Thesis (Ph.D.)--Cornell University, 2005. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 210-221).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business, August 2002. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business, June 2003. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (M.P.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 2005.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1959. / Typescript. Abstracted in Dissertation abstracts, v. 10 (1959) no. 3, p. 916-917. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [344]-357).

Inaugural dissertation--Heidelberg. / Lebenslauf. Cover-title. "Literatur-verzeichnis": 3d prelim. leaf.

Thesis (Master)--Atılım University Social Sciences Institute. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 92-94).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references.

Numerous studies have used the wedge between control rights and cash flow rights as a proxy for the unobservable likelihood of expropriation (i.e., controlling shareholders tunneling resources from minority shareholders). Therefore, any negative relationship between the wedge and firm value found in previous studies can be interpreted as a relationship between the likelihood of expropriation and firm value. However, the results of this study suggest that the wedge is endogenous and related to firm characteristics, which can be classified into five categories: transparency, the firm's growth and capital requirement, risk, the pledgeability of cash flows and assets, and technology. Based on a sample of 4,185 firm-year observations from 1,202 public firms in the Hong Kong stock market from 2009 to 2013, this study examines whether the wedge remains a good proxy for expropriation if firm characteristics are considered. The results show that the significance of the wedge disappears when it is included alongside firm characteristics in the regressions, meaning that any power of the wedge to explain firm value can be attributed to the effect of these firm characteristics on firm value and not on the effect of the likelihood of expropriation. Moreover, a positive relationship between the wedge and firm value for family-controlled group firms is observed. Therefore, the wedge is not a good proxy for the likelihood of expropriation.

Stock exchanges on the African continent need accelerated development in order to attract and utilise capital inflows optimally for development of the continent. The growth of the BRICS capital markets has been notable in the past 10 years. The purpose of this research paper is to take the experiences of the BRICS stock exchanges, both positive and negative, and use them to build a model for the accelerated growth of stock exchanges on the African continent. Exploratory interviews were conducted with the representative BRICS exchanges and the information gleaned was used to construct questionnaires for selected African exchanges, the Africa 5. Inclusion into the Africa 5 was based on the McKinsey “Lions on the Move” model. Findings indicated the importance of an enabling regulatory and policy environment, which had been expected, based on the literature. Unexpected findings included the necessity for there to be courageous and visionary leadership in the capital markets, at regulatory, policy and stock exchange level. / Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2013. / lmgibs2014 / Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) / MBA / Unrestricted