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Web 2.0: Nothing Changes…but Everything is Different
Barbry, Eric - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
For some, Web 2.0 is a "simple" evolution of the current web; for others, Web 2.0 is a real revolution. Web 2.0 is, in fact, a "revolutionary evolution." Technically speaking, Web 2.0 is a "simple" evolution because it is not a technical "breakthrough," as it is essentially based on an aggregation...
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Explaining the Housing Bubble
Levitin, Adam; Wachter, Susan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
There is little consensus as to the cause of the housing bubble that precipitated the financial crisis of 2008. Numerous explanations exist: misguided monetary policy; a global savings surplus; government policies encouraging affordable homeownership; irrational consumer expectations of rising...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011261024
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Agency Conflicts, Expropriation and Firm Value: Evidence from Securities-Market Regulation in China
Henk, Berkman; Rebel, Cole; Fu, Lawrence - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
, Johnson and Shleifer (2001) that securities-market regulation can create substantial value for minority shareholders in a … protecting minority shareholders from expropriation by controlling shareholders. Using data from publicly traded Chinese firms … disproportionately benefited relative to firms with strong governance. Our evidence provides new support for the theory of La Porta et al …
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Institutional Laws, and Mergers and Acquisitions in India: A Review/Recommendation
Reddy, K. Srinivasa - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
The paper intends to review, summarize and discuss various institutional laws refer to mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in India, and thereby recommend fruitful policy guidelines for institutions and managers participating in foreign investment and acquisition deals. Further, we also show the...
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Share repurchases, signaling effect and implications for corporate governance: Evidence from India
Reddy, Kotapati Srinivasa; Nangia, Vinay Kumar; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
It is worth mentioning that a great deal of financial liberalization, privatization and internationalization policies in emerging economies have significantly increased the corporate restructuring activities like mergers, acquisitions, share repurchases, and stock splits, among others. Indeed,...
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Theories on executive pay. A literature overview and critical assessment
Otten, J.A. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Executive pay is a major issue in the corporate governance debate. As well in practice as in theory debate still exists … dominant use in the literature of the perfect contracting approach of agency theory neglects: 1) the socially determined … executive pay in theory and practice. …
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Corporate Governance and Bank Performance: Evidence from Macedonia
Fidanoski, Filip; Mateska, Vesna; Simeonovski, Kiril - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The role of banks is integral to the economic development of any country. Given the renewed attention on the corporate governance in banks with the global financial crises, this paper investigates the relevance of board size, board composition and CEO qualities in the banks and their...
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The effect of board size and composition on bank efficiency
Agoraki, Maria-Eleni; Delis, Manthos D; Staikouras, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This paper analyzes the relationship between board structure, in terms of board size and composition, and bank performance. Unlike previous studies, the present analysis is carried out within a stochastic frontier framework. To this end, bank performance is proxied by both cost and profit...
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European regulation of the market of services and national transposition
Matei, Lucica; Matei, Ani - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
satisfaction of citizens’ needs. The regulation of the single market, the practices and „rules” of organisation and functioning are …
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A Regulatory Framework for New and Emerging Markets
Baake, Pio; Kamecke, Ulrich; Wey, Christian - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
building new networks. Traditional cost-based regulation, which focuses on issues of static efficiency and service … ex ante regulation contingent to the tendency towards effective competitive structures. Unlike the standard Significant … a result, our proposal of contingent regulation in emerging markets promotes infrastructure-based competition in …
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