Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2017-04-03T19:07:52Z No. of bitstreams: 1 filipesimoesribeiro.pdf: 387633 bytes, checksum: 63981ac15a1c312f9235199284ae77f5 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2017-04-03T19:11:32Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 filipesimoesribeiro.pdf: 387633 bytes, checksum: 63981ac15a1c312f9235199284ae77f5 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-04-03T19:11:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 filipesimoesribeiro.pdf: 387633 bytes, checksum: 63981ac15a1c312f9235199284ae77f5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-12-18 / FAPEMIG - Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais / Na área de Finanças Corporativas, há uma vasta literatura que trata dos determinantes do endividamento das empresas. Entretanto, os estudos que analisam essa escolha têm se focado mais nas diferenças entre a utilização de capital próprio e de terceiros, enquanto a literatura a respeito da estrutura (maturidade e fonte) desse endividamento é relativamente menos abundante. Visto isso, este estudo tem como objetivo promover uma investigação empírica acerca das características que influenciam a escolha da maturidade da dívida (dívidas de curto ou longo prazo) e da fonte de financiamento (utilização de oferta pública ou colocação privada de títulos). Para tanto, é utilizada a metodologia de Dados em Painel, a fim de se considerar simultaneamente as dimensões tempo e seccional, auxiliada pela abordagem de equações simultâneas, tendo em vista haver na literatura indicações acerca da endogeneidade de alguns regressores. As informações necessárias à condução do estudo são levantadas para empresas brasileiras que possuem suas ações listadas na Bolsa de Valores de São Paulo (BOVESPA) e na Sociedade Operadora do Mercado de Ativos (SOMA) a partir do banco de dados da Economatica®. Os resultados mostram que empresas brasileiras mais maduras e estabelecidas no mercado tendem a utilizar seus recursos internos como forma de financiar projetos, conforme sugere a Teoria da Pecking Order. Entretanto, quando estas procuram recursos externos, preferem a utilização de fontes privadas de dívidas, como os bancos, importante fonte de recursos para as empresas brasileiras. Pode-se dizer também que existem fortes indicações do processo conhecido como “colaterização da dívida”, principalmente quando se tratam de fontes privadas e recursos de curto prazo. Outro resultado interessante é que a decisão sobre a maturidade e a fonte de financiamento é também influenciada pelas “janelas de oportunidade”, provavelmente porque o maior volume de transações aumenta a liquidez do mercado financeiro, reduzindo o custo da dívida pública em relação ao da dívida privada. / In corporate finance field, there is a vast literature about the capital structure determinants. However, studies have focused on the differences between equity and debt, while the literature about debt structure (maturity and source) is relatively scarce. As such, this study aims to promote empirical research about characteristics that influence debt maturity choice (short or long term debt) and funding source (public offering or private placement). Therefore, Panel Data Method is used in order to consider both time and cross-sectional dimensions, aided by simultaneous equations approach, as literature indicates the presence of regressors endogeneity. Sample data, regarding Brazilian companies listed on São Paulo Stock Exchange (BOVESPA) and Sociedade Operadora do Mercado de Ativos (SOMA), were collected from Economatica® database. The results show that mature and well-established Brazilian firms tend to prefer internal resources when financing projects, as suggested by Pecking Order Theory. However, when they seek external resources, private debt sources, such as banks, are important for Brazilian companies. We can also say that there are strong indications of the process known as "collateralized debt", especially when it comes from private sources and short-term funds. Another interesting result is the debt structure decision is also influenced by "opportunities windows", probably because it increases financial markets liquidity, reducing the cost of public debt compared to private debt.

