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Can the Balanced Scorecard Help in Designing Conference Calls? The Effect of Balanced Information Composition on the Cost of Capital

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  • Sebastian Firk
  • Jan C. Hennig
  • Michael Wolff

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Most recent studies on conference calls focus on the costs for firms that can arise from the calls’ open nature. We study the benefits of conference calls and hypothesize that firms could use the balanced scorecard concept as a framework for presenting the information (i.e. balanced information composition) in conference calls to lower the cost of capital. Our results show a negative association between a more balanced information composition in conference calls and a firm’s cost of capital. Additional tests substantiate that the effect of such a balanced information composition on the cost of capital is driven by a reduction in information asymmetry. Overall, the findings suggest that firms can benefit from the balanced scorecard concept by using it as a framework for preparing their conference calls.

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  • Sebastian Firk & Jan C. Hennig & Michael Wolff, 2020. "Can the Balanced Scorecard Help in Designing Conference Calls? The Effect of Balanced Information Composition on the Cost of Capital," European Accounting Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(1), pages 115-146, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:euract:v:29:y:2020:i:1:p:115-146
    DOI: 10.1080/09638180.2019.1709523
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    1. Robert M. Yawson & Amy K. B. Paros, 2023. "Systems Perspective of the Use of the Balanced Scorecard for Organization Development and Change," SAGE Open, , vol. 13(4), pages 21582440231, December.
    2. Malik, Arsalan Haneef & Rehman, Awais Ur & Khan, Mubashir Ali, 2020. "Disclosures relating to Covid-19 in the Malaysian banking industry: Theory and Practice," MPRA Paper 109224, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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