4th Journal of Management and Governance Conference
Bozen - Bolzano, 16 –17 July 2015
9:00 – 10:30
10:30 – 11:00
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12:30 – 14:00
14:00 – 15:30
15:30 – 16:00
Registration (in front of D1.02)
Welcome address
Lucie Courteau, Free University of Bozen
Roberto Di Pietra, Editor of JMG and
Università di Siena (D1.02)
Plenary session: “Executive
Remuneration and Controlling
Shareholder” Prof. Guido Ferrarini,
Università di Genova, Italy (D1.02)
Coffee break
1st Parallel sessions
Gala dinner (Schloss Maretsch)
Lucie Courteau (Bolzano)
Roberto Di Pietra (JMG Editor, Siena)
Paolo Giudici (Bolzano)
Andrea Melis (JMG Editorial Board, Cagliari)
Friday, 17th July 2015
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Plenary session: “Controlling
Shareholders and Corporate
Governance: an overview”
Prof. Jean Bédard, Université Laval,
Canada (D1.02)
Coffee break
2nd Parallel sessions
Lunch
3rd Parallel sessions
Concluding remarks (D1.02)
Free University of Bozen - Bolzano
Universitätsplatz 1, Piazza Università, 1
I - 39100, Bozen - Bolzano
www.unibz.it
www.unibz.it/en/economics/events/jmg2015/
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PARALLEL SESSIONS
Thursday, 16th July 2015
16:00 – 17:30
SESSION I A. FAMILY FIRMS AND CONFLICT (E4.11)
Chairperson: Michael Nippa
Family Ownership Concentration and Internationalization:
an Empirical Application of Family Principal-principal Conflicts
Santulli, Rosalia, Andrea Calabrò and Carmen Gallucci
Discussant: Chee Yoong Liew
Family Firms, Expropriation and Firm Value:
Evidence from Independent Directors’ Tenure in Malaysia
Liew, Chee Yoong, Ervina Alfan and S. Susela Devi
Discussant: Rosaria Santulli
Family Ownership and Turnover Probability:
Evidence from Italy, France and Belgium
Rizzotti, Davide and Roberta Mazzone
Discussant: Michael Nippa
SESSION I B. MERGERS & ACQUISITION AND MEDIA PRESSURE
ON GOVERNANCE (E4.12)
Chairperson: Andrea Melis
The Media Role in Corporate Governance Improvement:
Lessons from European Dual Class Share Unifications
Lauterbach, Beni and Anete Pajuste
Discussant: Julien Le Maux
Litigation Risk: Measurement and Impact on M&A Agreement Terms
De La Bruslerie, Hubert et Julien Le Maux
Discussant: Paolo Giudici
The Impact of Co-Determination on the Profitability of Small Firms Empirical Evidence From a Natural Experiment
Urbanec, Jan
Discussant: Claude Francoeur
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SESSION II A. MAJORITY SHAREHOLDERS AND INVESTMENT (E4.11)
Chairperson: Daniel Coulombe
Lone Founder, Family Firms and Investments: New Evidence from Canada
Bozec, Yves and Jacqueline Di Vito
Discussant: Marco Vedovato
Minority and Majority Private Equity Investments: Firm Performance
and Governance
Battistin, Erich, Paolo Bortoluzzi, Fabio Buttignon and Marco Vedovato
Discussant: Daniel Coulombe
SESSION II B. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND ACCOUNTING
INFORMATION I (E4.12)
Chairperson: Massimiliano Bonacchi
Annual Report Readability and Corporate Bankruptcy
Le Maux, Julien and Nadia Smaili
Discussant: Andrea Melis
Board Characteristics Effects on Performance in Family and Non-Family
Business: Evidence from Italian Listed Firms
Rubino, Franco Ernesto, Paolo Tenuta and Domenico Rocco Cambrea
Discussant: Nadia Smaili
Corporate Governance and Strategic Management Accounting: Empirical
Relationship Evidence from Capital Market in Thailand
Arunruangsirilert, Teerachai and Supasith Chonglerttham
Discussant: Massimiliano Bonacchi
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SESSION II C. CONSEQUENCES OF CONCENTRATED OWNERSHIP (E4.20)
Chairperson: Roberto Di Pietra
The Effect of Remuneration Committee Independence on Pay-Performance
Relation: Evidence from Banks with concentrated Ownership Structure
Slomka-Golebiowska, Agnieszka
Discussant: Sara De Masi
Incentive vs Intrenchment: The Role of the State as Controlling Shareholder
Cambini, Carlo, Sara De Masi, Andrea Paci and Laura Rondi
Discussant: Tatiana Mazza
Does Cost of Debt depend on the Corporate Control Mechanisms
in Emerging Markets?
Ivashkovskaya, Irina, Anastasia Stepanova and Ilya Rabotinskiy
Discussant: Jacqueline Di Vito
SESSION III A. BOARD STRUCTURE AND GENDER DIVERSITY (E4.11)
Chairperson: Lucie Courteau
Gender Diversity on Boards: Toward a Stakeholder Approach
to Corporate Governance?
Francoeur, Claude, Réal Labelle and Souha Balti
Discussant: Étienne Redor
Market Reaction to Female Director Departures
Redor, Étienne
Discussant: Lucie Courteau
The Whistleblowing Triangle: A Holistic View for Explaining
the Whistleblowing Act
Smaili, Nadia and Paulina Arroyo Pardo
Discussant: Jean Bédard
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SESSION III B. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND ACCOUNTING
INFORMATION II (E4.12)
Chairperson: Paolo Giudici
What are the Necessary Characteristics that Audit Committee Chairs
Need in order to Fulfill their Role: the Perception of Audit Committee
Members, External Auditors and Management
Fontaine, Richard and Hanen Khemakhem
Discussant: Pierluigi Marchini
Does IFRS Improve Financial Reporting Quality of Controlling Minority
Structure Firms in Canada?
Mafhood, Soukaina, Yves Bozec and Jacqueline Di Vito
Discussant: Roberto Di Pietra
Related Party Transactions and Earnings Management:
an Empirical Analysis in Italian Listed Companies
Marchini, Pierluigi, Tatiana Mazza and Alice Medioli
Discussant: Richard Fontaine
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