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The object of this paper is to study the impact of successive changes in ratings of the leading firm on non rated firms … of downgrading of ratings on the value of the firms and on the other hand, the contagion effects associated with the … report of bad news. The analysis of the successive downgrading of the ratings of Alcatel, world leader in the …
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The differences between the information used for the pre-investment valuation and the valuation methods used by venture capital investors in five countries (US, UK, France, Belgium and Holland) are empirically studied. The analysis is based on postal questionnaire surveys of representative...
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Financial theory, resource-based theory and deal flow generation are used to explain syndication practices among venture capitalists in Belgium, France, The Netherlands, Sweden and the UK. Similar motives drive syndication in the five countries:the desire to share risk and increase portfolio...
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Using two complementary theoretical perspectives, we develop hypotheses regarding the determinants of the return required by venture capitalists and test them on a sample of over 200 venture capital companies (VCCs) located in five countries. Consistent with resource based theory, we find that...
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L'objectif de cet article est de présenter les travaux de M.C. Jensen au sein d'un ouvrage collectif consacré aux "grands auteurs en finance". La présentation est articulée en 4 points portant successivement sur les apports à la finance de marché, à la finance d'entreprise, à la théorie...
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The program of French privatizations is one of the principal worldwide programs as for the volume of the equity issues. A reading of the process of privatization through the corporate governance theory resulted in working out a model making it possible to take into account, on the one hand, the...
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Since the middle of the nineteen-eighties, the French system of corporate governance has undergone some major transformations. Originally, it was dominated by the State's important weight in the structures constraining managerial discretion in some of France's largest firms. But, the public...
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(VF)L’objectif de cette recherche est d’examiner la relation entre la taille de l’auditeur externe et le montant des honoraires d’audit. Le choix de l’auditeur est, quant à lui, expliqué par les caractéristiques de gouvernance et de propriété de la firme. Sur la base d’un...
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En s’inspirant de la littérature relevant du champ du contrôle de gestion, en particulier du modèle des leviers de pilotage (levers of control) proposé par Simons (1995), l’objectif de cet article est de montrer quel peut être l’apport du management control pour analyser le pilotage...
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(VF) Les coopérations inter-firmes, telles que les alliances, jouent un rôle important dans l’innovation,facteur de croissance économique des pays développés. Ces alliances sont particulièrement importantes pour le développement des PME, prépondérantes en Europe. Cet article a pour...
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