Pay attention to what your employees are saying!
What Do Employees Know? Evidence from a Social Media Platform Kelly Huang (Florida International University), Meng Li (University of Texas at Dallas) and Stanimir Markov […]
Investors and corporate communication
Institutional Investor Attention and Firm Disclosure
Frequent and inconsequential disclosure changes are made by managers in response to fleeting attention from institutional ownership (IO), according to the latest insights from Inna […]
There is more than technical trends
Why do individual investors disregard accounting information? The roles of information awareness and acquisition costs Elizabeth Blankespoor (Foster School of Business), Ed deHaan (Foster School […]
Stay away from the media during quiet periods?
Does the media help or hurt retail investors during the IPO quiet period? Brian Bushee (The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania), Matthew Cedergren (The Wharton […]
The persistent effect of initial success: evidence from venture capital
An 8% increase on the initial public offering (IPO) rate is predicted on subsequent investments for each additional IPO among the first ten investments made […]
How to help the right firms when (all) firms struggle
With whole economies shutting down, policymakers around the world deliberate how to keep “healthy” businesses that temporarily struggle alive. Research by Inga Bethmann (PwC), and […]
Integrating ESG data in investment decision making
The “user-oriented” framework for evaluating high-quality environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data facilitates better investor decision-making according to the latest insights from Soh Young In, […]
Long-term economic consequences of hedge fund activist interventions
The long-term benefits of interventions by activist hedge funds’ for their shareholders are unproven, according to new insights from Ed deHaan (Foster School of Business), […]
Strategic reactions in corporate tax planning
Accounting firms often react to changes in tax planning made by their competitors, by adjusting their own tax planning, to match other firms. These are […]
The team at the top matters!
Financial reporting quality is impacted by characteristics of a firm’s management team, according to new insights from Dana Zhang (Susquehanna University). The study examines accounting […]