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Walid Ben-Amar
Researcher at University of Ottawa
Publications - 32
Citations - 1741
Walid Ben-Amar is an academic researcher from University of Ottawa. The author has contributed to research in topics: Corporate governance & Mergers and acquisitions. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 26 publications receiving 1216 citations.
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How do firms achieve corporate social performance? An integrated perspective
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide an integrated view of the combined direct and indirect effects of the main drivers of CSR performance, at country, firm and CEO levels respectively, by using an international sample of 1,272 observations over 20 countries.
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La Gestion des Résultats Comptables lors des Prises de Contrôle : Une analyse dans le Contexte Suisse
TL;DR: In this paper, a recherche examine la gestion des resultats comptables par les dirigeants d'entreprises sujettes a des offres publiques d'achat (OPA) dans le contexte Suisse.
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What Makes Better Boards? A Closer Look at Diversity and Ownership
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate the effect of diversity on the success of strategic mergers and acquisitions (M&A) decisions and propose a theoretical framework linking ownership, board diversity and M&A strategic decision making.
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Climate change exposure and internal carbon pricing adoption
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors explored the motives underlying voluntary internal carbon pricing adoption and examined whether a firm's exposure to climate-related risks is a relevant driver of ICP adoption.
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Behavioral implications of alternative going concern reporting formats
TL;DR: This paper examined unsophisticated investor's behavior to the signal conveyed by different reporting formats by auditors (U.S. versus Canadian) and found that the form of the auditor's report does significantly influence subjects' decisions to invest and their perception of risk.