Study finds corporate boards with women appoint more women, leading to better profitability.
problem Influence of female board members on corporate profitability.
method Analysis of Japanese corporate boards and their interlocks.
result Corporate boards with women appoint more women, leading to higher profitability.
The study examines how board diversity and CSR committee composition affect corporate governance and financial performance.
problem The relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate governance.
method Theoretical model development based on management and corporate governance theories, focusing on board diversity and CSR committee composition.
result Cognitive and demographic characteristics of board members provide more insights into the link between corporate governance and CSR.
Model shows how diversity on corporate boards influences decision-making and innovation.
problem Understanding dynamics of diversity and innovation in corporate boards.
method Developed a dynamic model calibrated with empirical data of firm and board networks.
result Homophily and visibility biases shape the trajectory towards equality in corporate boards.
Visualizes board connections for socially responsible investing insights.
problem Understanding corporate governance and sustainability through board connections.
method Data Visualization tool to reveal connections between Directors and Executives.
result Strength of tool in investigating corporate governance and sustainability.
Study proposes new framework for Board-CEO relationship.
problem Recent corporate failures highlight Board's role in governance effectiveness.
method Analyzes Board-CEO relationship and role reversal in Principal-Agent Theory.
result Role reversal in governance may lead to organizational collapse.
Traded corporations are required by law to have a majority of outside directors on their board. This requirement allows the existence of directors who sit on the board of two or more corporations at the same time, generating what is commonly known as interlocking directorates. While research has shown that networks of …
Study shows activist board representation improves Japanese companies' performance.
problem Lack of innovation and improvement in Japanese companies.
method Examined two Japanese companies with activist board representation, analyzing performance metrics.
result Companies with activist board representation experienced significant improvements in stock returns and operational metrics.
Study finds optimal board gender diversity for emissions performance.
problem Association between board gender diversity and emissions performance.
method Panel regressions, machine learning, explainable AI.
result Optimal board gender diversity for emissions performance is approximately 35%.
Study assesses environmental management accounting practices in Bangladesh.
problem Low environmental management accounting practices in Bangladeshi manufacturing companies.
method Developed a compliance checklist and evaluated practices using binary scoring.
result Environmental management accounting practices are poor in Bangladeshi manufacturing companies.
In this work, we consider Corporate Governance (CG) ties among companies from a multiple network perspective. Such a structure naturally arises from the close interrelation between the Shareholding Network (SH) and the Board of Directors network (BD). In order to capture the simultaneous effects of both networks on CG,…
We describe and document three mechanisms by which corporations can influence or even control stock prices. (i) Parent and holding companies wield control over other publicly traded companies. (ii) Through clever management of treasury stock based on buyback programs and stock issuance, stock price fluctuations can be …
Study improves pension scheme efficiency in Kenya through governance and risk management.
problem Limited research on efficiency of Kenyan pension schemes under governance structures.
method Quantitative panel regression analysis on 128 Kenyan pension schemes over 7 years.
result Employee board members have a significant positive effect on pension scheme efficiency.
Study finds risk management significantly improves pension scheme efficiency in Kenya.
problem Improving efficiency of pension schemes in Kenya.
method Panel data analysis of 128 pension schemes from 2015-2021.
result Risk management significantly mediates the relationship between corporate governance and pension scheme efficiency.
China Vanke Co. faced a hostile takeover by Baoneng Group, sparking controversy.
problem A hostile takeover of China Vanke Co. by Baoneng Group.
method No specific method mentioned in the abstract.
result National controversy over corporate governance and government role in capital markets.
Several articles deal with tilings with squares and dominoes on 2-dimensional boards, but only a few on boards in 3-dimensional space. We examine a tiling problem with colored cubes and bricks of (2×2×n)-board in three dimensions. After a short introduction and the definition of breakability we show a way …
We present a new general board game (GBG) playing and learning framework. GBG defines the common interfaces for board games, game states and their AI agents. It allows one to run competitions of different agents on different games. It standardizes those parts of board game playing and learning that otherwise would be t…
CCR-CNN uses CNN to predict corporate credit ratings from financial data.
problem Lack of data and limited model performance in predicting corporate credit ratings.
method Transform corporations into images and use CNN to analyze complex feature interactions.
result CCR-CNN outperforms state-of-the-art methods in predicting corporate credit ratings.
