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Die Genossenschaftsbank von morgen : Tendenzen, Visionen und Konzepte zur Entwicklung im Bankgewerbe ; Konsequenzen für die Personalentwicklung
Kempkes, Hans Peter (contributor); Bacher, Urban (contributor) - 1996
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004317206
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Political connections: evidence from listed companies in Portugal
Bianchi, Maria Teresa; Viana, Rui Couto - In: International Journal of Economics and Accounting 5 (2014) 1, pp. 75-95
obtain an image of the characteristics of politically connected firms and of the politicians connected to them. Our results … show that the majority of listed companies are politically connected and politicians, in some cases, are involved with … observed groups. Concerning to the politicians serving on the board of directors and supervisory board, this paper shows that …
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Women in the boardroom: the Italian experience of law vs. embedded tradition
Provasi, Roberta; Riva, Patrizia - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 9 (2015) 3, pp. 274-291
Italy's law 120/2011 established boardroom gender quotas. Since then, an important goal has been reached: listed and …
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Executive remuneration in blockholder-dominated firms. How do Italian firms use stock options?
Melis, Andrea; Carta, Silvia; Gaia, Silvia - In: Journal of Management and Governance 16 (2012) 3, pp. 511-541
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SELECTION OF STAR CEOS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON FIRM PERFORMANCE AND CEO COMPENSATION
Li, Minwen - - 2010
My dissertation examines a board's decision to hire a star CEO and the implication of such decision on the new CEO compensation and firm performance. I develop a new methodology to identify a star CEO by analyzing the texts contained in 18,240 Wall Street Journal news articles. Unlike previous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009450955
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Does the Rolodex Matter? Corporate Elite's Small World and the Effectiveness of Boards of Directors
Nguyen, Bang Dang - In: Management Science 58 (2012) 2, pp. 236-252
This paper investigates the impact of social ties on the effectiveness of boards of directors. When the chief executive officer (CEO) and a number of directors belong to the same social networks, the CEO is less likely to be dismissed for poor performance. The results are robust to different...
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Family involvement in business and financial performance: A set-theoretic cross-national inquiry
Garcia-Castro, Roberto; Aguilera, Ruth V. - In: Journal of Family Business Strategy 5 (2014) 1, pp. 85-96
Prior empirical research finds positive, negative and neutral relationships between family involvement in business and firm performance. We argue that some of the challenges that have plagued empirical research in this field are related to the measurement of family involvement in business....
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Board of directors and performance of Malaysian companies
Ghazali, Nazli A. Mohd - In: International Journal of Managerial and Financial Accounting 6 (2014) 2, pp. 117-132
The objective of this paper is to examine the influence of board of directors on market performance of large Malaysian listed companies. Using data from corporate annual reports for the financial year 2010, the regression results show that the proportion of independent directors on the board and...
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Board performance and firm performance of Malaysian listed companies
Kamardin, Hasnah; Haron, Hasnah - In: International Journal of Economics and Accounting 2 (2011) 3, pp. 282-306
This study explores the roles of the board of directors (BOD) (as a proxy for board performance) in Malaysian listed companies and examines the relationship between board roles and firm performance. Four board roles (strategy, service, monitoring, and resource dependence) are considered in this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009352582
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Board of Director Quality and Firm Performance
Dowen, Richard - In: International Journal of the Economics of Business 2 (1995) 1, pp. 123-132
This paper aims to shed light on the relationship between the quality of the individuals on a firm's board of directors and performance. It reports the results of an empirical study of a sample of Fortune 1000 firms. The findings suggest that quality boards, as measured by the average number of...
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