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Mandatory Works Councils in Germany: Their Effects on Productivity and Profits
Müller, Steffen - 2009
Arbeitnehmer haben in Deutschland das Recht zur Wahl von Betriebsräten. Betriebsräte haben gesetzliche Informations-, Konsultations- und Mitbestimmungsrechte. Die Effekte von Betriebsräten auf Produktivität und Gewinne von mittelgroßen Betrieben des verarbeitenden Gewerbes werden mit Daten...
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The Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence: Rewarding World-Class Practices
Chakravorty, Satya S.; Atwater, J. Bryan; Herbert, James I. - 2008
Established in 1988, the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence recognises organisations in the USA, Mexico and Canada …
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Determinants of the Relations between Transitory Earnings and CEO Cash Compensation in the USA
Asthana, Sharad; Ye, Zhongxia Shelly - 2007
effect). This study has practical implications for regulators, corporations and investors, both in the USA and abroad. …
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A study of outsourcing of premedia services to India by US companies
Nayak, Rahul P. - 2009
Offshore outsourcing continues to gain prominence as the printing industrystrides into the future. With different segments of the industry looking at reducingcosts and, in exchange providing value-added services, more companies turntowards outsourcing services offshore as a solution. Although it...
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The behavioral economics of foreign exchange markets - a psychological view on human expectation formation in foreign exchange markets
Schmidt, Robert - 2004
Devisenmarkt. Das erste Experiment untersucht die Erwartungsbildung. Hierzu werden die Prognosen von Analysten für den EUR … untersucht. Dieser Ansatz ermöglicht die Untersuchung von Feedbackschleifen auf die Erwartungsbildung, da die Erwartungen des …. Insgesamt zeigen beide Experimente, dass Menschen dazu tendieren bei der Erwartungsbildung am Devisenmarkt auf einfache …
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Reference-Dependent Preferences : Models and Experiments
Tenberge, Maximilian - 2010
In economic situations people form expectations prior to their decisions. These expectations represent a reference point and exert a strong influence on decision making and preferences. This paper surveys the theory of reference-dependent preferences. I will summarize the theoretical framework...
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Do teams alleviate or exacerbate the extrapolation bias in the stock market?
Barahona, Ricardo; Cassella, Stefano; Jansen, Kristy A. E.
Investigamos la manera en que los equipos influyen en la extrapolación de rentabilidades, un sesgo en la formación de creencias que es generalizado a nivel individual y crucial para los modelos conductuales de valoración de activos. Utilizando una muestra de gestores de fondos de inversión...
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Accounting, regulation and profitability: the case of PFI hospital refinancing
Toms, Steven; Beck, Matthias; Asenova, Darinka - 2011
several factors, including, evidence of massive private sector profit making, the failure of private sector financiers to … with the goal of securing favourable profit and risk outcomes. These dynamics are illustrated with reference to the history …
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Long lags or seasonal mis-specification? A note on co-integration testing and the consumption function.
Albertson, Kevin; Aylen, Jonathan - 2009
This metadata relates to an electronic version of an article published in Applied economics letters, 2009, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 267-271. Applied economics letters is available online at informaworldTM at http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all?content=10.1080/13504850601018387
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Measuring large UK accounting firm profit margins, mergers and concentration: a political economy of the accounting firm
Owen, A. Sion - 2003
This paper examines the relationship between UK accounting firm mergers and increases in profit margins enjoyed by … of big firm profit margins. Regression is used to estimate the close positive relationship between concentration and … profit margins. The results confirm Cowling’s hypothesis that mergers lead to increases in profits. This paper complements …
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