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Showing 1 to 20 of 140 for “"Firm Value"”.
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The influence of derivatives usage on firm value
… business management, an increasing number of firms use derivative instruments to hedge financial risks, including interest rate, foreign exchange rate and commodity price risk. Such hedging activities add to firm value by alleviating market imperfections, the presence of which provides an …
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The influence of institutional investors on firm value
The impact of corporate governance on firm value has been extensively debated by academics and business practitioners. Some studies show that companies that allow minority shareholders to have more control are likely to create greater shareholder value than those firms with concentrated control, …
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Uncovering key actors in the marketing-firm value link
… actors who affect the link between marketing and firm value. The first essay examines financial analysts who provide earnings estimates about firms, thereby connecting firm and the stock market. The author uncovers whether and how financial analysts link market-based assets (e.g., brand equity) to …
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On the Analysis of Firm Value and Idiosyncratic Volatility
… three chapters covering the following topics in firm value and volatility: valuation of agency cost, valuation of the underpricing in IPOs and the idiosyncratic volatility of public firms. In Chapter 1, I briefly introduce three topics studied in my dissertation. In addition, I summarized the …
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Tax-Based Collateral Limitations, Borrowing Arrangements and Firm Value
… negative relation between the extent to which a firm is affected by tax-based collateral limitations and market reactions around the passage of the final version of the Act, suggesting tax-based collateral limitations constrain borrowing arrangements and thereby reduce firm value. The costs …
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Mobile App Releases And Firm Value: Reconciling Conflicting Literature
… effect of mobile application (app) releases on firm value. Prior event studies based on mobile app announcement dates show positive abnormal returns on average, and prior event studies based on mobile app release dates show negative abnormal returns on average. These conflicting results send …
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International Evidence on Product Market Competition and Firm Value
… relation between product market competition and firm value in an international setting, focusing on how the relation varies with firm- and country-specific characteristics. I document lower values for firms in more competitive industries. However, the negative relation between competition and …
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THREE ESSAYS ON SOCIAL NETWORKS, CORPORATE MISCONDUCT, AND FIRM VALUE
… In particular, I examine how listed firms’ kinship networks and political connections shape their engagement in financial misconduct and the firm value at the onset of their misconduct scandal. The first study examines how controlling firm owners’ kinship networks influence their …
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Do Strategic Share Repurchase Programs Create Long-Run Firm Value
… related to management signaling an increase in a firm's long-run performance in the market. Contrary to the hypothesized relationships, mean values of Tobin's Q were found to be slightly higher in the non-repurchasing group of companies. Non-Repurchasing firms also show lower B/M measures. The …
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Discursive Diversity Strategy: Signaling Theory and Implications for Firm Value
… Opportunity Commission (EEOC) of the 1970s to affirmative action (1980s) to diversity management (1990s) to inclusiveness (2000s) and most recently to Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG). However, in response to reactions from its stakeholders, firms, e.g., Bud Light and Target …
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Financial derivatives use and firm value in East Asian non-financial firms
… suggest that derivatives usage can enhance value of a firm by alleviating costs arising from several market imperfections, the existing evidence is not quite consistent among empirical studies up to date. The purpose of this thesis, therefore, aims to examine determinants of derivatives use, …
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The effects of International Equity Cross-Listing on Investor Protection and Firm Value
… on domestic investor protection, and firm value. First, in Chapter 3, I examine the effects of listing in the U.S. on the level o f domestic investor protection for non-U.S. firms. Others have examined whether non- U.S. firms can ‘completely’ bond to the U.S. governance regime (like …
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It’s Electric – The Impact of Voluntary Firm Electrical Sustainability Commitments on Firm Value
Firms pursue voluntary sustainability commitments that exceed the requirements of regulation, typically in response to requests from various stakeholders including external parties like employees or customers. Under the commonly held view of shareholder supremacy within the firm, such voluntary …
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Government Ownership, Firm Value and Choice of SEO Methods--- Evidence from Privatized Chinese SOEs
… a unique ownership structure that affects the firm performance, and, in turns its choice of equity issuing method. This dissertation investigates the relation between ownership structure, firm value, and the choice of equity offering method of the Chinese semi-privatized former state-owned …
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Corporate governance as a driver for firm value creation-Evidence on European-listed firms.
El objetivo principal de los sistemas de gobierno corporativo es garantizar la protección de los derechos de los accionistas y la alineación de los intereses de los accionistas y de otras partes interesadas con las acciones tomadas por la gerencia. Si bien esto debe crear finalmente un entorno de …
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The Effects of Anticipated Future Investments on Firm Value: Evidence from Mergers and Acquisitions
… in mergers and acquisitions (M&As) on acquiring firms through the "anticipation effect," in which forward-looking prices embed investors' expectations about the profitability of firms' potential future acquisitions. Using a sample of 1,451 firms with past acquisition activities, I find that their …
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