This article focuses on the relationship between performance and corporate diversification. The sample covers 70 Chilean public firms between 2000 and 2007. Our findings show a positive and statistically significant relation between performance and corporate diversification. Moreover, when...

Based on a panel of US firms over the period of 1992 to 2004, we evaluated whether firms managed by female CEOs exhibit the same performance as firms managed by male CEOs. We also examined if the gender of the CEO affects the firm risk level, and if the compensation packages that boards give to...

This article investigates the causal factors underlying cornerstone investor (CI) participation in initial public offerings in China's offshore Hong Kong market. Prospectus-based declarations on such allocations suggest that CI undertakings offer strong certification effects. Entrepreneurs...