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Grund, Christian; Sliwka, Dirk - 2006

substantial negative impact on the probability that an employee's pay is performance contingent. …

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Family board ownership, generational involvement and performance in family SMEs

Maseda, Amaia; Iturralde, Txomin; Aparicio, Gloria; … - In: European Journal of Management and Business Economics … 28 (2019) 3, pp. 285-300

attention on the relation between family owners who are members of the board of directors and firm performance. Also, this study … directors and firm performance, and specifically, the authors propose an S-shaped effect that implies two breakpoints. Findings … board members' ownership and firm performance in family SMEs. Nevertheless, the results are different in comparing first …

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How sales managers can use salespeople's perceived attributes to monitor and motivate a sales force during relationship marketing

Echchakoui, Saïd; Ghilal, Rachid - In: European Research on Management and Business Economics … 25 (2019) 2, pp. 99-104

This study uses the Markov chain and agency theory to demonstrate a link between a salesperson's perceived attributes with customer retention and both optimal effort and commission, using a relational perspective. The purpose is to show sales managers that, with a customer survey, they can use...

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Strategic delegation in price competition

Güth, Werner; Pull, Kerstin; Stadler, Manfred - 2012

We study price competition in heterogeneous markets where price decisions are delegated to agents. Principals implement a revenue sharing scheme to which agents react by commonly charging a sales price. The results of our model exemplify the importance of both intrafirm- and interfirm...

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Yes, Managers Should Be Paid Like Bureaucrats

Frey, Bruno S.; Osterloh, Margit - 2004

. Agency theory's insistence on linking the compensation of managers and directors as closely as possible to firm performance … is a major reason for these scandals. They cannot be overcome by improving variable pay for performance, as selfish …

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Foundations of Corporate Governance

Volonté, Christophe - 2012

This paper outlines the foundations of corporate governance. The discussion includes a review on the modern corporation, transaction costs theory, agency costs theory, legal investor protection, investor protection by corporate governance and its various mechanisms, as well as an overview of the...

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Is there a non-linear relationship of market value with cash and ownership?

Arvanitis, Stavros E.; Stamatopoulos, Theodoros V.; … - In: SPOUDAI - Journal of Economics and Business 68 (2018) 1, pp. 3-25

The paper provides new evidence on the way that both the cash and ownership influence firms' market value in the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE) within the Eurozone (2000-2015). Based on corporate governance theory and critical analysis we use the dynamic panel data econometrics, in order to get...

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Ownership concentration and bank profitability

Ozili, Peterson Kitakogelu; Uadiale, Olayinka - In: Future Business Journal 3 (2017) 2, pp. 159-171

We investigate whether ownership concentration influences bank profitability in a developing country context. We focus on bank ownership concentration measured as the amount of direct equity held by a majority shareholder categorised into: high ownership concentration, moderate ownership...

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The impact of corporate governance mechanisms on the performance of commercial banks: The case of private banks in Ethiopia

Yihun, Wondimeneh Asrat; Kolech, Abiy Getahun; Tole, … - In: Financial Studies 23 (2019) 1 (83), pp. 6-24

performance of banks in Ethiopia. Explanatory research design was used in establishing the casual effect relationship between … corporate governance variables and banks financial performance measures. Secondary data were collected from the banks' annual … financial performance of private banks while number of board committees has significant negative effects on bank performance …

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The value relevance of accounting performance measures for quoted family firms: A study in the light of the alignment and entrenchment hypotheses

Basly, Sami; Saadi, Tayeb - In: European Journal of Family Business (EJFB) 10 (2020) 2, pp. 6-23

Family business literature shows that family and nonfamily firms differ with respect to their financial reporting decisions. However, although the literature on financial reporting in fami - ly firms has developed over the last ten years, it is mostly oriented towards earnings management and...

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