Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht, ob der Mehrheitsaktionär einer Gesellschaftim Vorfeld eines Zwangsausschlusses von Minderheitsaktionären (sog.Squeeze-Out) versucht, die Kapitalmarkterwartungen negativ zu beeinussen.Ein solches "manipulatives\ Verhalten wird häufig in der juristischen wie...

The discussion on value-based performance measures is centered around the concept of residualincome. The main property of residual income is its connection to capital budgeting and the net-present-value-rule. This property is, however, not sufficient to guarantee strong goal congruencebetween...

For mitigating the problems of transfer pricing formula apportionment (FA) is discussedintensively. However, FA could even be more harmful than transfer pricing because incomeshifting would require changing economic decisions instead of just taking advantage ofaccounting options. We analyze the...

This paper examines coordination and profit allocation in a profit-center organization using a single transfer price. The model includes compensations, taxes, and minority interests of two divisions deciding on capacity and sales.The analysis covers arm's length transfer prices which are either...

The co-movement of stocks and of fundamentals changes across the business cycle. Empiricalstudies have shown that the correlation of stock returns is stronger in crisis. Weshow that the correlation of fundamentals is the highest during crisis using a large sampleof quarterly firm revenues...

The paper uses a unique dataset comprising the population of new ventures that enter the UK market in 1998. We argue that we would expect the effect of market concentration on firm survival to be different according to whether an industry is static (low entry and exit) or dynamic. In our...

Im Rahmen dieser Studie die vom VDMA Bayern unterstützt wird, wurde derFragestellung der Kooperationen kleiner und mittlerer Unternehmen (KMU) inNetzwerken, Verbänden, Interessensgemeinschaften oder virtueller Unternehmenhinsichtlich der Umsetzung strategischer Geschäftsideen, wie z.B. der...

Im Rahmen der Controllingstudie, die vom VDMA Bayern unterstützt wird, wurde derFragestellung der Kooperationen kleiner und mittlerer Unternehmen (KMU) inNetzwerken, Verbänden, Interessensgemeinschaften oder virtueller Unternehmenhinsichtlich der Umsetzung strategischer Geschäftsideen, wie...

The Paper analyzes wheather mandatory auditor rotation is means to reduce an expectation gap caused by moral hazard problems. The analysis is divided into two parts with reference to the two different types of auditor rotation systems: (1) rotation of audit firms, and (2) rotation of audit...

In diesem Arbeitspapier werden empirische Aspekte der Umstellung der Rechnungslegung von HGB auf IFRS und US-GAAP untersucht...