The CEO and CFO are the two key executives of a firm. They work cohesively to ensure the growth of the firm. After the adoption of the Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX) in 2002, the importance of CFOs has increased due to their personal legal obligation in certifying the accuracy of financial statements. Only a few papers such as Mian (2001), Fee and Hadlock (2004), and Geiger and North (2006) focus on CFOs in the pre-SOX era. However, a vacuum exists in research focusing exclusively on CFOs in the post-SOX era. The purpose of this dissertation is to delve into a comprehensive investigation of the CFOs. More specifically, I answer three questions: a) does the CEO change lead to the CFO change? b) does the CFO appointment type affect the firm’s debt-equity choice? and c) does the CFO appointment affect the firm’s information environment? I use Shumway’s (2001) dynamic hazard model in answering question ‘a’. For question ‘b’, I use instrumental variable (IV) regression under various estimation techniques to control for endogeneity. For part ‘c’, I use the cross sectional difference-in-difference (DND) methodology by pairing treatment firms with control firms chosen by the propensity scores matching (PSM). I find there is about a 70% probability of CFO replacement after the CEO replacement. Both of their replacements are affected by prior year’s poor performance. In addition, as a custodian of the firm’s financial reporting, the CFO is replaced proactively due to a probability of restatement of earnings. I find firms with internal CFO hires issue more equity in the year of appointment than firms with external hires. The promoted CFO significantly improves the firm’s overall governance which helps the firm obtain external financing from equity issue. However, I find that CFO turnover does not significantly affect the firm’s information environment. To ensure that my finding is not due to mixing up of samples of good and distressed firms together, I separated distressed firms and re-ran my models and my finding still holds. This dissertation fills the gap in the literature with regards to CFOs and their post SOX relationship with the firm.

In this paper, the author focuses on the study of the legal institution of the Open Stock Corporation, analyzing the way how it has been treated in our legislation over time. Furthermore, he analyzes its current regulation in the General Law of Corporations, the Securities Market Law and some isolated legal provisions. Finally, he provides some ideas for the necessary reform of this institution. / En el presente artículo, el autor se centra en el estudio de la institución jurídica de la Sociedad Anónima Abierta, analizando la forma como ha sido tratada en nuestra legislación a lo largo del tiempo. Asimismo, analiza su regulación actual en la Ley General de Sociedades, en la Ley del Mercado de Valores y en algunas disposiciones legales aisladas. Finalmente, brinda algunas ideas para la necesaria reforma de esta institución.

The purpose of this research is to evaluate the performance of the emerging stock markets in three regions. The regions chosen as our testing targets are Europe, The Middle East, and Asia. Performance for 2002 to 2004 will be compared to the U.S. stock market.

Doctor Legum - LLD / The ideals of shareholder and creditor protection are affected by legislation pertaining to the validity of a company’s transactions. Until legislative reforms introduced in the twentieth century, a company’s capacity and the ultra vires doctrine traditionally limited the company’s ability to contract. Therefore, the legal framework regulating corporate capacity influences a company’s interactions with outsiders. The goal of the law in this regard should be to facilitate commerce while providing adequate protection to all affected stakeholders. South Africa’s Companies Act 71 of 2008 (the Act) contains several novel provisions regarding a company’s capacity, the desirability of which is questionable. Special purpose vehicles (SPVs) are used for various purposes in commerce, from asset holding in the financial services sector to concluding complex financial functions in corporate finance. For instance, traditional securitisation is a financial engineering technique that makes use of corporate SPVs. Traditional securitisation is a valuable risk management, earnings management, and corporate financing tool. Incorporators of securitisation SPVs often include capacity restrictions in the constitutions of such entities as a means of reducing the likelihood that the SPV will be subject to liquidation proceedings.This thesis analyses the capacity provisions in the Act to determine whether they provide a commercially desirable framework to facilitate the activities of SPVs used in traditional securitisation schemes. The thesis argues that the capacity provisions in the Act in their current form are undesirable because they place third parties at too great a risk in exchange for inconsistent and unreliable shareholder protection. Executory ultra vires contracts concluded by limited capacity companies are at the same time valid and capable of being restrained by a single shareholder, director or prescribed officer of the company. It is argued that the Act’s approach to corporate capacity is detrimental to commercial certainty and creditor protection, and that capacity restrictions under the current framework do not provide any more shareholder protection than ordinary authority limitations would. Consequently, it is argued that the capacity provisions in the Act do not make a positive contribution to the “insolvency-remoteness” of SPVs used in traditional securitisation schemes. It is recommended that the capacity provisions in the Act should be substantially amended, or deleted.

The aim of this master’s thesis is to analyse the financial health of the Lukrom company on the basis of the selected financial analysis methods. To determine the financial situation of the company I have used the corporate financial data from 2006 - 2008. The master’s thesis contains some suggestions for the improvement of the current financial situation.

The master‘s thesis deals with analysis of the financial situation of the company Znovín Znojmo, a.s. in years 2005 – 2008 by means of selected methods of the financial analysis. At the basis of identified problematic areas proposal of measures for an improvement of the present status of the company are formulated.

