How does culture influence corporate risk-taking?
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This paper investigated the role of national culture in corporate risk-taking and found that individualism has a positive and significant association, whereas uncertainty avoidance and harmony have negative and significant associations, with corporate risk taking.About:
This article is published in Journal of Corporate Finance.The article was published on 2013-12-01 and is currently open access. It has received 413 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Discretion & Earnings.read more
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National culture and corporate cash holdings around the world
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Accrual-based and Real Earnings Management and Political Connections
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Effects of national culture on bank risk-taking behavior
TL;DR: This article found that bank risk-taking is significantly higher in countries with high individualism, low uncertainty avoidance, and low power distance cultural values, compared to countries with low individualism and high power distance.
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The impact of cultural diversity in corporate boards on firm performance
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