We analyze a unique data set of publicly traded firms based in six Latin American countries to study the joint effect of ownership concentration and composition on dividend policy. We find that when ownership concentration is high, and the largest investor is identified as an individual, firms...

We study the relationship between corporate governance and productivity in non-financial publicly traded firms based in Latin America. Using a sample of 670 firm-year observations during the period 2006-2014, we show that board size, gender diversity, institutional ownership, and the presence of...

A strategic alliance is a hybrid organizational form that is between an arms length contract and a full-fledged merger between firms. In some alliances firms take a minority equity stake in the partner firm. We refer to these as equity alliances. Using data on 759 alliances, we examine the...

This paper studies if 'cultural distance' between two firms determines the entry mode of a foreign organization. We study two different modes of entering a market: cooperative agreements and acquisitions. We analyze a database that gathers 1,292 cooperative ventures and acquisitions in ten Latin...