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Erfolgreiche Forschung und Entwicklung nach Unternehmensakquisitionen: Eine empirische Untersuchung der Post Merger Integrationsprozesse

Grimpe, Christoph - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2005

Die Zusammenführung von Forschungs- und Entwicklungsbereichen als Folge einer Fusion oder Akquisition erfordert in der Regel ein umfassendes Integrationsprojekt, um die Innovationsfähigkeit des Unternehmens auch in Zukunft sicherzustellen. Auf Basis eines konzeptionellen Bezugsrahmens erfolgt...

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Integration and Reorganisation of Industrial R&D: Deficits and Perspectives of Empirical Research

Grimpe, Christoph - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2005

The combination of research and development units following a merger or an acquisition usually requires a broad and widespread integration project to ensure that a company?s innovative capabilities are carried forward into the future. Previous research has shown, however, that the combined...

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Bank owners or bank managers: who is keen on risk? Evidence from the financial crisis

Gropp, Reint; Köhler, Matthias - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010

In this paper, we analyse whether bank owners or bank managers were the driving force behind the risks incurred in the wake of the financial crisis of 2007/2008. We show that owner controlled banks had higher profits in the years before the crisis, and incurred larger losses and were more likely...

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Corporate governance and current regulation in the German banking sector: an overview and assessment

Köhler, Matthias - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010

This paper gives an overview over corporate governance and banking regulation in Germany. Particular attention is put on legal and regulatory changes that were made in response to the financial market crisis. The paper shows that the changes mainly focus on the remuneration of managers and on...

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Blockholdings and corporate governance in the EU banking sector

Köhler, Matthias - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009

Ownership structures widely differ across the EU. While large blockholdings dominate in the banking sector in Continental Europe, ownership is widely dispersed in the United Kingdom. These differences have consequences for corporate governance in the EU banking sector. This paper analyzes the...

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Dynamics in ownership and firm survival: evidence from corporate Germany

Heiss, Florian; Köke, Jens - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2001

This study investigates the determinants of changes in corporate ownership and firm failure, taking into account different types of sellers and buyers of control blocks. For a large panel of German corporations we find that firms are more likely to fail or to be sold when performance is poor,...

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Blockholdings and Corporate Governance in the EU Banking Sector

Köhler, Matthias - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008

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Control transfers in corporate Germany: their frequency, causes and consequences

Köke, Jens - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2000

This study examines changes in block ownership for a large sample of listed and non-listed German firms. The frequency of block trading is similar to other countries, and the vast majority of block trades leads to changes in ultimate ownership (control transfers). Such changes are more likely...

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Determinants of acquisition and failure: stylized facts and lessons for empirical studies

Köke, Jens - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2001

This study provides new stylized facts on the determinants of corporate failure and acquisition in Germany. It also offers important lessons for the design of empirical studies. We show that firms experiencing failure or acquisition are significantly different from surviving firms on a number of...

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Women on the board and executive duration: Evidence for European listed firms

Buchwald, Achim; Hottenrott, Hanna - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2015

The participation of women in top-level corporate boards (or rather the lack of it) is subject to intense public debate …. Several countries are considering legally binding quotas to increase the share of women on boards. Indeed, research on board … diversity suggests positive effects of gender diverse boards on corporate governance and even firm performance. The mechanism …

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