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Controlling Shareholders Management Risk Warning Based on Flexible Neural Tree

This paper studies the early-warning of controlling shareholders management risk of Chinese listed companies, using the optimization algorithm of the improved structure of flexible neural tree model to build early-warning model of risk. In the premise of higher accuracy, it selects the key risk factors and the optimal model. In the learning process of Flexible neural tree model, the evolution g...

On Fiduciary Duties of Controlling Shareholders of Targeted Corporation

In the acquisition of listed corporation, the controlling shareholders who either hold a certain number of shares, or play a decisive role in the transfer of corporation control. Compared with the minority shareholders, controlling shareholders often abuse its dominant position to harm other stakeholders' interests of the corporation. Imposing the fiduciary duties to the controlling shareholder...

Non-negotiable Shares, Controlling Shareholders, and Dividend Payments in China

China has some unique institutional features. For example, the shares of listed firms are segmented into negotiable and nonnegotiable. The controlling shareholders, usually connected to the government, hold nonnegotiable shares. We examine how these institutional features affected cash dividend payments in China during the period 1994-2006. We find that, despite China’s unique institutional set...

Shareholders’ Pre-Emptive Rights

Mergers and Acquisitions: Effects on Shareholders Value Evidence from Nigeria

During the last decade, Nigeria has witnessed significant growth in corporate mergers and acquisitions. Reasons behind mergers and acquisitions are to syntheses and enhance the corporate tenacity (synergy). In the existing study, an attempt has been on the study of the impact of mergers and acquisitions on the shareholders wealth. The study specifically on companies which have undergone merger ...