Study shows corporate governance improves stock liquidity with noise traders' participation.
problem Improving liquidity of listed companies' stocks.
method Theoretical model with heterogeneity of investors' beliefs.
result Corporate governance and noise traders' participation synergistically improve stock liquidity.
Corporate venture capital is in the midst of a renaissance. The end of 2015 marked all-time highs both in the number of corporate firms participating in VC deals and in the amount of capital being deployed by corporate VCs. This paper explores, rather than defines, how these firms find success in the wake of this sudde…
Achieving superhuman playing level by AlphaGo corroborated the capabilities of convolutional neural architectures (CNNs) for capturing complex spatial patterns. This result was to a great extent due to several analogies between Go board states and 2D images CNNs have been designed for, in particular translational invar…
Framework integrates financial and annual report data for better corporate credit ratings.
problem Lack of insights from non-financial data in credit rating models.
method Uses FinBERT to extract features from annual reports and combines them with financial data.
result Improves credit rating accuracy by 8-12%.
Study finds it hard to establish common factor pricing in corporate bonds.
problem Difficulty in establishing common factor pricing in corporate bonds.
method Portfolio- and bond-level analyses using multifactor models.
result Common factor pricing in corporate bonds is not significantly explanatory.
CAI automates extraction and validation of corporate GHG emission metrics.
problem Manual extraction of corporate GHG emission metrics is labor-intensive and error-prone.
method CAI uses LLMs to automate extraction and validation of metrics from corporate disclosures.
result CAI improves data collection efficiency and accuracy by automating the process.
Proposes proactive bed requests to reduce ED boarding and patient wait times.
problem Reduces ED boarding and patient wait times by proactively requesting inpatient beds.
method Formulates as a Markov decision process, uses predictions of admission probability and time to disposition to guide bed requests.
result Proactive aggregate bed requests can reduce boarding times by 30-70% and length of stay by 6-15%.
Study examines UK firms' financial performance linked to corporate governance.
problem Impact of corporate governance on UK firms' financial performance.
method Cross-sectional regression analysis of 252 firms in 2014.
result Corporate governance mechanisms have mixed effects on financial performance.
Network analysis detects insider trading by flagging coordinated trades.
problem Detecting insider trading due to limited labelled data.
method Data-driven network approach using SEC trade data.
result Algorithm identifies insider trading clusters with high accuracy.
Taylor's law of temporal fluctuation scaling, variance ∼ a(mean)b, is ubiquitous in natural and social sciences. We report for the first time convincing evidence of a solid temporal fluctuation scaling law in stock illiquidity by investigating the mean-variance relationship of the high-frequency illiquidity o…
The VIX is used to model corporate bond volatility and returns.
problem Modeling volatility and returns for corporate bonds using observable data.
method Applied stochastic volatility models using the VIX index to corporate bond rates and spreads.
result Residuals of corporate bond returns divided by VIX are closer to Gaussian white noise.
Improved Zero learning framework wins games like Hex and Havannah.
problem Improving Zero learning for board games with limited resources.
method Fully convolutional structure, global pooling, and checkpointing.
result Won against strong humans in Hex and Havannah.
Large corporate credit models may be adapted for small business risk assessment.
problem Limited data and lack of credit analysts for small businesses.
method Adapting large corporate credit risk models for small businesses.
result Adapted models can predict small business credit risk effectively.
Model predicts missing boarding stops in smart card data.
problem Missing boarding stop information in public transport datasets.
method Supervised machine learning with ordinal classification.
result Proposed method significantly outperforms existing imputation methods.
AI analyzes corporate ESG filings to identify key dimensions and investor reactions.
problem Lack of reliable ESG ratings systems in corporate filings.
method AI techniques to separate and measure ESG dimensions and investor responses.
result AI can improve ESG ratings systems by identifying key dimensions and investor reactions.
Religious adherence reduces corporate greenwashing behavior.
problem Greenwashing behavior by corporations.
method Analysis of a large US firm sample (2005-2019), focusing on selective disclosure.
result Religious adherence correlates with lower greenwashing behavior.
