Corporate Opportunity Waiver (COW) laws permit firms to suspend fiduciary duties related to corporate opportunities. Fich, Harford, and Tran (2023) argue that these laws reduced firm innovation and lowered corporate valuation for research-intensive firms. However, we find that over 90% of the...

This study investigates how greenwashing affects firm value and whether corporate governance can mitigate its negative impact. The analysis is based on 760 companies in the energy, basic materials, and industrial sectors in Indonesia during 2020-2024. Moderated regression analyses using a random...

This thesis represents a qualitative study analyzing a comprehensive interview dataset of long-standing target executives, investment bankers, and activist specialists to improve our understanding of the effects of hedge fund activism on target firms. Hedge funds possess a broad set of tools to...