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Corporate governance, market discipline, and productivity growth
Köke, F. Jens - 2001
governance and market discipline on productivity growth. We find that firms under concentrated ownership tend to show … significantly higher productivity growth. Financial pressure from creditors influences productivity growth positively, particularly … for firms in financial distress. Regarding market discipline, productivity grows faster when competition on product …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428449
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Cash holdings of German open-end equity funds : does ownership matter?
Dötz, Niko; Weth, Mark - 2013
In the light of the recent financial crisis, the discussion on the nature of runs and on the stabilizing role of liquidity holdings has intensified. This paper explores the cash management conducted by German open-end equity funds for the period between 2005 and 2010. Since ownership structures...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010202775
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Managerial ownership and firm performance in German small and medium-sized enterprises
Müller, Elisabeth (contributor);  … - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001723445
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Managerial ownership and firm performance in German small and medium-sized enterprises
Müller, Elisabeth; Spitz-Oener, Alexandra - 2001
We analyze the relationship between managerial ownership and company performance, testing the incentive and entrenchment hypothesis. Differently from previous literature, we focus on small and medium-sized private enterprises which constitute an important part of the German economy. We use a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001633303
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Corporate ownership structure and performance in Europe
Grant, Jeremy (contributor); Kirchmaier, Thomas (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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Institutional investors and corporate governance
Davis, E. Philip - 2000
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New evidence on ownership structures in Germany
Köke, F. Jens - 1999
Ownership structures are an important element of the theory explaining corporate governance. This study presents detailed descriptive evidence on the ownership structures of German manufacturing firms. It addresses several shortcomings of the previous German empirical literature: First, we study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428285
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Management control and innovative activity
Czarnitzki, Dirk - 2000
This paper discusses theoretically the different incentives of managers versus firm owners to invest in innovative activities. There are opposing effects concerning R&D intensity in the manager-controlled firm. Our study on the determinants of R&D intensity presents empirical results concerning...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428380
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Control transfers in corporate Germany : their frequency, causes and consequences
Köke, F. Jens - 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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