Develops a new model to better predict corporate bond yields.
problem Persistent shifts in interest rates undermine single-regime models.
method Regime-switching generalized CIR model with two-state short-rate process and credit factors.
result The model improves joint curve fit and delivers interpretable probabilities.
In a market system, regulations are designed to prevent or rectify market failures that inhibit fair exchange, such as monopoly or transactions with hidden costs. Because regulations reduce profits to those possessing unfair advantage, these advantaged corporations (whether individuals, companies, or other collective o…
This study finds ESG rating disagreement reduces corporate productivity, especially in certain types of firms.
problem The impact of ESG rating disagreement on corporate productivity.
method Analysis of A-share listed companies data from 2015 to 2022 using XGBoost regression and SHAP.
result ESG rating disagreement reduces corporate productivity, especially in certain types of firms.
Paper proposes a new trading strategy using corporate event detection from news articles.
problem Predicting stock movements based on corporate events from news articles.
method Bi-level event detection model: low-level for token-level event identification, high-level for article-level event identification.
result The proposed strategy outperforms existing models in stock prediction metrics.
China integrates ESG into corporate strategy for sustainable growth.
problem Corporate focus on short-term financial metrics.
method Deep integration of ESG principles into corporate culture and strategy.
result Companies are expected to fulfill social responsibilities and create long-term value.
Node centrality is one of the most important and widely used concepts in the study of complex networks. Here, we extend the paradigm of node centrality in financial and economic networks to consider the changes of node "importance" produced not only by the variation of the topology of the system but also as a consequen…
Corporate bond factor research is flawed due to measurement errors and ex-post filtering.
problem Replication crisis in corporate bond factor research.
method Analysis of 108 signals across nine thematic clusters, correction of transaction prices and return filtering.
result Majority of previously documented factors do not produce statistically significant alphas after correction.
Corporate transparency reduces investors' disposition effect by increasing confidence in holding profitable and losing stocks.
problem Irrational disposition effect in investors selling profitable assets too soon and holding onto losing assets for too long.
method Examined the impact of corporate transparency on individual investors' disposition effect.
result Increased corporate transparency significantly reduces the disposition effect.
Paper presents a faster method for computing cost of equity and performing comparable company analysis.
problem Tedium and subjectivity in traditional cost of equity and comparable company analysis methods.
method Uses spectral and agglomerative clustering to compute cost of equity and perform comparable company analysis.
result Reduces time required for comps by orders of magnitude and improves consistency and reliability.
Model for corporate bond pricing with credit rating migration, solving a double free boundary problem.
problem Corporate bond pricing with credit rating migration risks.
method Established a pricing model as a double free boundary problem, proving existence, uniqueness, and regularity of the solution.
result Two free boundaries are shown to be smooth and converge to a traveling wave solution as time goes to infinity.
Study evaluates neural networks for corporate credit rating assessment.
problem Improving machine learning algorithms for credit assessment.
method Analysis of four neural network architectures (MLP, CNN, CNN2D, LSTM) on financial data from energy, financial, and healthcare sectors.
result LSTM architecture consistently outperforms others in predicting corporate credit ratings.
QCML improves bond similarity learning in illiquid markets.
problem Improving similarity learning for illiquid corporate bonds.
method Quantum Cognition Machine Learning (QCML) for supervised distance metric learning.
result QCML outperforms classical tree-based models in high-yield markets.
Current study aims to provide new empirical evidence on the impact of debt on corporate profitability. This impact can be explained by three essential theories: signaling theory, tax theory and the agency cost theory. Using panel data sample of 2240 French non listed companies of service sector during 1999-2006. By uti…
This paper uses RL to optimize bid-ask spreads for illiquid corporate bonds.
problem Optimizing bid-ask spreads for illiquid corporate bonds.
method Data-driven approach using Reinforcement Learning.
result Trained RL agent's behavior shows reasonable optimal bid-ask spreads.
This study examines the execution phase of corporate share buy-backs, highlighting inefficiencies and costs.
problem Lack of research on share buy-back execution practices and associated costs.
method Comparative analysis of execution practices and fees charged to corporations and investors.
result Uncovered inefficiencies and frictional costs in share buy-back executions, advocating for transparency and fairness.