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Why do firms have boards?
Bennedsen, Morten - 2002
In a world where corporate boards are not required by law, I identify a governance and a distribute motive for board … motives are significant and discuss related corporate governance implications. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012142253
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Selskabsstyring i unoterede virksomheder: Hvad ved vi, og hvad kan det bruges til?
Bennedsen, Morten - 2006
I provide a short survey on recent research on the governance of closely held corporations. I focus on the strategic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012142278
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Inside the Family Firm
Bennedsen, Morten; Nielsen, Kasper; Pérez-González, … - 2005
This paper uses a unique dataset from Denmark to investigate (1) the role of family characteristics in corporate decision making, and (2) the consequences of these decisions on firm performance. We focus on the decision to appoint either a family or an external chief executive officer (CEO). We...
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Governance and water management : progress and tools in Mediterranean countries
Sgobbi, Alessandra (contributor);  … - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003605352
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Interlocked executives and insider board members : an empirical analysis
Gayle, George-Levi; Golan, Limor; Miller, Robert Allen - 2015
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The evolution of supranational regionalism : from top-down regulatory governance to sustainability regions?
Fioramonti, Lorenzo - 2014
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Creating a policy environment for entrepreneurs
Garrett, Thomas Andrew (contributor);  … - 2005
"This paper demonstrates that levels of entrepreneurship can be greatly affected by the general policy environment. Using a state-level panel, we estimate the effects of several policy variables on rates of entrepreneurship and find that bankruptcy exemptions, corporate tax rates, and the level...
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Disasters and loss of life : new evidence on the effect of disaster risk management governance in Latin America and the Caribbean
Guerrero Compeán, Roberto; Lacambra Ayuso, Sergio - 2020
) governance in terms of human losses resulting from disaster events. To measure governance in disaster risk management, we use the … Index of Governance and Public Policy in Disaster Risk Management (IGOPP), developed by the Inter-American Development Bank … 1980-2017 period. We show that an improvement in disaster risk management governance leads to a significant reduction in …
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Sollen CEOs rotieren?
Frey, Bruno S.; Eichenberger, Reiner - 2021
arbeitendes Top- Management-Team - Nachteile. Eine neue Governance-Institution - ein Team von rotierenden Chief Executive Officers …, also has serious drawbacks. A new governance institution - a team of rotating chief executive officers - combines the …
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Actors, decision-making, and institutions in quantitative system modelling
De Cian, Enrica; Dasgupta, Shouro; Hof, Andries F.; … - 2017
Increasing the realism with respect to the representation of actors, decision-making, and institutions is critical to better understand the transition towards a low-carbon sustainable society since actors, decision-making, and institutions are the defining elements of transition pathways. In...
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