We analyse whether differences in earnings management practices in frontier countries can
be explained by institutional settings, considering their diverse corporate governance …

After the enactment of Law 21 in 2008 that stated about the spin-off of Islamic banking units,
some Islamic business units had done the spin-off. This led to an increase in the number of …

This paper aims to provide comparative information on mergers & acquisition activities in the
banking sector of Pakistan. This study used accounting ratios to analyze the financial …

This paper examines the corporate governance mechanisms in Sri Lanka, a country that
only a little more than a decade ago emerged from a 30-year long civil war. We focus on the …

Purpose This study aims to examine the link between financial reporting quality and
investment efficiency in publicly listed firms in frontier markets, taking into account country …

We examine whether selected institutional setting variables and societal trust can curtail
Earnings Management (EM) practices in emerging economies. Results reveal that minority …

The regulator had imposed some Islamic business units to do the spin-off after the
enactment of the Islamic banking act (The Act No. 21 of 2008). The aim of this research is …

This study aims to assess the impact of deal size, value and firm-specific factors on the
performance of UK acquiring firms from 2006 to 2016 in short-run. The event window …

Abstract 1 Chapter 1 Introduction 4 1.1 Introduction.................................... 4 1.2 Frontier
Markets.................................. 5 1.3 Research Objective & Hypothesis Development …

With rising growth rates and per capita income levels on the Indian subcontinent, foreign
direct investment in the region, especially through mergers and acquisitions, has increased …