The idea that stock mispricing supports the creation of ownership structures prone to agency problems has important implications for corporate governance regulations.

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In recent research (Chernenko et al. 2010), we propose a new and alternative view for the emergence of ownership structures that are prone to severe agency problems.

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Secondly, greater transparency, such as the end of "spaghetti" ownership structures (for instance, complicated cross-ownerships between affiliates) that circumvent complex regulations and inhibit understanding.

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Their ownership structures are more complex than those of building societies, making it harder to envisage a showdown like the one about to happen at Nationwide's annual meeting.

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Less than a year earlier, the Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab both had their IPL contracts terminated due to irregularities in team ownership structures, but a legal battle ended in favor of the teams, letting them remain part of the league.

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The Alibaba Group board discussed at numerous Board meetings over the past three years the impending imposition of new regulatory requirements on the online payment industry, including ownership structures, as they were being developed in China, and was told in a July 2009 board meeting that majority shareholding in Alipay had been transferred into Chinese ownership.

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It attempts to minimize the subordinated risk by looking for borrowers that have conservative capital structures, generate a steady stream of cash and are run by experienced managers with big ownership stakes.

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