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    The impact of related party transactions on firm performance

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    Lo IAS 24 definisce un’operazione tra parti correlate come un trasferimento di risorse, servizi o obbligazioni tra tali parti indipendentemente se sia pagato o meno un prezzo. La maggior parte di queste transazioni sono normali, legali e soddisfano le necessità economiche della società che vi partecipa, con la possibilità di creare valore per la società che le attua e per il suo gruppo, ma la speciale relazione tra le due parti nell’operazione può, talvolta, creare un potenziale conflitto di interessi se una di loro ha una particolare influenza sulle politiche decisionali dell’altra. Per tale ragione i soggetti che hanno il controllo potrebbero esercitare tale influenza al fine di ottenere dei vantaggi propri ed espropriare risorse a coloro che non hanno abbastanza potere nelle decisioni di gruppo. La prima parte del lavoro esamina la normativa nazionale ed internazionale, sintetizzando le definizioni di parte correlata, di transazione tra parti correlate e schematizzando le informazioni da fornire in bilancio in presenza di tali operazioni, in relazione agli IAS, ai principi contabili nazionali, al Codice Civile, al TUF, alle delibere e ai regolamenti Consob, concludendo con i principi di revisione per evidenziare le operazioni fraudolente tra parti correlate. Nella seconda parte si analizza la precedente letteratura nazionale ed internazionale principalmente per far emergere le motivazioni alla base dell’esistenza di tali operazioni (Tunneling – Propping e Earnings management) fornendo anche una selezionata raccolta di importanti concetti, utili per una migliore comprensione del tema affrontato come il controllo, la corporate governance, le normative sulla protezione degli azionisti di minoranza, la tassazione e il transfer price, la definizione di struttura finanziaria e di rapporto di indebitamento e alla fine una spiegazione del concetto di performance aziendale. Il terzo capitolo presenta, invece, un’analisi empirica su un campione di società quotate nel mercato italiano che mette in evidenza come alcune operazioni tra parti correlate possono influenzare ed essere influenzate dalla performance aziendale e su come tali transazioni possono dare origine a fenomeni di espropriazione di alcuni azionisti in un gruppo. Infine, le conclusioni di questo studio tentano di sviluppare un pensiero critico su come le operazioni tra parti correlate in un gruppo possono avere un potenziale in termini di creazione del valore per gli attuali e futuri shareholders se vengono utilizzate in modo sostenibile

    Investigating the Connection between Company’s Multidimensional Performance and the Remuneration Level of Company’s Boards in the Italian Context

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    Several studies examine the increasing influence of sustainability dimensions on the company's strategies. In this context, some researches in-depth analyze the impact of multidimensional performance (social, environmental and economic) on the business objectives and activities, in particular with focalization on the connection between the board's remuneration (or key managers' incentives) and the CSR issues. In Italy, Mio et al. (2015) emphasize the lack of information about this aspect in the CSR reporting and compulsory documents. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the changes after the introduction in the social accountability practices of the version G4 of the standard Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the updating of the IAS and Consob resolution in the regulation framework. To achieve the scope, the analysis of report on remuneration (compulsory) and social accountability tools (voluntary) is developed, with reference to Italian listed companies. The content analysis method is used to identify the information about the link between company's performance and remuneration of the highest bodies. The findings confirm the results of previous studies and, specifically, those presented by Mio et al. (2015)

    Managers' remuneration and sustainable performance: visualizing the hidden link in the Italian companies

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    The purpose of this paper is firstly, to investigate the relationship between the remunerations earned by a company’s managers and the company’s performance and secondly, to propose a visualization technique that would allow this link to be more clearly perceived and understood by stakeholders. This paper presents an analysis of both compulsory and voluntary disclosure in a sample of Italian listed companies. The content analysis method is used to identify the information in the reports showing the link between company managers’ remunerations and the company’s performance. It is argued that information on managers’ compensation and a company’s performance is provided in the available disclosure statements, but it is spread over several documents making it difficult for stakeholders to find and understand the link between the two. The paper highlights the need to build visual representations able to shed light on the links between remuneration and performance, giving an example

    Usefulness and Effectiveness of Related Party Transactions (RPTs) Disclosure: Empirical Evidence From Italy

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    Related party transactions (RPTs) can be used by corporate insiders (e.g., managers, controlling shareholders) to expropriate corporate outsiders (e.g., minority shareholders). We argue that effective disclosure of RPTs can eliminate or at least reduce expropriation phenomena by letting corporate outsiders assess the fairness of the transactions and identify the underlying conflicts of interest. We consider a sample of large RPTs carried out by listed corporations in Italy, a country that has been affected by significant corporate scandals in recent years. In particular, we analyse the content of several compulsory informative documents, required by CONSOB (the Italian Securities and Exchange Commission), concerning large RPTs. The focus of our content analysis is on the “warnings” sections of these documents that should convey clear and comprehensive information on potential risks and conflicts of interest. Our empirical results show that, while the “warnings” sections of the studied documents generally contain all the information required by existing rules, the depth of the information provided is often unlikely to be sufficient to communicate the implications of the RPTs. Thus, readers may not find the disclosed information adequate to evaluate the fairness of the transactions. Moreover, visual representations are rarely used in the informative documents. The use of such representations could allow companies to convey the structures and features of complex RPTs in a simpler and more direct way
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