BNET Business Dictionary

Business Definition for: Blockholder

an individual or institutional investor who holds a large number of shares of stock or a large dollar amount of bonds in a given company

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Causes and Consequences of Earnings Manipulation: An Analysis of Firms Subject to Enforcement Actions by the SEC: This study investigates firms subject to accounting enforcement actions by the Securities and Exchange Commission SEC for alleged violations of GAAP. We investigate: i the extent to which the alleged earnings manipulations can be explained by extant earnings management hypotheses; ii the relation between the earnings manipulations and weaknesses in...; Tags: SEC, Analysis, Earnings Manipulation, Corporate Governance, Financial Services, Leadership, Investment, GAAP, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Finance, Financial Accounting; Case studies 2003-01-01
The Scarcity Of Effective Monitors And Its Implications For Corporate Takeovers And Ownership Structures: Agency problems in firms are prevalent because effective corporate monitors are scarce. This article presents a model that formalizes the scarcity of effective monitors and explores its implications for corporate monitoring mechanisms and ownership structures. Their special monitoring ability is a scarce resource in the economy. These restructuring specialists are...; Tags: Monitor, Monitoring, Ownership Structure, Gary Gorton & Matthias Kahl; White papers 2002-07-07

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