.... None of these previous studies has taken into account the effect of the ownership structure on EM. Corporate ownership in Canada is characterized by a high level of concentration and the widespread use of control‐enhancing mechanisms such as dual class shares and pyramidal structures (Morck et...

... creditworthiness. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Block holders Ownership event Creditworthiness Altman Z‐Score CFBM‐Score Ohlson O‐Score Shareholders Corporate ownership To date, the literature has devoted extensive effort to study various market reactions to recent changes...

... disentangles the substitution and the added debt capacity hypotheses. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Leasing Leverage Cash flow coverage Ownership Growth Taxation Corporate ownership Canada Asset‐based financing is the financing of an asset using a secured loan, conditional...

..., as were firms that only issued B‐shares. The dataset is thus made up of 1,034 firms that equates to a total balanced sample of 5,170 firm years 3 . Kurt Hess can be contacted at: kurthess@waikato.ac.nz © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Corporate ownership Business performance...

... to have a positive effect on financial performance. Therefore,the first hypothesis is: Krishna Reddy can be contacted at: krishna@waikato.ac.nz © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Corporate governance Boards of directors Corporate ownership Financial performance New Zealand...

.... Michele Meoli can be contacted at: michele.meoli@unibg.it © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Corporate ownership Organizational structures Acquisitions and mergers Telecommunications Italy The changes of control of Telecom Italia (henceforth TI), currently the sixth largest...