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Perspectives Paper: Deciphering Technology

IVSC

Background The introduction of new technology often marks the beginning of a new era: railroads, electrification, and combustion engines produced momentous changes even before the advent of the “digital revolution”. In this paper, the fourth of our series, we address the topic of technology valuation.

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Board Gender Diversity and Investment Efficiency: Global Evidence from 83 Country-Level Interventions

Harvard Corporate Governance

We employ our novel catalog of 83 board gender diversity interventions to examine the effect of BGD on a first-order firm outcome: investment efficiency. The effect of BGD on investment efficiency is an open question. more…)

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Good and Bad CEOs

Harvard Corporate Governance

To make progress on this question, our paper “ Good and Bad CEOs ” analyzes changes in firm value, performance, and behavior caused by deaths of incumbent CEOs. Unlike other CEO turnovers, most CEO deaths are randomly allocated to firms and are not a decision made by the board of directors.

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Why information technology is important to accountants

ThomsonReuters

Today’s accountants must not only be up to date on the latest tax regulations, but also understand accounting technology and how it can be leveraged to boost efficiency, accuracy, and productivity. How is information technology used in accounting? Today, technology has changed the accounting industry.

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Insulin Device Maker Embecta Weighs Sale After 70% Share Decline Following Becton Dickinson Spin-Off

Benzinga

The medical technology company, which supplies approximately 8 billion syringes and needle pens annually across more than 100 countries, has engaged advisers from Centerview Partners to explore a sale. Embecta’s share price has plummeted nearly 70% since its April 2022 spin-off, leaving the Nasdaq-listed firm valued at $2.1

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UK chip designer Arm valued at $51 a share ahead of Wall Street IPO

The Guardian M&A

British tech firm valued at $52.3bn before highly anticipated flotation on Nasdaq by private owner SoftBank The British chip designer Arm has secured a $52.3bn (£41.9bn) valuation in its initial public offering (IPO), before its highly anticipated return to the stock market in New York on Thursday.

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Will accounting be automated? Yes, but it makes the job more interesting.

ThomsonReuters

Accounting automation involves streamlining accounting processes and standardizing tax inputs and workflows using technology. At face-value, automating accounting can be a scary thought: robots can do it better? Improve firm value. Shift high paying staff from tactical work to focus on higher value advisory services. .