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Socially responsible investments in Germany, Switzerland and the United States : an analysis of investment funds and indices
Schröder, Michael - 2003
The aim of this study is the analysis of so called socially responsible investments (SRI). First, the performance of SRI equity investment funds and equity indices is investigated using Jensen's alpha as performance measure. The analysis considers market timing strategies of the fund management...
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You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs : the impact of venture capitalists on executive turnover
Heger, Diana (contributor); Tykvová, Tereza (contributor) - 2007
We present evidence on venture capitalists' (VCs) impact on turnover of executives for a sample of nearly 47,000 German high-tech start-ups between 1995 and 2004. We confirm that the presence of VCs increases the probability of a change in the initial executive team. Additionally, we take a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003412056
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Small firm innovation performance and employee involvement
Andries, Petra; Czarnitzki, Dirk - 2012
CEOs, managers and non-managerial employees’ ideas enhances small firms’ innovation performance. A Heckman selection model … on 305 small firms shows that not only CEO’s and managers’, but also non-managerial employees’ ideas contribute to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009509658
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Aufsichtsratsverflechtungen und ihr Einfluss auf die Vorstandsbezüge von DAX-Unternehmen
Entorf, Horst; Gattung, Florian; Möbert, Jochen; … - 2008
Der vorliegende Aufsatz untersucht den Einfluss von Aufsichtsratsvernetzungen auf die Entwicklung der Vorstandsbezüge von DAX-Unternehmen. Die kombinierte Anwendung von Methoden der sozialen Netzwerkanalyse und der Panelökonometrie erleichtert die Erfassung der Struktur der...
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Managerial ownership and firm performance in German small and medium-sized enterprises
Müller, Elisabeth; Spitz-Oener, Alexandra - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001651224
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Foreign competition and executive compensation in the manufacturing industry : a comparison between Germany and the U.S.
Dyballa, Katharina; Kraft, Kornelius - 2018
impact of foreign competition on managerial compensation, (2) differences in the impact between Germany and the U.S. and (3 … covering the period from 1984-2010 for Germany respectively 1992-2011 for the U.S. and apply system GMM in order to solve … Germany. A differentiation between imported intermediates (efficient sourcing strategy) and final inputs (competition) reveals …
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Is there a difference? : The performance characteristics of SRI equity indexes
Schröder, Michael (contributor) - 2005
Investments in socially responsible investments (SRI) are still a small, but growing segment of international capital markets. This study analyses whether a SRI screening process applied to equities results in a different performance outcome compared to relevant conventional benchmark indexes....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003025789
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Workers into managers - developing leadership competence of production unit managers
Rappe, Christoph (contributor); Zwick, Thomas (contributor) - 2005
This study analyses the competence gaps of lower-level managers in a typical manufacturing plant in Germany that had … recently introduced a teamwork structure. Results indicate that the managers have difficulties with their new leadership …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002591064
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Does codetermination affect the composition of variable versus fixed parts of executive compensation?
Dyballa, Katharina; Kraft, Kornelius - 2015
Contrary to previous literature we hypothesize that interests of labor may well – like that of shareholders – aim at securing the long-run survival of the firm. Consequently, employee representatives on the supervisory board could well have an interest in increasing incentive-based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011308423
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How important is industry-specific managerial experience for innovative firm performance?
Balsmeier, Benjamin; Czarnitzki, Dirk - 2014
This study examines how industry-specific managerial experience affects firms’ innovation performance in the context of different institutional environments. Based on firm-level data from 27 Central and Eastern European countries we identify a robust positive relationship between...
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