main aim of the 10th European directive no. 56/2005/EC, about cross-border mergers was to allow free movement of capital among Member states. After the implementation the tax, business and accounting differences should disappear. Text of this directive is not in certain areas exact and it...

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have been long attracted interest from academics. Especially the performance of cross-border mergers and acquisitions is a popular research topic in recent years. Researchers have come up with various criteria to evaluate M&A performance. There are inconclusive...

This paper deals with certain problematic issues that are associated with the current legal regulation of cross border mergers. Given the nature of these issues, they should be addressed within the upcoming amendment of the Act. No. 125/2008 Coll., on Transformation of companies. With respect to...

The purpose of this article is to compare laws regulating corporate groups in Germany, the United Kingdom and France in order to find the optimal model of regulation of corporate groups and then to compare the findings with the proposed Commercial Corporation Act. Generally, the difference...

The international tendency towards the deregulation of restrictions and administrative settlements has suppressed the barriers between national financial markets. The adoption of a common currency and the rapid spread of new technologies lead to intense competition, imposing the acceleration of...