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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465320203321

Titolo

Dead firms : causes and effects of cross-border corporate insolvency / / edited by Miguel M. Torres, Virginia Cathro, Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bingley, England : , : Emerald, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-78635-313-X

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Collana

Advanced Series in Management, , 1877-6361

Disciplina

346.078

Soggetti

Bankruptcy

Corporation law

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Dead Firms: Causes and Effects of Cross-Border Corporate Insolvency; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Reference; Why Already Internationalised Firms Die? Causes and Effects of Cross-Border Corporate Insolvency; References; 1. What Kills a Reputation? A Post-Mortem Analysis of Jekyll-Hyde Business Leaders; Reputation and Reputation Building; Reputational Deconstruction: The Aftermath of Ponzis; Data Analysis; How Ponzi Organizational Leaders Build Reputations; Ponzi Organization Collapse and Reputation Deconstruction; Investor Devastation

Toxic Mistrust EnvironmentReputational Ripple Effect; Philanthropic Earthshake; Conclusion; References; 2. The Peruvian Amazon Company's Death: The Jungle Devoured Them; Introduction; Rubber Export Boom; La Casa Arana; Sir Roger Casement and the British Government Investigations; The Peruvian Amazon Company's End; The Company's Death; Conclusions; References; 3. On the Solvency of Firms: Can Government's Intervention Reduce External Financing of Firms' Working Capital in Ni...; Introduction; Preliminaries and Background; Research Method; Data and Variables; Estimation Technique



Empirical ResultsDescriptive Analysis; Regression Analysis; Sample Clustering and Wild Bootstrap Standard Errors; Non-Parametric Regression: Further Robustness; Conclusion and Discussions; References; 4. Survival and Death in the Indian Corporate Sector; Introduction; A Historical Perspective on the Indian Industry; Corporate 'Innovation': Shell Companies in India; The Construction Business and Its Useful Allies; Inter-Company Loans; Where Are These Firms Disappearing?: A Methodological Note; The Companies That Merged: Rationale for Doing So; Shutdown of Companies

Where Are Companies Disappearing: Methodological NoteConclusion; References; Appendix; 5. Public Policy Restricting Free Flow of Capital, Exchange Rate Control and Possible Effects on Cross-Border Insolv...; Introduction; Cross-Border Insolvency - Latin American Legal, Institutional, and Regulatory Tendencies; Latin America Tendencies; Insolvency Procedural Aspects; Argentina; Chile; Colombia; Brazil; Venezuela; Chapter 11 and Section 304; Flow of Capital and Exchange Rates in Latin America; Evolution of Flow Capital; Policies Shaping Flow of Capital; Evolution of Exchange Rate Control

Policies Shaping Exchange RatesRelevant Cases in Latin America; Colombia; Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela; Remote Origins; CADIVI; Most Recent Developments (2014-2015); Some Insight with the Topic of Cross-Border Insolvency; Conclusions; References; Further Reading; 6. El Zancudo Mining Company; Introduction; An Approach to the Antioquia Region; From Colonial to Republican Times; An Emerging Mining District; Origins of El Zancudo; Titiribí, the Hub of the Mining District; El Zancudo, Remarkable Features, and Traits; Legacy from the Administrative Perspective; The Fall

Linkages with Cross-Border Insolvency

Sommario/riassunto

Why do firms die? This volume explores international and cross-disciplinary perspectives, carrying out a forensic examination of 'how and why' companies die in order to understand the lessons 'dead firms' may have to offer.