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Managing agency business groups, elite directors, and the rubber boom, 1897–1913

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract We identify a new organizational form, the Managing Agency Business Group (MABG), demonstrating how agency houses used interlocking directorships to build groups on the basis of commercial and plantation expertise to access finance on London stock markets and local capital markets in the pre‐1914 rubber boom.
David Higgins, Steven Toms
wiley   +1 more source

Re-examining the governance effect of China's environmental protection tax. [PDF]

open access: yesEnviron Sci Pollut Res Int, 2023
Lin Y, Liao L, Yu C, Yang Q.
europepmc   +1 more source

Foundation governance for the purposeful ownership of enterprise

open access: yesEuropean Management Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Foundation‐owned companies are regarded as real‐world examples of commitment to a company purpose, and several world‐class companies have this ownership structure. They have been found to perform surprisingly well, given the accountability and incentive problems anticipated by conventional economic theories when nonprofit organizations own ...
Terry McNulty, Steen Thomsen
wiley   +1 more source

Do Female Directors Protect Employee Pension Benefits? Evidence on the Nexus Between Pensions and Dividends

open access: yesEuropean Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether female directors influence firms' allocation of internal funds between dividend payments and defined benefit (DB) pension funding. Using FTSE All‐Share firms from 2007 to 2021, we find that companies with a higher proportion of female directors exhibit stronger pension funding positions and, overall, maintain ...
Zezeng Li, Erhan Kilincarslan
wiley   +1 more source

Do Banks Learn From Natural Disasters? Evidence From the U.S. Financial Sector

open access: yesEuropean Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines whether U.S. banks learn from natural disasters. We explore several potential channels of adjustment and find that exposed banks primarily respond by adopting precautionary capital measures. This behaviour is evident both in the long run, when assessing divergent trends in the evolution of equity over time, and in the short
Dennis Dreusch   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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