much of the research on family firms is carried out in mature markets, a small but burgeoning literature has examined the role of family businesses in emerging markets characterised by an institutional void. We examine publicly listed family firms in Taiwan to shed light on a key debate: is family control beneficial because it fills the institutional void or is it harmful because it abuses it. ...

INTRODUCTION Across developed nations, elder abusers have been found to disproportionately have indicators of psychiatric disorders (PD); however, elder abuse by persons with PD has received almost no research attention. The present analysis examines the association of perpetrator, victim, and interaction factors with the occurrence of physical, financial, and psychological abuse of older perso...

OBJECTIVE To examine abuse specific variables among homeless and runaway adolescents and to look at perpetrators of childhood abuse. METHOD A total of 372 homeless and runaway adolescents were interviewed using a systematic sampling strategy in metropolitan Seattle. Young people were interviewed on the streets and in shelters by outreach workers in youth service agencies. RESULTS Approximat...

The paper examines the role of institutional investors in improving firm-level financial competitiveness by enhancing corporate governance. We employ multiple case study methods to analyze firm competitiveness. finds traces activism across different industries and their major governance issues. Thus, suggests that help landscape firm, which turn can impact In India, indicators principal–princip...

Various forms of crime that can be committed by children. One form develops in society and constitutes a is persecution or violence. The one the crimes from time to time, which seen not perpetrators who are adults but also study aims find out; (1) how legal arrangement for children commit criminal acts abuse?, (2) what sanctions against abuse elderly. This uses type normative research as refere...

Recent studies in Finance suggest dividends’ role as monitoring mechanism, which allows minority shareholders to control the managers or larger shareholders’ decisions. This paper tests this hypothesis on listed companies at Bucharest Stock Exchange, in 2000-2003 period, from the legislation perspective, but, also, using dividend ratios. Even the regulations and the enforcement of the law seem ...

This paper examines minority squeeze-outs and their regulation in Germany, a country where majority shareholders have extensively used this tool since its introduction in 2002. Using unique data on court rulings and compensations, we analyze a sample of 324 squeeze-outs of publicly listed companies from 2002 to 2011. Large firms with foreign large shareholders are the most likely to be delisted...