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Takeover defenses and IPO firm value in the Netherlands

Roosenboom, Roosenboom, P.G.J.; van der Goot, T. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2003

The central question of this study involves the relation between the use of takeover defenses and IPO firm value. We report that management frequently uses takeover defenses before taking the firm public. The use of takeover defenses is primarily motivated by managerial entrenchment. IPO...

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Risk Aversion and Effort in an Incentive Pay Scheme with Multiplicative Noise: Theory and Experimental Evidence

Zubanov, Zubanov, N.V. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2012

The application of the classical "linear" model of incentive pay to the case when the noise is multiplicative to effort generates two predictions for a given strength of incentives: 1) more risk-averse workers will put in less effort, and 2) setting a performance target will weaken the negative...

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On Understanding the Human Nature of Good and Bad Behavior in Business: A Behavioral Ethics Approach

de Cremer, de Cremer, D. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2009

The numerous scandals in business, such as those at AIG, Tyco, WorldCom, Enron and Ahold, have made all of us concerned about the emergence of unethical and irresponsible behavior in organizations. Such widespread corruption in business and politics has, as result, prompted a growth of interest...

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Employee Perceptions of HRM and TQM and the Effects on Satisfaction and INtention to Leave

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

There is a growing interest in theory and in practice with regard to the relationship between human resource management [HRM] and total quality management [TQM] as well as the relationship between these two perspectives and business performances. Empirical research suggests significant effects...

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Agent based computational model of trust

Nooteboom, Bart; Gorobets, Gorobets, A. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2004

This paper employs the methodology of Agent-Based Computational Economics (ACE) to investigate under what conditions trust can be viable in markets. The emergence and breakdown of trust is modeled in a context of multiple buyers and suppliers. Agents adapt their trust in a partner, the weight...

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License to Fail? How Leader Group Prototypicality Moderates the Effects of Leader Performance on Perceptions of Leadership Effectiveness

Giessner, Giessner, S.R.; van Knippenberg, van … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2008

Leadership often serves as an explanatory category for performance outcomes (i.e., failure and success). This process can strengthen or weaken leadership effectiveness, because contingent on their performance leaders may gain or lose follower endorsement – the basis of leadership. Drawing on...

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Corporate Social Responsibility in Large Family and Founder Firms

Block, Joern H.; Wagner, Wagner, M. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2010

Based on arguments about long-term orientation and corporate reputation, we argue that family and founder firms differ from other firms with regard to corporate social responsibility. Using Bayesian analysis, we then show that family and founder ownership are associated with a lower level of...

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Cold Wars and Hot Issues (management of responsibilities)

Magala, Magala, S.J. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2001

HRM research rarely focusses on ethical issues and on moral legacies embedded in employees' cultural software. Ignoring the latter can result in a failure to assess important criteria of strategic HRM policies, which should not stop at the factory door nor at the state borders. Recent HRM...

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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 need of a synthesis between resource-based theory and new institutionalism. We argue that differences in institutional settings (between for example countries or branches of...

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The Role of Transformational Leadership in Enhancing Team Reflexivity

Schippers, Schippers, M.C.; den Hartog, den Hartog, D.N.; … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2007

Team reflexivity, or the extent to which teams reflect upon and modify their functioning, has been identified as a key … team reflexivity, and it is thus important to develop theorizing around the determinants of reflexivity. From an applied … addresses this important gap in our understanding of team reflexivity by focusing on the role of leader behavior. We examined …

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