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In this chapter we examine the role of the CFO in setting risk management strategy with respect to macroeconomic risk … objectives. We argue that macroeconomic risk management requires a broad approach encompassing financial, operational and … account macroeconomic risk management can be considered a relatively self-contained aspect of Integrated Risk Management (IRM …
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This chapter focuses on the role of corporate financial strategies to improve firms' market valuations, and thus lower their cost of capital. The identification of successful strategies is accomplished within an overall strategic framework and related to how the firm perceives the degree of...
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We show that increasing the intensity of product market competition can reduce discrimination against female managers, even in an environment in which all employers have a preference for discrimination. The reason is that due to the glass ceiling effect, female managers will, on average, be more...
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Using the World Management Survey method, we map and analyse management quality in Swedish primary care centres. On … average, private providers have higher management quality than public ones. We also find that centres with a high overall … social deprivation among enrolled patients tend to have higher management quality. Regarding quality of care, we find that …
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We show that officer training during the Swedish military service has a strong positive effect on the probability to attain a managerial position later in life. The most intense type of officer training increases the probability of becoming a civilian manager by about 5 percentage points, or 75...
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determine which principal characteristics that form the basis for successful school management. We also find a somewhat mixed … picture on what management style characterizes a successful principal. We further show that the scope for principal discretion …. -- Principals ; School Management …
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to an improvement in the quality and experience of management. JAQ can be constructed for any employer-employee data …
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