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What Makes Better Boards? A Closer Look at Diversity and Ownership

BEN AMAR W., C. FRANCOEUR, T. HAFSI and R. LABELLE, 2011. What Makes Better Boards? A Closer Look at Diversity and Ownership. Forthcoming in British Journal of Management. Abstract This study investigates the joint effect of corporate ownership and board of directors’ diversity configurations on the success of strategic mergers and acquisitions (M&A) decisions. Board [...]

The Role of Auditors in Financial Statement Comparability

The Role of Auditors in Financial Statement Comparability Professor Jere R. Francis Trulaske College of Business University of Missouri Jeudi, 6 octobre, 2011 : 10:00 to 11 :30 Salle Serge-Saucier HEC Montréal 3000, chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine Montréal

Financial Incentives in Big 4 Accounting Partnerships

Financial Incentives in Big 4 Accounting Partnerships and the Implications for Audit Quality Professor W. Robert Knechel University of Florida Lundi, 6 juin, 2011 : 10:30 to 12 :00 Salle Hélène-Desmarais HEC Montréal 3000, chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine Montréal

Association Académique Internationale de Gouvernance

10e conférence internationale de gouvernance 2011 / 10th International Conference on Governance 2011 Concordia University – Montréal 30-31 mai. http://www.aaig-asso.com/cig2011/

CEO Attributes, Board Composition and Acquirer Value Creation: A Canadian Study

BOUJENOUI A. W. BEN AMAR and C. FRANCOEUR, 2011. CEO Attributes, Board Composition and Acquirer Value Creation: A Canadian Study. Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, 28(4), 480-492. Abstract We examined CEO attributes, board composition and the ownership structure for their relationship to the share performance of the acquiring company around the acquisition announcement. Based on 273 [...]

Corporate Governance Practices and Firm Value

BERTHELOT S., FRANCOEUR, C. and R. LABELLE, 2011. Corporate Governance Practice and Firm value. Forthcoming in International Journal of Managerial Finance.  Abstract This study investigates the relationship between corporate governance practices or mechanisms and firm value, as measured by accounting and market data.   Partial least square analyses was performed on a sample of 355 sets of observations [...]

Organized Uncertainty: Designing a World of Risk Management

Professor Michael Power Director of the Centre for the Analysis of Risk and Regulation London School of Economics Mercredi, 1 juin, 2011 : 10:00 to 12 :00 HEC Montréal 3000, chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine Montréal  

Ownership structure, Earnings Management and Acquiring Firm Post-Merger Market Performance

FRANCOEUR C., W. BEN AMAR and P. RAKOTO, 2011. Ownership structure, Earnings Management and Acquiring Firm Post-Merger Market Performance: Evidence from Canada. Forthcoming in International Journal of Managerial Finance.  Abstract This study investigates the link between ownership structure, earnings management (EM) preceding mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and acquiring firm’s subsequent long-term market performance. We measure the magnitude [...]

Managing Tensions in Co-Opetitive Inter-Organisational Relationships

Managing Tensions in Co-Opetitive Inter-Organisational Relationships: Co-Operation, Competition and Control Professor Jennifer Grafton Department of Accounting and Business Information Systems The University of Melbourne, Australia In this paper we investigate the management and control of co-opetitive collaborations, a specific form of inter-organisational relationship involving collaborative efforts between direct competitors. We undertake case-based enquiries to identify [...]

The rarity of women in the highest ranks of accountancy

Who is she and who are we? A reflexive journey in research into the rarity of women in the highest ranks of accountancy Professeure Caroline Lambert HEC Paris This paper proposes a reflexive examination of research into the rarity of women at the highest hierarchical levels of accountancy, with the aim of contributing to the [...]