We examine the long run operating and stock price performance of UK open offer firms in the context of the earnings management hypothesis. We find that in the pre-offer period offer firms report significant improvements in their operating performance unrelated to cash flow performance. Results...

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the relation between corporate governance and earnings management around UK rights issues. Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines the effect of board structure, ownership structure, adviser structure, and capital structure on discretionary...

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the relation between corporate governance and earnings management around UK rights issues. Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines the effect of board structure, ownership structure, adviser structure, and capital structure on discretionary...

Purpose: This study aims to understand and document the impact of market-based – market returns and momentum – as well as firm-specific – size, book-to-market (B/M) ratio, price-to-earnings ratio (PER) and cash flow (CF) – factors on pricing ofShari’ah-compliant securities as...

This study examines the long run performance of firms offering multiple rights issues in the UK and differentiates between one-time and multiple issuers. By analysing a sample of 1146 rights issues offered by 788 London Stock Exchange listed industrial companies between 1988 and 2008, this study...

We compare and contrast the performance of cross-border and domestic venture capital (VC) investments in terms of the time it takes VC backers to exit portfolio companies through initial public offering (IPO), trade sale (M&A), or other routes. Initial analysis suggests that cross-border...