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The Swedish Corporate Control Model: Convergence, Persistence or Decline?
Henrekson, Magnus; Jakobsson, Ulf - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2011
decline. Instead of adjustments in pertinent institutions and practices to ensure effectiveness of the corporate governance of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008784428
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The Swedish Model of Corporate Ownership and Control in Transition
Henrekson, Magnus; Jakobsson, Ulf - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2003
We analyze the development of the Swedish ownership model after World War II. The controlling ownership in Swedish firms is typically concentrated to one or two owners. Often, but not always, the controlling owners are Swedish families. Thus, the model resembles the typical corporate control...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005645325
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On the Internationalization of Corporate Boards
Oxelheim, Lars; Gregori, Aleksandra; Randøy, Trond; … - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2013
Despite the global reach of their commercial activities, many multinational firms have proved slow in internationalizing their boards of directors. Based on a panel study of the internationalization of the boards of 347 non-financial firms from the Nordic countries, we find a higher fraction of...
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International Mergers with Financially Constrained Owners
Berg, Aron; Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2012
This paper proposes a cross-border M&A model with financially constrained owners in which the identity of the buyer and seller can be determined. We show that policies blocking foreign acquisitions to protect the domestic industry can be counterproductive. Foreign acquisition can increase the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010575175
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Globalization of Corporate Covernance: The American Influence on Dismissal Performance Sensitivity of European CEOs
Jungeilges, Jochen A.; Oxelheim, Lars; Randoy, Trond - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2010
This study examines how globalization of corporate governance practices influence the risk of European CEOs being dismissed. We argue that the harsh monitoring of the American corporate governance system spills over to the rest of the world as a result of this globalization. We focus on direct...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008562416
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The Effects of Internationalization on CEO Compensation
Oxelheim, Lars; Randoy, Trond - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2004
This study examines the relation between the internationalization of firms and CEO compensation. Starting from a sample of Norwegian and Swedish listed firms we analyze the effects of internationalization as manifest in the capital market (international cross-listing), the market for corporate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005645393
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The Impact of Foreign Board Membership on Firm Value
Oxelheim, Lars; Randøy, Trond - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2001
This study examines the effect of foreign (Anglo-American) board membership on corporate performance measured in terms of firm value (Tobin’s Q). On a basis of firms with headquarters in Norway or Sweden the study indicates a significantly higher value for firms that have outsider...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005645423
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Do Entrenched Managers Pay Their Workers More?
Svaleryd, helena - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2005
Based on a two-million-observation panel dataset that matches public firms with detailed data on their employees, we find that entrenched managers pay their workers more. For example, our estimates show that CEOs with more control rights (votes) than all other blockholders together, pay their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005645442
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Entrepreneurship and Public Policy
Henrekson, Magnus; Stenkula, Mikael - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2009
Public policy is currently shifting from SME policy towards entrepreneurship policy, which supports entrepreneurship … public policy affects the prevalence and performance of both productive entrepreneurship and so-called high …-impact entrepreneurship in turn. Although varying contexts and economic systems make prescribing a general panacea impossible, a number of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008677920
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Product Market Reforms and Incentives to Innovate in Sweden
Edquist, Harald; Henrekson, Magnus - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2013
The Swedish economy has developed rapidly since the mid-1990s relative to most comparable countries, in particular relative to almost all other EU-15 countries. We investigate two policy areas that are believed to have been important for the strong economic development in Sweden during the last...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010729195