This study questions the new Corporate Governance legislations´ immediate effects on firm performance, for corporates listed in the industrial sector both in Chile and Mexico. It is concluded that these are not significant (within countries), although the positive firm effect in Chile is...

Buenos mecanismos de gobierno corporativo se relacionan con buen desempeno empresarial. Este articulo estudia los efectos de los vinculos familiares, bancarios y empresariales en el desempeno de las empresas mexicanas durante el periodo 1995-1997. Dos variables de desempeno son empleadas por...

The degree of crisis propagation on firms can be determined according to operational and financial results. This research studies how 88 private, non-financial Mexican firms suffered and recovered from the 1994 economic crisis. Results show that the periods and degree of deterioration and...

This paper considers financial, operational, solvency, and performance ratios in order to detect when there were balance sheets’ variations related to the 1994 Mexican currency crisis. Quarterly data for 88 non-financial Mexican companies that survived the crisis are used, and tests for...

The following study is concerned with the anticipation of the 1995-1996 Mexican crisis. It uses data from the balance sheets of 73 private, non-financial companies. The results indicate that firms were not able to foresee the coming crisis. This conclusion is robust to using one year, three,...

This paper considers financial, operational, solvency, and performance ratios, in order to detect when there were balance sheets’ variations related to the 1994 Mexican currency crisis. Quarterly results for 88 non-financial Mexican companies that survived the crisis are used, and tests for...

This paper considers financial, operational, solvency, and performance ratios, in order to detect when there were balance sheets’ variations related to the 1994 Mexican currency crisis. Quarterly results for 88 non-financial Mexican companies that survived the crisis are used, and tests for...