This study is motivated by highly concentrated ownership, the relatively large government
stake in listed firms in the GCC (Gulf Cooperative Council) region, and the rapid stock …

Purpose–The main purpose of the present research is to study the relationship between
ownership concentration and the type of ownership, ie state, firm (legal persons), individual …

The purpose of the this paper is to study the relationship between types of ownership on
intellectual capital performance (ICP) and its components in the companies listed in Tehran …

This paper investigates audit committee (AC) practices in relation to the oversight of financial
reporting and external auditors. We conducted semi-structured interviews of Polish public …

We provide an analysis of the costs and benefits of blockholding in Europe, where it is a
dominant, but certainly not universal, corporate governance strategy for shareholders of …

The purpose of this article is to study the relevance of ownership and top management
characteristics in the implementation of corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities …

An unresolved issue in the comparative corporate governance literature is to understand
how institutional factors shape cross-national differences in corporate ownership patterns …

Theory suggests that low ownership concentration is associated with agency costs and
highly concentrated ownership structures induce controlling owners to pursue private …

With this study we aim to contribute to the empirical literature on privatisation processes by
analysing the determinants of post-divestment private ownership concentration and its …

This paper investigates how different types of owners influence the extent of firm
internationalization, measured by the share of firm exports in total sales. The results of the …