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Governance, sentiment analysis, and initial public offering underpricing
(Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2019-01-28)
Research Question/Issue
What is the relationship between governance, tone in language, and underpricing of initial public offerings (IPOs) in Latin America?
Research Findings/Insights
We find a positive (negative) and ...
The impact of governance on IPO underpricing and performance at the country and corporate level : literature review and research directions
(AfricaGrowth Institute, 2020-06-01)
We update and review the current literature on IPO underpricing and performance, stressing the link with corporate governance at the country and firm-level. We focus on the separation between ownership and control and the ...
What you say and how you say it : Information disclosure in Latin American firms
(Elsevier Inc., 2021-04)
Firms in Latin America could differentiate themselves by adopting better information disclosure practices. In this paper, we construct an Information Disclosure Index (IDI) for a sample of 454 firms in the six largest Latin ...
Governance of family firms
(Annual Reviews, 2015)
We review what the financial economics literature has to say about the unique ways in which the following three classic agency problems manifest themselves in family firms: (a) shareholders versus managers, (b) controlling ...
Advisors in corporate governance of family firms
(Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Administrativas, 2021-10-15)
Este estudio examina el impacto de los asesores especializados en la implementación de prácticas de buen gobierno a nivel de empresa y familia. Aplicamos un enfoque cualitativo de estudio de casos en diversas industrias ...
The effectiveness of corporate governance hybrid models in emerging markets : the case of the Issuer Recognition program
(Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2021-01-04)
Research question/issue
What is the Issuer Recognition (IR) program, and what has been its impact as a new and replicable corporate governance hybrid form used in the Colombian Securities Exchange (CSE)?
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Revisión de la literatura de empresas familiares : una perspectiva financiera
(Consejo Latinoamericano de Escuelas de Administración, 2011)
Las empresas familiares son la estructura organizacional más difundida en el mundo inclusive en las economías más desarrolladas. Por ello, siempre han sido un objeto de estudio interesante para las distintas áreas de la ...
Does gender really matter in the boardroom? Evidence from closely held family firms
(Springer, 2020)
In this study, using a unique hand-collected sample of 523 closely held Colombian family firms and 5.094 firm-year observations, with 4907 board members, including 833 female board members, we show that female directors ...
Is board turnover driven by performance in family firms?
(Elsevier Inc., 2019-04)
We study director turnover as a corporate governance mechanism in family firms; specifically, the effect that family involvement in management, ownership, and control has on director turnover (direct effect) and on director ...
Determinants of corporate tone in an initial public offering : powerful CEOs versus well-functioning boards
(Elsevier Inc., 2021-12)
Recent literature on initial public offerings (IPOs) suggests a significant effect of tone in IPO underpricing but ignores its determinants. This study concentrates on the factors that shape the tone of the information ...