The aim of this thesis is to assess the level of financial management, joint-stock company Autic and formulation of proposals to improve the financial situation in problem areas. During its processing particularly the methods of financial analysis have found application. Data of the firm over the period of 2006 – 2008 are used for the financial analysis.

Ma thèse s'intéresse à la théorie financière de l'entreprise qui émerge entre 1880 et 1929, ainsi qu’à l’apport de Veblen.Tout d'abord nous mettons en exergue les contributions analytique et macroéconomique que livre Veblen concernant la business enterprise. Il met en avant un triptyque crédit-actions-goodwill grâce auquel nous affirmons qu'il est un théoricien "pré-moderne" de la finance d'entreprise. Sa vision du goodwill lui permet de dresser une théorie de l'investissement qui s'ancre dans la filiation de la Q-Theory. Il propose ainsi un regard pionnier sur le management d'entreprise, avec son analyse du comportement de l'insider et de l'outsider. Dans un second temps, à travers un travail d'archives et une investigation dans les premiers manuels de finance d'entreprise, nous présentons une lecture de l'émergence de cette discipline académique, issue de la pratique des grandes entreprises. Un premier vocabulaire et les premières théories émergent. Par ailleurs, un débat plus large prend place concernant l'éducation aux Etats-Unis et l'institutionnalisation de l'enseignement des affaires dans la higher education, auquel Veblen prend part. / My PhD dissertation focuses on the theory of the corporate finance that emerged between 1880 and 1929, as well as the contribution of Veblen.First, we highlight Veblen’s analytical and macroeconomic contributions to the business enterprise. He highlights a trinity credit-equity-goodwill by which we assert that he is a "pre-modern" theorist of corporate finance. His vision of goodwill allows him to draw up a theory of investment that is rooted in the affiliation of the Q-Theory. It thus offers a pioneering look at the management of an enterprise, with its analysis of the behavior of the insider and the outsider.Secondly, through an archival work and an investigation into the first corporate finance manuals, we present a reading of the emergence of this academic discipline, resulting from the practice of large companies. A first vocabulary and the first theories emerge. In addition, there is a wider debate about education in the United States and the institutionalization of business education in higher education, in which Veblen takes part.

En una sociedad de consumo globalizado como la actual, las finanzas y su correcto manejo son un aspecto que cobra especial interés tanto por las empresas como por las personas. Por esta razón, la administración financiera se ha convertido, cada vez más, en objeto de interés académico. A raíz de ello, surge la necesidad de revisar cuáles son algunas líneas temáticas que se han planteado como tema en las diversas publicaciones especializadas sobre esta área de conocimiento. Con el propósito de lograr una revisión sistemática sobre este campo de análisis, en un primer momento se revisará algunos antecedentes de la administración, y algunos estudios sobre las cinco prácticas de gestión financiera y las siete prácticas de las finanzas corporativas. En la segunda sección, se revisará la literatura relacionada a la ansiedad y el estrés financiero como factores de un mal manejo de las finanzas personales y empresariales. Luego, se visitará las posiciones en torno a cómo se asumen los estereotipos de género en la gestión financiera. En otro momento, se apunta a delinear las funciones y características de la administración gubernamental y sus limitantes. Por último, se evalúa en diferentes capítulos el impacto que ha tenido algunas pandemias del siglo XXI frente a lo que se consideraba como principios estables de la administración, y los riesgos y beneficios que la automatización de las finanzas provoca. La principal conclusión a la que esta investigación llega es que no hay un consenso determinado sobre cómo asumir las características que constituyen la administración financiera. / Within global society of consume as the present, finances and the its right driving are a crucial topic both for business and for people. Thence, financial management has become, increasingly, in a trending subject of academic studies. In relation to this recent approach, this paper pretends response exploring the principal issues about financial world analyzed on different journals and expert articles made in this knowledge area. In order to get a systematic revision of this relatively new interest, this paper reviews some precedents of management and certain studies about financial management practices and practices of corporate finance. Secondly, literature referred to financial anxiety and stress will expose as factors of a wrong personal and business financial management. Then, it will be ordered different points of view regarding how are assumed gender stereotypes in financial management. Another section outlines functions and features of government administration and its limits. Also, it is made an evaluation around some pandemics of XXI Century and how these schemes model the current concept of management. Finally, it is described both benefits and risks that financial automatization produces. The mainly conclusion is there is not a unique version to assume features of financial management, because there is not a consensus by different researchers and scholars. / Trabajo de Suficiencia Profesional