An exploratory literature review into a series of related factors affecting the use of the internet for investor relations

Eli Samuel González-Trejo¹*, Nazim Taskin²,  Nora Elia Rodriguez-Elizondo³, Angélica Tovar-Gómez⁴ Bertha Alicia Arellano-Silva⁵           

^1,3,4 Escuela de Graduados en Administración e Ingeniería Industrial, Área de Ingeniería Industrial y Administración, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo león, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, México

² Massey University – Albany Quad Building A, Room 3.07 Gate 1, Dairy Flat Highway (State Highway 17) Albany, New Zealand

Corresponding author Email: elisgoz@yahoo.com.mx

Accepted18 January 2012

Abstract

Corporate governance is a primary concern for both investors and managers. Within the corporate governance literature there is a new stream of research that has to do with the use of the Internet for investor relations (IR). However, this research has focused primarily on descriptive studies. The main objective in this paper is to conduct an extensive literature review into a series of related factors affecting the use of the internet for investor relations. In addition, some valuable propositions are developed which can be tested in future studies.

Keywords: Investor relations, ethical leadership, corporate governance, culture, agency costs