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Does Corporate Governance Matter in Competitive Industries?

Giroud, Xavier - 2009

By reducing the threat of a hostile takeover, business combination (BC) laws weaken corporate governance and increase the opportunity for managerial slack. Consistent with the notion that competition mitigates managerial slack, we find that while firms in non-competitive industries experience a...

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From Russia with Love : The Impact of Relocated Firms on Incumbent Survival

Falck, Oliver - 2010

Germany was divided after World War II, many firms in the machine tool industry fled the Soviet occupied zone to prevent … expropriation. We show that the regional location decisions of these firms upon moving to western Germany were driven by non …

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Germany: Keeping the Edge : Competitiveness for Inclusive Growth

2014

This book provides an overview of the key challenges currently faced in Germany and OECD's main policy recommendations … book tailors the OECD’s policy advice to the specific and timely priorities of Germany, focusing on how its government can …