I have been researching the subject of quality management since 1981. During this time, research funding to the order of 4.5m pounds has been received to advance the subject of quality management. Arising from this and other non-funded research, 10 books and over 400 papers have been published....

The paper investigates the factors that influence the decision to change the status of a publicly quoted company to that of a private company. We find that firms that go private are more likely to have higher CEO ownership and higher institutional ownership. In relation to their board...

This paper examines the magnitude and the sources of the expected shareholder gains in UK public to private transactions (PTPs) in the second wave from 1997-2003. Pre-transaction shareholders on average receive a premium of 40% and the share price reaction to the PTP announcement is about 30%....

This paper investigates how far UK public to private transactions can be explained by financial distress costs or incentive realignment. We find that firms going private are more likely to be smaller, more diversified, younger and have lower Q ratios than firms remaining public. The results...

This paper investigates the extent to which firms going private have different characteristics from other acquired firms. We find the firms going private have higher board shareholdings and higher institutional shareholdings. In addition, they have poorer growth prospects and experience more...

This paper investigates the extent to which firms going private have different characteristics from other acquired firms. We find the firms going private have higher CEO shareholdings and higher institutional shareholdings. In addition, they have poorer growth prospects. However, there is no...

Using a unique dataset, we examine financial performance, and venture capital involvement in 167 MBOs exiting through IPOs in the London Stock Exchange, during the period 1964-1997. The results suggest positive and statistically significant initial premiums and positive, and statistically...