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The economics of modern business enterprise
Ricketts, Martin (contributor) - 2008
Pay and Top-Management Incentives', Journal of Political Economy, 98 (2), April, 225-64 -- Joseph G. Haubrich (1994 …]1953), 'Industrial Organization, Continued. Business Management', in Principles of Economics, 8th Edition, Book IV, Chapter XII, New York …', Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 15 (2), Summer, 255-78 -- Benjamin Klein (2007), 'The Economic Lessons of Fisher …
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Field Experiments with Firms
Bandiera, Oriana; Barankay, Iwan; Rasul, Imran - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
We discuss how the use of field experiments sheds light on long standing research questionsrelating to firm behavior. We present insights from two classes of experiments: within andacross firms, and draw common lessons from both sets. Field experiments within firmsgenerally aim to shed light on...
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Research companion to corruption in organizations
Cooper, Cary L. (contributor); Burke, Ronald J. (contributor) - 2009
Corruption in organizations is creating an increasing number of victims and causing huge costs. This timely book brings together international researchers who address the causes and consequences of corruption in organizations and the action needed to reduce levels of corruption worldwide
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Temporary organizations : prevalence, logic and effectiveness
Cambré, Bart (contributor); Janowicz, Martyna (contributor) - 2009
This important and timely book provides a systematic treatment of temporary organizations--an increasingly prevalent organizational form in which organizations work together on a joint task--for example, a movie production, a rescue operation, development of a new product--for an ex ante limited...
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Asian firms : history, institutions and management
Tipton, Frank B. - 2007
Frank Tipton's book is a comparative study of the management structures of Asian firms. As Asian economies continue to … expand, the management of Asian firms becomes ever more important, whether they are suppliers, customers, partners, or rivals …
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Management in Scandinavia : culture, context and change
Schramm-Nielsen, Jette - 2004
This book contributes to the expanding field of cross-cultural and comparative management, and addresses the issue of … whether the main Scandinavian countries--Denmark, Norway and Sweden--exhibit such similarities in management style and …
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Not So Lucky Any More:CEO Compensation in Financially Distressed Firms
Kang, Qiang; Mitnik, Oscar A. - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
There is a debate on whether executive pay reflects rent extraction due to “managerialpower” or is the result of arms-length bargaining in a principal-agent framework. In this paperwe offer a test of the managerial power hypothesis by empirically examining the CEOcompensation of U.S. public...
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Using the Helmert-Transformation toReduce Dimensionality in a Mixed Model:Application to a Wage Equation withWorker and Firm Heterogeneity
Nilsen, Øivind A.; Raknerud, Arvid; Skjerpen, Terje - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
A model for matched data with two types of unobserved heterogeneity is considered – onerelated to the observation unit, the other to units to which the observation units are matched.One or both of the unobserved components are assumed to be random. This mixed modelallows identification of the...
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Does Wage Dispersion Make All Firms Productive?
Mahy, Benoît; Rycx, François; Volral, Mélanie - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
This article puts the relationship between wage dispersion and firm productivity to an updatedtest, taking advantage of access to detailed Belgian linked employer-employee panel data.Controlling for simultaneity issues, time-invariant workplace characteristics and dynamics inthe adjustment...
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The Value of Business Networks in Emerging Economies:An Analysis of Firms’ External Financing Opportunities
Owolabi, Oluwarotimi; Pal, Sarmistha - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
The paper argues that networked firms are likely to have an advantage in securing externalfinance in countries with weak legal and judicial institutions since it helps financial institutionsto minimize the underlying agency costs of lending. An analysis of recent BEEPS data fromfifteen Central...
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