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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...

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Do Entrenched Managers Pay Their Workers More?

Svaleryd, helena - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2005

find that entrenched managers pay their workers more. For example, our estimates show that CEOs with more control rights … as evidence of agency problems between shareholders and managers affecting workers’ pay. The findings do not appear to be … with an agency model in which entrenched managers pay high wages because they come with private benefits, such as lower …

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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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The Choice of Entry by Greenfield or Takeover

Fölster, Stefan; Trofimov, Georgi - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1994

No abstract.

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Entry and the Choice between Greenfield or Takeover: The Neglected Technological Determinants

Fölster, Stefan; Nyberg, Sten - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1993

No abstract.

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Initial Offer Precision and M&A Outcomes

Keloharju, Matti; Hukkanen, Petri - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2014

Building on recent research in social psychology, this paper analyzes the link between the precision of initial cash offers and M&A outcomes. About one-half of the offers are made at the precision of one or five dollars per share, and an additional one-third at the precision of half dollar or...

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Gender Quotas and Women’s Political Leadership

O'Brien, Diana C.; Rickne, Johanna - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2014

Though more than 100 countries have adopted gender quotas, the impacts of these reforms on women’s political leadership remain largely unknown. We exploit a quasi-experiment – a zipper quota imposed by the Swedish Social Democratic national party on municipal party groups – to examine...

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Cross-Ownership and the Takeover Deterrence

Nyberg, Sten - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1989

such ownership arrangements, like Sweden and Japan. In this paper the role of cross-ownership as means for deterring … offer in absence of cross-ownership and managers benefit from it up to a point but their gains are negatively related to the … their ability to resist takeover attempts. …

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Private Equity, Layoffs, and Job Polarization

Olsson, Martin; Tåg, Joacim - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2015

Although private equity firms are often criticized for layoffs, little evidence exists regarding which employees lose their jobs and why. We argue that explanations for the job polarization process can also explain layoffs after buyouts. Buyouts reduce agency problems, which triggers automation,...

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Private Equity and Employees

Olsson, Martin; Tåg, Joacim - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2012

Using linked employer-employee data from Sweden, a difference-in-difference approach, and 201 private equity buyouts undertaken between 1998 and 2004, we show that unemployment risk declines and labor income increases for employees in the wake of a private equity buyout. Unemployment risk...

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