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Back to the Future –A Monastic Perspective on Corporate Governance
Inauen, Emil; Rost, Katja; Osterloh, Margit; Frey, Bruno S. - In: management revue. Socio-economic Studies 21 (2010) 1, pp. 38-59
The financial crisis is a crisis of governance as well. In search of answers and solutions many scholars and practitioners recommend improved output control, i.e. better external incentives or even stricter regulations. Monasteries demonstrate that alternative models may be more suitable to...
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Benediktinerabteien aus ökonomischer Sicht
Inauen, Emil; Frey, Bruno S. - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2008
Die Benediktinerklöster weisen im Vergleich zu anderen Institutionen eine ungewöhnlich lange Lebensdauer auf. Unsere empirische Untersuchung aller je existierenden Benediktinerabteien in Bayern, Baden-Württemberg und der Deutschschweiz zeigt, dass ein durchschnittliches Kloster fast 500...
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The Corporate Governance of Benedictine Abbeys: What can Stock Corporations Learn from Monasteries?
Rost, Katja; Inauen, Emil; Osterloh, Margit; Frey, Bruno S. - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2008
The corporate governance structure of monasteries is analyzed to derive new insights into solving agency problems of modern corporations. In the long history of monasteries, some abbots and monks lined their own pockets and monasteries were undisciplined. Monasteries developed special systems to...
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Shareholders Should Welcome Employees as Directors
Osterloh, Margit; Frey, Bruno S. - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the …
loyalty to the firm by strengthening distributive and procedural justice, and they ensure diversity on the board while …
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Shareholders Should Welcome Knowledge Workers as Directors
Osterloh, Margit; Frey, Bruno S. - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2006
ensure diversity on the board while lowering transaction costs. These proposals for reforming the board may help to overcome …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005536948
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Benediktinerabteien aus ökonomischer Sicht. Über die ausserordentliche Stabilität einer besonderen Institution
Inauen, Emil; Frey, Bruno S. - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2008
Die Benediktinerklöster weisen im Vergleich zu anderen Institutionen eine ungewöhnlich lange Lebensdauer auf. Unsere empirische Untersuchung aller je existierenden Benediktinerabteien in Bayern, Baden-Württemberg und der Deutschschweiz zeigt, dass ein durchschnittliches Kloster fast 500...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005627826
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Corporate Governance: What can we Learn from Public Governance?
Benz, Matthias; Frey, Bruno S. - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, …
In view of recent corporate scandals, it is argued that corporate governance can learn from public governance. Institutions devised to control and discipline the behavior of executives in the political sphere can give new insights into how to improve the governance of firms. Proposals in four...
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Shareholders Should Welcome Employees as Directors
Osterloh, Margit; Frey, Bruno S. - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, …
loyalty to the firm by strengthening distributive and procedural justice, and they ensure diversity on the board while …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005627912
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Shareholders Should Welcome Knowledge Workers as Directors
Osterloh, Margit; Frey, Bruno S. - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2006
ensure diversity on the board while lowering transaction costs. These proposals for reforming the board may help to overcome …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005627977
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The Impact of Gender Composition on Team Performance and Decision Making: Evidence from the Field
Apesteguia, Jose; Azmat, Ghazala; Iriberri, Nagore - In: Management Science 58 (2012) 1, pp. 78-93
We investigate whether the gender composition of teams affects their economic performance. We study a large business … women are significantly outperformed by all other gender combinations, both at the undergraduate and MBA levels. Looking … development, and invest more in social sustainability initiatives than does any other gender combination. <i>This paper was …
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