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University vice-chancellor pay, performance and (asymmetric) benchmarking
Gschwandtner, Adelina; McManus, Richard - 2018
We study the pay of UK universities chief executives ("vice-chancellors") over a ten year period. Although there is a correlation between pay and performance, with better performing institutions paying higher salaries, we find limited evidence that this relationship is causal; that is, we find...
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Macroeconomic Shocks, Human Capital and Productive Efficiency : Evidence from West African Farmers
Barrett, Christopher B.; Sherlund, Shane M.; Adesina, … - 2003
, thereby affecting farm-level productivity, but perhaps to different degrees and for different durations across production …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014130963
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Cartels, Managerial Incentives, and Productive Efficiency in German Coal Mining, 1881-1913
Burhop, Carsten; Luebbers, Thorsten - 2008
In this paper, we evaluate the impact of cartelisation and managerial incentives on the productive efficiency of German coal mining corporations. We focus on coal mining in the Ruhr district, Germany's main mining area. We use stochastic frontier analysis and an unbalanced dynamic panel data set...
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Cartels, managerial incentives, and productive efficiency in German coal mining, 1881-1913
Burhop, Carsten (contributor);  … - 2008
In this paper, we evaluate the impact of cartelisation and managerial incentives on the productive efficiency of German coal mining corporations. We focus on coal mining in the Ruhr district, Germany’s main mining area. We use stochastic frontier analysis and an unbalanced dynamic panel data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003730769
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The Role of Deferred Pay in Retaining Managerial Talent
Gopalan, Radhakrishnan - 2016
We examine the role of deferred vesting of stock and option grants in reducing executive turnover. To the extent an executive forfeits all unvested stock and option grants if she leaves the firm, deferred vesting will increase the cost (to the executive) of early exit. Using pay Duration...
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Employee Ownership : Management Entrenchment vs. Reward Management
Lapied, André - 2011
model suggesting that employee ownership policy reveals management quality. Good managers would use employee ownership as a … reward management tool whereas bad managers would implement it for entrenchment motives. We bring about three main … conclusions: (i) Bad managers use employee ownership as an entrenchment mechanism. (ii) This latter phenomenon increases the cost …
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Employee Ownership : Management Entrenchment vs. Reward Management
Aubert, Nicolas S. - 2011
. This paper develop a model suggesting that employee ownership policy reveals management quality. Good managers would use … employee ownership as a reward management tool whereas bad managers would implement it for entrenchment motives. We bring about … three main conclusions: (i) Bad managers use employee ownership as an entrenchment mechanism. (ii) This latter phenomenon …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013128653
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Women in the workplace and management practices : theory and evidence
Kato, Takao; Kodama, Naomi - 2017
We review recent studies on management practices and their consequences for women in the workplace. First, the High Performance Work System (HPWS) is associated with greater gender diversity in the workplace while there is little evidence that the HPWS reduces the gender pay gap. Second,...
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Management in education systems
Hwa, Yue-Yi; Leaver, Clare - In: Oxford review of economic policy 37 (2021) 2, pp. 367-391
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