Browsing Working Papers by Author "Singla, Chitra"

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    • Executive stock options: Will it work as a good governance mechanism in all scenarios? 

      Singh, Preet Deep; Singla, Chitra (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 ...

    • Factors determining inbound and outbound m&a in an industry in India 

      Singla, Chitra; Agrawal, Vikram (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. ...

    • Factors determining the roles board members play in firms 

      Singla, Chitra (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 ...

    • Impact of board and ceo characteristics on firms’ performance 

      Singla, Chitra (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, ...

    • Impact of independent directors’ resignations on firm’s governance 

      Singh, Preet Deep; Singla, Chitra (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 ownership structure on agency cost of debt in india 

      Kachwala, Sakina Tohid; Singla, Chitra (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 ...

    • International diversification and firm performance: the contingent influence of product diversification 

      Karthik, D.; George, Rejie; Singla, Chitra (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)
      Despite decades of research, the relationship between international diversification (ID) and performance (P) represents a quandary in the field of International Business.. Though, there seems to be some consensus among ...

    • Ownership structure and internationalization of Indian firms 

      Singla, Chitra; George, Rejie; Veliyath, Rajaram (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 ...