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An empirical examination of forecast disclosure by bidding companies

Brennan, Niamh (Croner.CCH, 2000)

This paper examines voluntary disclosure of profit forecasts by bidding companies during takeovers. Disclosure is examined from two perspectives: (i) factors influencing disclosure and (ii) the influence of good news and ...
An exploration of the relationship between language choice in CEO letters to shareholders and corporate reputation

Craig, Russell J. ; Brennan, Niamh (Elsevier, 2012-09)

This paper proposes a taxonomy to assist in more clearly locating research on aspects of the association between corporate reputation and corporate accountability reporting. We illustrate how our proposed taxonomy can be ...
Impression management and retrospective sense-making in corporate narratives : a social psychology perspective

Merkl-Davies, Doris M. ; Brennan, Niamh ; McLeay, Stuart (Emerald, 2011-04)

Purpose – Prior accounting research views impression management predominantly though the lens of economics. Drawing on social psychology research, we provide a complementary perspective on corporate annual narrative reporting ...
Rhetoric, argument and impression management in hostile takeover defence documents

Brennan, Niamh ; Daly, Caroline A. ; Harrington, Claire S. (Elsevier, 2010-12)

This exploratory study extends the analysis of narrative disclosures from routine reporting contexts such as annual reports and press releases to non-routine takeover documents where the financial consequences of narrative ...