...-sectional analysis of the determinants of return-on-equity (ROE) in USA, German and Japanese manufacturing firms. Design/methodology/approach The authors use cross-sectional log-linear multivariate regression analysis to determine the elasticity of ROE to changes in net profit margin (NPM), total assets...

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...Barbara Monda; Marco Giorgino; Nobuhiko Daito; Jonathan L. Gifford Purpose – The use of public-private partnerships (P3s) for infrastructure delivery, particularly for highway projects, has been increasing in the USA. The purpose of this paper is to empirically evaluate the difference of P3s...

.../methodology/approach – Using a sample of firms in the USA and the UK from 2000 to 2007, the paper conducts a panel data analysis of the impact of board structure on firm value and examine the nuances of different governance environments. Findings – The paper finds distinct differences in the impact...

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... several variables that help explain these abnormal returns. Volume 30 Number 1 2004 75 Market Reaction to the Expiration of IPO Lockup Provisions by James C. Brau, Department of Business Management, Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA; David A. Carter, Department...

... of this study show that if purchased on issuance date, IPOs need to be held for over five years in order to make a return equal to the market. Accounting research Flotation of companies Return on investment USA © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Volume 30 Number 1 2004 5 When Should...

... Limited 2003 Accounting research Corporate culture Company performance National cultures Size Uncertainty USA Taiwan Volume 29 Number 12 2003 65 Corporate Culture and Its Relation to Performance: A Comparative Study of Taiwanese and U.S. Manufacturing Firms by Chee W. Chow, College...

... of their ethical reasoning dimensions also differed from those from their U.S. counterparts. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Accounting research Projects Decision making Ethics National cultures USA Taiwan People’s Republic of China Volume 29 Number 12 2003 45 The Roles of Self-Interest and Ethical...

... equity issues in this study are traded as American Depository Receipts (ADRs) except the Canadian stocks. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Accounting research Foreign investment Banking Flotation Share prices USA Volume 29 Number 11 2003 49 The Early Performance of Non-US Banking Equities...

...’ borrowing costs. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Accounting research Share prices Credit rating Information Costs USA Volume 29 Number 11 2003 93 Why Do Stock Prices React to Bond Rating Downgrades? by Yongtae Kim, Assistant Professor of Accounting, Santa Clara University, Leavey School of Business...

... and for the success, or otherwise, of investment strategies based on the existence of a value premium. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Accounting research Share prices Intangible assets Portfolio investment Theory USA Volume 29 Number 10 2003 57 The Value Premium: Rational, Irrational or Random by Angela J...

... investment strategies that exploit mean reversion outperform buy‐and‐hold and standard contrarian strategies. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Accounting research Share prices Time series analysis Portfolio investment USA Volume 29 Number 10 2003 5 Mean Reversion of Size-Sorted Portfolios...

... of Hall does not hold and the discrepancy between market equity and book equity suggests market inefficiency. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Accounting research Share prices Intangible assets Portfolio investment Theory USA Managerial Finance 38 Intangible Assets and Stock Trading Strategies...

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... of nonlinear structure in stock returns, in the three markets, suggesting that linear models, such as Ordinary Least Squares or Vector Autoregressive (VAR), may not always be appropriate for analyzing data. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Accounting research Time series analysis Share prices USA United...

... and/or dividend growth rates predict returns. Moreover, there is persistence in the variance of stock returns attribute to the innovations related to the same variables. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Accounting research Time series analysis Share prices Dividents USA United Kingdom Japan Managerial...

... Stock markets Share prices USA Volume 29 Number 1 2003 3 A Nonparametric Investigation of Seasonality in U.S. Stock Market Cycle Durations by Steven J. Cochran, Department of Finance, College of Commerce and Finance, Villanova University, 800 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, PA 19085 and Iqbal Mansur...