Management Decision: Volume 45 Issue 5

Activist investment: institutional investor monitoring of portfolio companies

Roderick Martin, Tahir M. Nisar

The purpose of the paper is to show what Asset managers undertake to operate in accordance with the Statement of Institutional Shareholders' Committee (ISC) whenever they engage…

Shaping exit and voice: an account of corporate control in UK sports

Lynne Nikolychuk, Brian Sturgess

The purpose of this paper is to help demonstrate the extent to which socio‐cultural and market‐oriented incentives jointly contribute to corporate control outcomes that prevail in…

Intangible economy: how can investors deliver change in businesses?: Lessons from nonprofit‐business partnerships

Maria May Seitanidi

The purpose of the paper is to investigate the following issues. Investors traditionally prioritised tangible outcomes (money, land, machinery) in order to protect their financial…

The governance of going private transactions: The leveraged buyout board of directors as a distinctive source of value

Michael R. Braun, Scott F. Latham

The purpose of the study is to explore the board of directors in leveraged buyouts (LBOs) as a distinct source of value creation and to conceptually investigate the going‐private…

Entrepreneurship and organizational design: investor specialization

Peter D. Casson, Tahir M. Nisar

This paper seeks to investigate the impact of venture capital firm organization (VC) on operations at portfolio companies, emphasizing particularly value added and involvement.

Optimal allocation of decision rights for value‐adding in venture capital

Derek Eldridge

The paper aims to evaluate decision‐making processes in venture capital (VC).

The role of partners in investor firms

Peter D. Casson, Roderick Martin

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of human capital in venture capital organizations. New trends in investor behaviour have emerged in recent years. There is…

Performance effects of venture capital firm networks

Peter Abell, Tahir M. Nisar

The purpose of this paper is to explore the networking effects of venture capital (VC) firms on portfolio companies. VCs can bring specific skills and abilities to their ongoing…

Investor influence on company management

Tahir M. Nisar, Roderick Martin