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Book cover image of Multinationality--Earnings, Efficiency, and Market Considerations by Ahmed Riahi-Belkaoui

Authors: Ahmed Riahi-Belkaoui
ISBN-13: 9781567204711, ISBN-10: 1567204716
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated
Date Published: December 2001
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Ahmed Riahi-Belkaoui

AHMED RIAHI-BELKAOUI is CBA Distinguished Professor of Accounting in the College of Business Administration, University of Illinois, Chicago.

Book Synopsis

Examines how multinationality affects a variety of relationships and phenomena in the financial life of organizations, and the part it plays in their day-to-day management decision making.

Table of Contents

Illustrations
Preface
1The Impact of Multinationality on the Informativeness of Earnings and Accounting Choices1
2The Timeliness of Accounting Earnings as an Antecedent of Disclosure Informativeness15
3Level of Multinationality as an Explanation for Post-Announcement Drift29
4The Effect of Multinationality on Security Analyst Underreaction37
5Growth Opportunities, Internalization, and Market Valuation of Multinational Firms47
6Level of Multinationality, Growth Opportunities, and Size as Determinants of Analyst Ratings of Corporate Disclosures57
7The Effects of Multinationality on Earnings Response Coefficients67
8The Effects of Multinationality on Earnings Persistence77
9The Association between Performance Plan Adoption and Organizational Slack89
10Corporate Disclosure Quality and Corporate Reputation of U.S. Multinational Firms99
11Growth Opportunities, Multinationality, and Reputation Building109
12Net Value Added and Earnings Determination of U.S. Multinational Firms119
13The Substitution of Net Value Added for Earnings in Equity Valuation127
14Implementation of the M-Form Organizational Structure and Shareholders' Wealth of Multinational Firms137
15Implementation of the M-Form Organizational Structure and Productivity of Multinational Firms155
16Implementation of the M-Form Organizational Structure and Capital Structure of Multinational Firms167
17Executive Compensation, Organizational Effectiveness, Social Performance, and Firm Performance: An Empirical Investigation181
18Effects of Ownership Structure, Firm Performance, Size, and Diversification Strategy on CEO Compensation in U.S. Multinational Firms: A Path Analysis193
19Determinants of Executive Tenure in Large U.S. Multinational Firms213
20An Analysis of the Use of Accounting and Market Measures of Performance, CEO Experience, and Nature of the Deviation from the Analysts' Forecasts in CEO Compensation Contracts of Multinational Firms221
21Effects of Personal Attributes and Performance on the Level of CEO Compensation in Multinational Firms: Direct and Interaction Effects231
22Explaining Market Returns of U.S. Multinational Firms: Earnings Versus Value-Added Data239
23Prediction Performance of Earnings Forecasts of U.S. Firms Active in Developed and Developing Countries251
Index261

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