When the going gets tough: board capital and survival of new economy IPO firms
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Paper/Presentation Title | When the going gets tough: board capital and survival of new economy IPO firms |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Chancharat, Nongnit (Author), Krishnamurti, Chandrasekhar (Author) and Tian, Gary (Author) |
Editors | Benson, Karen and Ding, David K. |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the Asian Finance Association International Conference (AsianFA 2009) |
Number of Pages | 33 |
Year | 2009 |
Place of Publication | Brisbane, Australia |
ISBN | 9781864999556 |
Conference/Event | Asian FA 2009: New Knowledge...for Finance |
Event Details | Asian FA 2009: New Knowledge...for Finance Event Date 30 Jun 2009 to end of 03 Jul 2009 Event Location Brisbane, Australia |
Abstract | This study investigates the influence of corporate governance attributes on the likelihood of survival for 127 new economy IPO companies that listed on the ASX between 1994 to 2002. We use survival analysis techniques utilizing the Cox proportional hazards model with three main categories of corporate governance attributes; a) board size, b) board independence and c) ownership concentration We find that the survival time is negatively related to the percentage holdings of the top 20 shareholders. Our results also suggest that new economy IPO companies with low leverage and small company size are more likely to survive. However, the results indicate that board size and board |
Keywords | corporate governance; survival analysis; new economy sector; Initial Public Offerings |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 350202. Finance |
350208. Investment and risk management | |
350799. Strategy, management and organisational behaviour not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | No evidence of copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | University of Wollongong |
Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9z7y9/when-the-going-gets-tough-board-capital-and-survival-of-new-economy-ipo-firms
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