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Board of directors independence has been a focus for a large series of studies in finance. The overall evidence suggests that independence has no or negative effect on firm performance. Director accountability constitutes a second topic of research, in law and economics. Two distinctive models...
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English Abstract: Latin notaries are more and more frequently defined as gatekeepers, due to their role in providing preventive legal control (in addition to certifying documents), a role that becomes increasingly important in modern legal systems.However, applying this american term loosely to...
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German Abstract: Das neue Recht hat keine konkrete Regel zur Rechnungslegung von Forschungs- und Entwicklungskosten (F&E-Kosten). Zwar enthält Art. 959 Abs. 2 OR die allgemeinen Bilanzansatzkriterien, doch für ein komplexes Thema wie F&E liefert diese Bestimmung kaum Anhaltspunkte....
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English Abstract: This essay provides a survey on important empirical evidence on the "Chapter 11" corporate reorganization procedure of the United States of America, and applies the relevant economic findings to the new Swiss corporate reorganization procedure. Accordingly, the Swiss corporate...
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More than one third of companies listed in the FTSE EUROFIRST 300 index are governed accordingly to principles differing from the One share – One vote standards. These exceptions could be illustrated by several practices such as Scandinavian multiple voting shares, non voting shares as seen in...
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