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Does Mandatory Board Gender Balancing Reduce Firm Value?

Reynolds Holding

As a social-policy instrument, forced board-gender balancing is in principle unrelated to firms’ economic performance. Nonetheless, imposing such a policy may have unintended consequences (positive or negative) for firm value, which is important for all of a firm’s constituencies – not only shareholders – to understand properly.

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Corporate Culture In A New Era: Views From The C-suite

Harvard Corporate Governance

For instance, drawing on survey data from 1,348 North American executives who represent many of the largest firms in the economy, we found a consensus among executives on the significant contribution of culture to long-term firm value.

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How Enforcement Affects Disclosure

Reynolds Holding

Thus, investors cannot distinguish between firms that intentionally remain silent and those that have no information to disclose. Assuming that the latter firms are not fundamentally different from the other firms in the market, their expected firm value equals the average firm value.

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How to Value an IT Consulting Firm

Equilest

Suppose the firm has developed a proprietary cybersecurity framework that's widely recognized in the industry. This intellectual property can significantly impact its value. Legal and Compliance Due Diligence Conduct a thorough legal and compliance due diligence to uncover any pending litigation or regulatory issues.

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How the Balance of Power Is Changing in the Resolution of Corporate Financial Distress

Reynolds Holding

They prefer not to push the borrower into a bankruptcy, but they can, and that can induce preemptive compliance. Smith & Amir Sufi, Creditor Control Rights, Corporate Governance, and Firm Value , 25 Rev. Smith & Amir Sufi, Creditor Control Rights and Firm Investment Policy , 92 J. 751 (2002).

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ESG Valuation Considerations – Top Down or Bottom Up?

Value Scope

How do you justify making substantial investments and fundamental changes to corporate structures and culture without empirical evidence that it will make a direct impact on shareholder value, total shareholder return, net present value, and individual rates of return? Do ESG programs impact firm value?

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Will accounting be automated? Yes, but it makes the job more interesting.

ThomsonReuters

However, automation is the accountant’s pathway to more rewarding, high-value work. . Look for a complete tax compliance solution enabled by APIs that delivers automation to eliminate or reduce manual processes throughout each step of your tax workflow. . Improve firm value. How do I automate accounting?