This volume breaks new ground by approaching Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) as
an explicitly ethical practice in financial markets. The work explains the philosophical and …

This paper contributes to the recent 'practice turn'in management accounting literature in two
ways:(1) by investigating the meshing and consequently the 'situated functionality'of …

When shareholders become dissatisfied with a public company's policies or actions, they
may resort to activist interventions. Shareholder activism has been described as an attempt …

There has been a long tradition of research on the relation between diversification and
performance of public corporations in the strategy and finance fields. As for private equity …

This chapter outlines a new role for investor relations in an environment where a passive,
acquiescent shareholder base is no longer the norm. Today, investors are increasingly …

Abstract Private equity (“PE”) is mostly invested in established firms, of which family firms
(“FFs”) are the dominant form. This article reports the recent evolution of the scientific …

Zusammenfassung Shareholder Activism bezeichnet den Versuch von Aktionären,
Entscheidungen der Unternehmensführung direkt zu beeinflussen. Dies kann sowohl im …

A key factor in the decision to convert a publicly owned company to private status is the
expectation that value will be created, providing the firm with rent. These rents have …

This thesis contributes to social studies of finance and accounting (Vollmer, Mennicken, &
Preda, 2009) and the practice theory literatures (Feldman & Orlikowski, 2011) by …

One of the most difficult components in starting and growing a new enterprise is acquiring
capital and other resources. Funding for many new enterprises comes from a large, yet …