We examine announcement effects and the long-run stock performance associated with spin-offs for companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The 3-day announcement effect is a significantly positive 2.93%. Contrary to previous studies, we do not find any difference between ex...

We examine announcement effects and the long-run stock performance associated with spin-offs for companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. The 3-day announcement effect is a significantly positive 2.93%. Contrary to previous studies, we find no differences between ex post completed...

We examine the role of award-winning CEOs in corporate innovative activities. We find no significant difference in innovation outputs between firms of media award-winning CEOs and a matched sample of predicted winners. However, firms headed by winners of non-media awards generate significantly...