Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse success at the corporate level for 72
Australian mergers between publicly listed firms during the period 1999‐2004, and to reassess …

Purpose – To discuss how to develop best practices and to enforce effective guidelines for
corporate governance. Design/methodology/approach – Investigates the ASX Corporate …

Illiquidity, volatile returns and lack of information are sources of the high risk that characterise
the investments made by venture capitalists (VCs). Despite the importance of such …

Only á very small proportion of investment proposals attract venture capital. This is because
entrepreneurs and venture capitalists (VCs) have differing opinions of when a venture is …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate bidder and target returns in the time
surrounding merger and acquisition (M&A) announcements. Design/methodology/approach – …

Purpose – To show how conflicts of interest and disingenuous investment research at the
end of the 1990s stock market bubble occurred in Australia as well as the USA and Western …

The once dominant and inconsiderate player in corporate governance, the shareholder, has
faced increasing pressure from its rival stakeholders (creditors and the general public) and …

Anecdotal evidence, as well as academic research, suggests that entrepreneurs evaluate
business opportunities differently from venture capitalists. This paper identifies factors, from …

The work of equity research analysts has come under considerable scrutiny in the wake of a
number of scandals involving serious misconduct by high profile members of the profession. …

Purpose: To determine whether default risk is priced in the presence of fat tails. Originality:
Modelling asset returns using a Multivariate t distribution. Key literature/theoretical perspective…