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Steen Thomsen
Researcher at Copenhagen Business School
Publications - 93
Citations - 4547
Steen Thomsen is an academic researcher from Copenhagen Business School. The author has contributed to research in topics: Corporate governance & Enterprise value. The author has an hindex of 29, co-authored 89 publications receiving 4218 citations. Previous affiliations of Steen Thomsen include Aarhus University & Lund University.
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Delistings in Europe and the Cost of Governance
Frederik Vinten,Steen Thomsen +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyze delisting from European stock exchanges 1995-2005 as a function of market conditions, firm effects and governance regulation, and conclude that the evidence is most consistent with efficient regulation: better protection of minority investors and higher corporate governance quality stimulates the market for corporate control (M&A) and reduces the incentive to go private.
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The Performance of Foundation-Owned Companies 12
Steen Thomsen,Henry Hansmann +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the relative performance of foundation-owned companies was evaluated by comparing a substantial sample of them from the Nordic countries with different samples of investor-owned Nordic companies, including matched pairs of companies in the same industry and of comparable size.
How diverse can you get? Gender quotas and the diversity of Nordic boards
TL;DR: In this article, female board representation in 534 public corporations in four Nordic countries during 2001-2008 was studied and it was shown that the heterogeneity of male directors correlates with the appointments of female directors.
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Voting Power and Shareholder Activism
TL;DR: In this article, a voting power theory is applied to a unique data set on Swedish shareholder meetings and the authors hypothesize that there is a positive relationship between shareholder activism and the largest shareholders' sensitivity to greater participation by small shareholders.
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Community and Compensation: Director Remuneration in Thailand
TL;DR: In this article, a new theoretical perspective based on mimesis (peer group imitation) was proposed to explain non-executive director pay in Thai companies, arguing that peer group effects may be reinforced by Thai business culture, and test and support their hypothesis on a sample of 523 listed Thai companies from 2010 to 2015.