In the light of the recent financial crisis, the discussion on the nature of runs and on the stabilizing role of liquidity holdings has intensified. This paper explores the cash management conducted by German open-end equity funds for the period between 2005 and 2010. Since ownership structures...

We integrate international business theory on foreign direct investment (FDI) with institutional theory on intellectual property rights (IPR) to explain characteristics and behaviour of foreign investment subsidiaries in Central East Europe, a region with an IPR regimegap visàvis West European...

This paper argues that differences in the dispersion of corporate ownership can help explain why party positions on corporate governance vary across countries and over time. Expectations that left/right conflicts should pitch capital against labor overlook that "capitalʺ is not a homogenous...

Der Einfluss von Großaktionären auf die Unternehmenspolitik wird unter dem Stichwort Deutschland AG bereits seit langem diskutiert und gewinnt im Zuge der aktuellen Corporate-Governance-Diskussion erneut an Bedeutung. Die Wirkung von Kapital- bzw. Stimmrechtsblöcken auf den Unternehmenswert...