The recent global financial crisis reflects numerous breakdowns in the prudential discipline of financial firms. This … primary responsibility for risk management must rest with firms, not government supervisors. Unfortunately, systemic risk …

Human resource management is one of the key factors in the productivity, growth and value of companies in which …-makers and human resource managers are increasingly responding to these challenges and drawing up strategies for managing the … compare the development of the populations in different countries and devise approaches to human resource management in times …

management into their operations. Among other factors, Japanese firms seek trust in their partner and each of the companies that …

We empirically study the use of value-based management systems in listed German firms and examine implications for … that value-based management systems become increasingly common. Specifically, in 2008 42% of our sample firms have … implemented such a system. In the empirical analysis, we find that firms that implement value-based management systems earn …

specific goals and corporate governance structures on the use of financial instruments such as retained earnings, private … involvement of external managers in the management board. Our findings contribute to a better understanding of financing decisions …