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Executive Compensation, Firm Performance, and Chaebols in Korea: Evidence from New Panel Data
Kato, Takao; Kim, Woochan; Lee, Ju Ho - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
This paper provides the first rigorous econometric estimates on the pay-performance relations for executives of Korean firms with and without Chaebol affiliation. To do so, we have assembled for the first time panel data (that provide information not only on executive compensation and firm...
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How Does Privatization Work? Ownership Concentration and Enterprise Performance in Ukraine
Pivovarsky, Alexander - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
This paper investigates the relationship between ownership concentration and enterprise performance in Ukraine. Using data on 376 medium and large enterprises, it finds that ownership concentration is positively associated with enterprise performance in Ukraine. The paper also finds that...
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Corporate Board Diversity and Firm Performance: Evidence from Nigeria
UJUNWA, Austin; OKOYEUZU, Chinwe; NWAKOBY, Ifeoma - In: REVISTA DE MANAGEMENT COMPARAT INTERNATIONAL/REVIEW OF … 13 (2012) 4, pp. 605-620
This paper investigates the impact of corporate board diversity on the financial performance of Nigerian quoted firms using a panel data of 122 quoted Nigerian firms. Aspects of board diversity studied comprise board nationality, board gender and board ethnicity. The Fixed Effect Generalised...
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Does ownership concentration improve M&A outcomes in emerging markets?
Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Selarka, Ekta - In: Journal of Corporate Finance 18 (2012) 4, pp. 717-726
Using firm level data from India, we examine the impact of ownership concentration on post-M&A performance of firms. Our analysis has implications for both the M&A literature, which emphasises the role of agency conflict between managers and owners of widely held companies as a key reason for...
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Swedish Listed Family Firms and Entrepreneurial Spirit
Bjuggren, Per-Olof; Palmberg, Johanna - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2008
This paper investigates the entrepreneurial spirit in Swedish listed family firms. We associate family firms with entrepreneurship in the sense that there is an identifiable person that takes the uninsurable risk in the sense of Knight. This paper analysis two questions: Do entrepreneurial...
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The Effects of Private Equity on Targets: Majority versus Minority Investments
Battistin, Erich; Bortoluzzi, Paolo; Buttignon, Fabio; … - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche "Marco Fanno", … - 2013
find that, in the three years following PE investments, targets achieve higher profitability, higher sales and employ more …
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Ownership Concentration, Managerial Ownership and Firm Performance: Evidence from Turkey
Pınar, Mandacı; Guluzar, Gumus - In: South East European Journal of Economics and Business 5 (2010) 1, pp. 57-66
This study examines the effects of ownership concentration and managerial ownership on the profitability and the value … firm's performance by Return on Assets (ROA) and Tobin's Q ratios, where the former measures profitability and the latter … profitability, while managerial ownership has a significantly negative effect on firm value. …
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Direct and indirect impacts of governance on the value of Brazilian corporations
Lameira, Valdir De Jesus; Walter Lee Ness <suffix>Jr.<; … - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 4 (2012) 6, pp. 639-658
This study estimated the quality of governance practices employed by a sample of publicly traded companies in Brazil between 2002 and 2006. It also explored the way quality of governance is related to three variables: risk, performance, and value. The Hausman test showed endogeneity between...
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Corporate Governance in Pakistan: Corporate Valuation, Ownership and Financing
Javid, Attiya Y.; Iqbal, Robina - Pakistan Institute of Development Economics - 2010
In this study the relationship between corporate governance and corporate valuation, ownership structure and need of external financing for the Karachi Stock Market is examined for the period 2003 to 2008. To measure the firmlevel governance a rating system is used to evaluate the stringency of...
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Insider ownership and corporate performance: evidence from Germany
Kaserer, Christoph; Moldenhauer, Benjamin - Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Technische … - 2006
In this paper we address the question whether insider ownership affects corporate performance. Evidence coming from studies dealing with Anglo-Saxon countries is rather inconclusive, especially because it seems that results are significantly affected by endogeneity. Economically, this is due to...
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