Stakeholder representation on the boards of Australian initial public offerings

Bill Dimovski () and Robert Brooks

Applied Financial Economics, 2004, vol. 14, issue 17, 1233-1238

Abstract: This paper analyses the board composition of Australian initial public offerings (IPOs) over the period 1994 to 1997. The recent management literature identifies a wide range of stakeholders beyond the traditional shareholders. Evan and Freeman, and Jones and Goldberg suggest that the importance of stakeholders should be reflected in board representation. Luoma and Goodstein provide evidence of increased stakeholder representation on the boards of American companies. This paper studies Australian IPOs and finds that this is not the case. This suggests that capital raising by new lists in the Australian equity market does not require stakeholder representation on the board.

Date: 2004
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