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Impact of Japanese Mergers on Shareholder Wealth: An Analysis of Bidder and Target Companies

Spronk, Jaap; Mehrotra, Mehrotra, V.; van Schaik, van … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2008

, we show that in stark contrast to the pro-cyclical U.S. merger waves, mergers in Japan tend to be counter-cyclical, both ….S. Using a sample of 91 mergers in the period 1982-2003 we document several distinctive features of this market in Japan. First … the U.S. experience, we find that a significant fraction of Japanese mergers are orchestrated by the main banks; in such …

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Greenfield or Acquisition Entry: A Review of the Empirical Foreign Establishment Mode Literature

Slangen, Slangen, A.H.L.; Hennart, J-F. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2007

This paper reviews the empirical literature on the determinants of the choice by multinational enterprises between entering foreign countries through greenfields or acquisitions. We discuss and compare the main theoretical perspectives used, provide a detailed overview of the empirical findings,...

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Do Multinationals Really Prefer to Enter Culturally-Distant Countries Through Greenfields Rather than Through Acquisitions? The Role of Parent Experience and Subsidiary Autonomy

Slangen, Slangen, A.H.L. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2007

Prior research has argued that multinational enterprises (MNEs) prefer to enter culturally-distant countries through greenfields rather than through acquisitions, since acquisitions in such countries are costlier to manage. This argument contains two hidden assumptions: (1) the additional costs...

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Corporate Entrepreneurship: Sensing and Seizing Opportunities for a Prosperous Research Agenda

Jansen, Jansen, J.J.P. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2011

means of revitalizing organizations to improve performance. Spurring entrepreneurial behavior and exploration within …

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Challenging (Strategic) Human Resource management Theory

Paauwe, Paauwe, J.; Boselie, Boselie, J.P.P.E.F. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2002

To fully understand the relationship between human resource management and performance in different contexts, we are in … policies in a specific company. In this way the paper broadens the present HRM and Performance debate by explicitly taking into …

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Attractive Supervisors: How Does the Gender of the Supervisor Influence the Performance of the Supervisees?

Koellinger, Philipp; Block, Joern H. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2012

of several young and attractive males or females. The results show that when the supervisor was a female, the performance …

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Employee Perception on Commitment Oriented Work Systems

van der Wiele, Ton; Boselie, Boselie, J.P.P.E.F.; … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2001

Human resource management (HRM) does matter! Prior empirical research, summarized and classified in the work of Delery and Doty (1996), Guest (1997) and Boselie et al. (2000), suggests significant impact of HRM on the competitive advantage of organizations. The mainstream research on this topic...

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Ownership Structure, Investment Behavior and Firm Performance in Japanese Manufacturing Industries

Gedajlovic, E.R.; Yoshikawa, T.; Hashimoto, M. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2001

extent to which a firm's investment behavior and financial performance is influenced by its ownership structure. To do so, we … stakes of a particular category of investor and a firm's financial performance and investment behavior is highly …

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Setting Up a Business in the Netherlands

Thurik, Roy; van Gelderen, van Gelderen, A.M.; Bosma, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2001

Why does one person actually succeed in starting a business, while a second gives up, and a third is still trying? To answer this question, a longitudinal study was set up in which 330 nascent entrepreneurs (people setting up a business) were followed over a one-year period. After one year, 47%...

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Human Resource Management and Performance

Boselie, Boselie, J.P.P.E.F.; Paauwe, Paauwe, J.; … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2000

The relationship between Human Resource Management (HRM) and performance of the firm has been a hot debated topic in … performance is in a Dutch setting mitigated by institutions and stakeholders inside and outside the organization. …

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