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Impact of ownership structure on agency cost of debt in india
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2016-04-05)
Using data from Indian listed companies from 2000 to 2014, the relationship between the ownership structure of the firm and the agency cost of debt in the context of an emerging economy is being explored in this paper. We ...
Impact of independent directors’ resignations on firm’s governance
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2016-04-04)
Directors are liable for any act of omission or commission. They have a reputation to protect. While Independent directors might engage in passive monitoring; when apprised of a decision where the probability of detection ...
Impact of board and ceo characteristics on firms’ performance
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2016-04-04)
Corporate governance characteristics like board composition and leadership impact a firm’s performance. Researchers have attempted to explain the relationship using different theoretical perspectives like agency theory, ...
Factors determining the roles board members play in firms
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2016-04-05)
Directors play an important role in influencing board’s action and its effectiveness (Adams, Hermalin, & Weisbach, 2010). Therefore, corporate governance researchers have looked extensively at the determinants of director ...
Executive stock options: Will it work as a good governance mechanism in all scenarios?
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2016-04-05)
Agency theory proposes different mechanisms to mitigate agency costs in the firms. An executive stock options (ESoPs) is one of such mechanism, which is given to the CEO of the firm to align CEO’s goals with that of the ...
Ownership structure and internationalization of Indian firms
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2016-03)
This paper examines the relationship between ownership structure and the firm internationalization, in a longitudinal sample of Indian firms. Drawing from principal-principal (PP) agency theory and the resource-based view ...
Factors determining inbound and outbound m&a in an industry in India
(IIM Ahmedabad, 2016-03)
There is an increasing trend in outward and inward FDI from India and in India over last one
decade. It is interesting to observe that some industries have attracted more inward and outward
FDI as compared to others. ...