Einführung -- Theoretische Fundierung und Entwicklung des Bezugsrahmens -- Gestaltungs- und Kontextvariablen der Informationsversorgung von Mitgliedern des Aufsichtsrats -- Empirische Analyse der Informationsversorgung von Mitgliedern des Aufsichtsrats -- Zusammenfassung und Fazit.

Einleitung: Dressing the bride – Equity Storytelling auf einer Postkarte -- I. Think – Die Analyse -- 1. Wir – Der Gründer, das Unternehmen und sein Wertversprechen -- 2. Freunde – Die Kunden und das Geschäftsmodell als Storyanker -- 3. Feinde – Wettbewerber und das kommunikative...

Sebastian Frericks examines, based on a qualitative content analysis, the factors that lead large German listed companies to downfall. He finds factors and motives uncared for as well as new interrelations between variables that can be used to develop a future-looking risk sensitivity based on a...

Polina Grill analysiert die Bedeutung strategisch wertvoller Ressourcen für erfolgreiche Mergers & Acquisitions-Entscheidungen. Dabei klärt sie anhand einer empirischen Untersuchung die Frage, unter welchen Bedingungen Mergers & Acquisitions aus ressourcenbasierter Perspektive wertstiftend...

In just under a decade, Facebook has gone from a Harvard prodigy's dorm-room experiment to an essential part of the social life of hundreds of millions of children, teens, and adults across the globe. It's no surprise, then, that the company has been the subject of countless magazine articles,...

Over the past two decades, equity carve-outs (ECOs) have become an increasingly popular form of corporate restructuring in Europe. Individual business segments are separated from the parent conglomerate company, and a minority stake is listed on the stock exchange. The parent company thus...

Climate change and its implications for consumers and policymakers, have been discussed extensively. Adrian Renner provides a unique perspective on how stockholders react if companies move towards a carbon-conscious future. A multi-country event study approach was used to analyze stock market...

In practically oriented studies, innovation strategy is consistently iden- fied as a key success factor for innovation performance as well as susta- able, overall firm performance. Empirical research has, in comparison to other aspects of innovation management, not devoted much attention to this...

The basis of all corporate governance considerations is the effect of ownership structure on company performance. This book presents empirical studies which model the endogeneity by applying the simultaneous equations methodology on the relation of ownership and financial performance as well as...

This intriguing study sheds light on the efficiency of corporate control allocation in Chinese listed firms. Using a panel data set for the period 1996 to 2006, it examines the frequency, causes and consequences of changes in corporate control. The results indicate that poorly performing firms...