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Attention to global warming and the success of environmental initial coin offerings : empirical evidence
(MDPI AG, 2020-11-26)
We analyze the effects of attention to global warming on the success of environmental initial coin offerings (ICOs) measured by the total funding amount raised in the actual ICOs and the long-term survival of the projects. ...
Family firms and debt : risk aversion versus risk of losing control
(Elsevier Inc., 2013-11)
This study examines the effect of family management, ownership, and control on capital structure for 523 Colombian firms between 1996 and 2006. The study finds that debt levels tend to be lower for younger firms when the ...
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 ...
Who controls the board in non-profit organizations? The case of private higher education institutions in Colombia
(Springer Dordrecht, 2018-05)
How should the governance system in a non-membership non-profit organization be designed? This organizational form has no shareholders; instead, donors provide funds. Thus, at the organizational level, the board of directors ...
Family firms and financial performance : the cost of growing
(Elsevier BV, 2012-12)
This study examines the relationship between financial performance and family involvement for 523 listed and non-listed Colombian firms over 1996–2006. Using a detailed database and performing several panel data regression ...
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)?
Research ...
Trading cryptocurrencies as a pandemic pastime : COVID-19 lockdowns and Bitcoin volume
(MDPI AG, 2021-07-27)
This paper examines the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on Bitcoin trading volume. Using data from Apple mobility trends and several time-series econometric models, we find that investors became active participants during the ...
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 ...
Determinants of successful internationalisation processes in business schools
(Routledge, 2017-05-18)
We analyse the internationalisation process in business schools as a response to the globalisation phenomena and argue that environmental pressures, isomorphic forces, the pool of internal resources and the alignment of ...
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 ...