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Family background, cohort and education: A French-German comparison [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper analyses the impact of family background, gender and cohort on educational attainment in France and Germany, relying on a theoretical model imbedded in the human capital theory.
Lauer, Charlotte
core  

Lawyer CEOs and Strategic Disclosure of Litigation Loss Contingencies

open access: yesAbacus, EarlyView.
Using hand‐collected data, we find that lawyer CEOs, defined as CEOs with a legal education background, tend to make first disclosures about pending litigation cases on a timelier basis for litigation cases that end up with material losses than do non‐lawyer CEOs.
Feng Chen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

COMMERCIAL BANKS’ FACILITIES AND SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES GROWTH IN KWARA STATE

open access: yesInternational Journal of Social and Educational Innovation
Small and medium scale enterprises are engines of growth and catalysts for socio-economic development in both developing and developed countries. However, it has not performed admirably well because of inadequate banking facilities.
Kayode David KOLAWOLE
doaj  

The Persistence of Poverty in Rural China: Applying an Ordered Probit and a Hazard Approach [PDF]

open access: green, 2006
Thomas Glauben   +5 more
openalex   +1 more source

Top Executives with Academic Work Experience, Stakeholder‐friendly Engagement, and Firm Value

open access: yesAbacus, EarlyView.
We study the role of top executives’ prior academic work experience in stakeholder‐oriented activities and related capital market benefits. Analyzing data from China, we demonstrate that firms managed by top executives with academic work experience have higher stakeholder‐friendly engagement scores than those without.
Zhe Li, Xinrui Liu
wiley   +1 more source

When the Former CEO Acts as Board Chair: Does This Matter to Debt Policy and Risk of Default?

open access: yesAbacus, EarlyView.
This paper scrutinizes the interconnections between debt capital raising, firm risk of default, and the presence of a former CEO who now serves as a board chairperson, referred to as the Chair‐Former‐CEO (CFC). Employing a sample of the largest non‐financial firms within the US S&P 100 from 2002 to 2018, our results reveal that, when compared to their ...
Vu Quang Trinh   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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