Abstract Though the Corporate Governance concept has gained paramount interest due to
the spate of corporate scandals, there is a void in the literature in terms of a summary …

Purpose This paper aims to review, discuss and synthesize the literature focusing on the
Indian initial public offering (IPO) market. Understanding the Indian IPO market can help …

Purpose This paper aims to examine the relationship between earnings quality and
corporate cash holdings in an emerging economy. Existing literature posits that earnings …

Purpose This study investigates the impact of pre-IPO earnings management on investor
demand in the Indian IPO market. It also examines whether earnings management by issuer …

Purpose Volume-based liquidity ratios suffer from potential measurement bias due to share
restriction and may misrepresent actual liquidity. To address this issue, the authors develop …

Purpose This paper examines the moderating role of firms' litigation environment on the
association between gender diversity and financial reporting quality. Design/methodology …

Purpose The study examines the IPO resilience grounded on the firm's intrinsic factors.
Design/methodology/approach We examine the association of IPO performance and post …

Initial public offering (IPO) lock-up is a bonding mechanism that restricts pre-IPO
shareholders and insiders from selling a specific percentage of the shares over a stipulated …

Purpose This paper aims to study the underpricing phenomenon of initial public offerings
(IPOs) of 355 Indian companies issued from 2007 to 2019. The research question this paper …

Purpose This study aims to examine the reaction of anchor investors (AIs) to pre-IPO
earnings management (EM). The authors use the unique detailed bid data from the Indian …