David Laing

1.7k total citations
27 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

David Laing is a scholar working on Accounting, Strategy and Management and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, David Laing has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Accounting, 8 papers in Strategy and Management and 3 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in David Laing's work include Corporate Finance and Governance (22 papers), Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (12 papers) and Financial Reporting and Valuation Research (7 papers). David Laing is often cited by papers focused on Corporate Finance and Governance (22 papers), Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (12 papers) and Financial Reporting and Valuation Research (7 papers). David Laing collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom. David Laing's co-authors include Charlie Weir, Phillip J. McKnight, Mike Wright, Michael A. Johnson, Nina F. Thornhill, S. Corsi, Paweł Majecki, Dale E. Seborg, Andrzej Ordys and Alexander Horch and has published in prestigious journals such as Computers & Chemical Engineering, Management Decision and Journal of Business Finance & Accounting.

In The Last Decade

David Laing

25 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Laing United Kingdom 12 1.1k 380 214 136 98 27 1.2k
Jang‐Chul Kim United States 17 814 0.8× 319 0.8× 371 1.7× 162 1.2× 29 0.3× 55 1.0k
Raj Varma United States 15 730 0.7× 255 0.7× 362 1.7× 163 1.2× 25 0.3× 39 948
Andrianos Ε. Tsekrekos Greece 11 257 0.2× 263 0.7× 249 1.2× 182 1.3× 36 0.4× 40 663
Arto Suvas Finland 10 704 0.7× 214 0.6× 231 1.1× 195 1.4× 25 0.3× 15 864
Ned C. Hill United States 11 377 0.4× 280 0.7× 131 0.6× 111 0.8× 33 0.3× 15 635
Özcan Işık Türkiye 16 298 0.3× 151 0.4× 130 0.6× 203 1.5× 25 0.3× 42 596
Her‐Jiun Sheu Taiwan 13 245 0.2× 368 1.0× 207 1.0× 222 1.6× 36 0.4× 41 707
Tom Copeland United States 6 415 0.4× 496 1.3× 471 2.2× 284 2.1× 25 0.3× 10 954
Wolfgang Bessler Germany 19 844 0.8× 233 0.6× 821 3.8× 514 3.8× 31 0.3× 96 1.4k
Jerome S. Osteryoung United States 10 231 0.2× 158 0.4× 63 0.3× 117 0.9× 66 0.7× 26 472

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Laing

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Laing

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Weir, Charlie, David Laing, & Mike Wright. (2005). Undervaluation, private information, agency costs and the decision to go private. Applied Financial Economics. 15(13). 947–961. 70 indexed citations
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Weir, Charlie, David Laing, & Mike Wright. (2005). Incentive Effects, Monitoring Mechanisms and the Market for Corporate Control: An Analysis of the Factors Affecting Public to Private Transactions in the UK. Journal of Business Finance & Accounting. 32(5-6). 909–943. 87 indexed citations
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Weir, Charlie, David Laing, Mike Wright, & Andrew Burrows. (2004). Financial Distress Costs, Incentive Realignment, Private Equity and the Decision to Go Private: Public to Private Activity in the UK. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Weir, Charlie, David Laing, & Mike Wright. (2004). Public to Private Takeovers and the Market for Corporate Control. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Weir, Charlie & David Laing. (2003). Ownership Structure, Board Composition and the Market for Corporate Control in the UK: An Empirical Analysis. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations
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Weir, Charlie & David Laing. (2003). The selection of friendly take‐over targets in the UK: some empirical evidence. Management Decision. 41(6). 550–557. 9 indexed citations
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Weir, Charlie & David Laing. (2003). Ownership structure, board composition and the market for corporate control in the UK: an empirical analysis. Applied Economics. 35(16). 1747–1759. 39 indexed citations
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Weir, Charlie, David Laing, & Mike Wright. (2003). Going Private Transactions and the Market for Corporate Control. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Weir, Charlie, David Laing, & Phillip J. McKnight. (2002). Internal and External Governance Mechanisms: Their Impact on the Performance of Large UK Public Companies. Journal of Business Finance & Accounting. 29(5-6). 579–611. 395 indexed citations
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Weir, Charlie & David Laing. (2002). Ownership Structure, Board Composition and Non-Hostile Take-overs in the UK: An Empirical Analysis. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Weir, Charlie & David Laing. (2002). Friendly Takeovers in the UK: an Agency Analysis. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Weir, Charlie & David Laing. (2002). Going Private Transactions and Corporate Governance in the UK. SSRN Electronic Journal. 9 indexed citations
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Weir, Charlie, David Laing, & Phillip J. McKnight. (2001). Internal and External Governance Mechanisms: Their Impact on the Performance of Large UK Public Companies. SSRN Electronic Journal. 22 indexed citations
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Laing, David, et al.. (2001). Financial benefits of advanced control. Benchmarking and optimization of a crude oil production platform. 4330–4331 vol.6. 2 indexed citations
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Weir, Charlie & David Laing. (2001). Governance structures, director independence and corporate performance in the UK. European Business Review. 13(2). 86–95. 132 indexed citations
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Weir, Charlie, David Laing, & Phillip J. McKnight. (2001). An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Corporate Governance Mechanisms on the Performance of UK Firms. SSRN Electronic Journal. 34 indexed citations
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Laing, David & Charlie Weir. (1998). The Determination of Top Executive Pay: Importance of Human Capital Factors. Journal of General Management. 23(4). 51–62.
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Fraga, Eric S., et al.. (1996). épée A support environment for process engineering software. Computers & Chemical Engineering. 20(12). 1399–1412. 3 indexed citations
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Bañares‐Alcántara, René, et al.. (1994). épée: a process engineering software environment. Computers & Chemical Engineering. 18. S283–S287. 10 indexed citations

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