Entre diciembre de 1990 y marzo de 2008, 61 empresas españolas (entre 154 analizadas) sufrieron un descenso en su cotización superior al 70%. El promedio del mayor descenso fue del 64%. El mayor descenso del IBEX 35 en este período fue del 58%. Este documento muestra la evolución de la...

2002 was a bad year for the shareholders of the companies in the Euro Stoxx 50: the shareholder value destruction of the companies in the Euro Stoxx 50 was 958,968 million euros. In 2002 only Eni created value (3,374 million euros). The remaining 49 companies destroyed value and had negative...

Este documento analiza la creación de valor y la rentabilidad para los accionistas de Endesa (ELE), Iberdrola (IBE) y Unión Fenosa (UNF) entre diciembre de 1991 y diciembre de 2007. En ese período, la creación de valor para los accionistas fue (en millardos de euros): ELE, 31,2; IBE, 32, y...

The market risk premium is one of the most important but elusive parameters in finance. It is also called equity premium, market premium and risk premium. The term 'market risk premium' is difficult to understand because it is used to designate three different concepts: 1) Required market risk...

In this paper, we review twelve valuations of Terra performed by Spanish and non-Spanish bank analysts and brokers. Of the twelve valuations, only one used cash flow discounting. Another valuation was based on multiples, but also used cash flow discounting to perform a reverse valuation. All...

This paper presents an econometric analysis of firm and industry characteristics conducive to cooperation with universities, using Community Innovation Survey (I) data for Belgium. We find that large firms are more likely to have cooperative agreements with universities. These agreements are...

In this paper we carefully link knowledge flows to and from a firm's innovation process with this firm's investment decisions. Three types of investments are considered: investments in applied research, investments in basic research, and investments in intellectual property protection. Only when...

This paper examines the diversity of linkages of firms to science and their effect on innovation performance for a sample of Belgian firms (CIS-3). While at the sectoral level links to science are highly related to the R&D intensity of the sector, we show that there is considerable heterogeneity...