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Performance Measurement in Corporate Governance: Do Mergers Improve Managerial Performance in the Post-Merger Period?
Feroz, Ehsan H.; Kim, Sungsoo; Raab, Raymond L. - 2005
"Inspired by the Coase (1937) theory of the firm, we analyze the performance of Healy, Palepu, and Ruback (1992) sample …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468471
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Behavioral decision theory and the negotiation process; effects of agenda and frame
Bontempo, Robert Nathaniel - 1990
Prospect Theory) by fitting utility functions to negotiation behavior observed in a laboratory setting. In addition to … strongly suggest that the Prospect Theory value function provides the best prediction of actual negotiation behavior. Results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009477775
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Speculative bubbles and tests of the contagion mechanism in financial markets.
Porras Gonzalez, Eva Raquel. - Florida Atlantic University
This dissertation extends previous research on bubbles by investigating whether changes in the financial asset prices of the S&P500 reflect changes in fundamentals. We propose that if this is not the case the volatility is due to a bubble. Hence, this is the general hypothesis from which several...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009431432
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Bargaining Chains (Long Version)
Lovejoy, William S. - 2010
We consider a firm that designs a new product and wishes to bring it to market, but does not have ownership or control over all of the resources required to make that happen. The firm must select and contract with one of several possible tier 1 suppliers for necessary inputs, who do the same...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476922
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Three Essays on the Economics of Information Systems.
Jian, Lian - 2010
resulting market price reflects an aggregated prediction for the event. Theory predicts that when traders' private information … study, I use game theory to analyze two non-monetary mechanisms for motivating information provision: the minimum threshold …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476980
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Tale of two Koreas
Ratten, Vanessa; Waechter, Estelle - 2007
The economic performances of North and South Korea over the past decade have differed significantly. This is largely due to the government policies of the two countries, which affect business in conflicting ways. Despite the differences in economic growth, there are a number of similarities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009484035
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EXPLAINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE HR SYSTEM AND FIRM PERFORMANCE: A TEST OF THE STRATEGIC HRM FRAMEWORK.
Herdman, Andrew Orr - 2008
Recent meta-analytic treatments of the Strategic Human Resource Management literature suggest a relationship between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009433884
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THE EFFECT OF STRATEGIC ORIENTATION AND ADAPTABILITY ON ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIORS AND PERFORMANCE: The Case of Electronic Commerce in the Hosiery Industry
Strempek, R. Barth - 1997
Research into the interrelationship between firm strategy and firm performance is fairly common. Not as common is the examination of firm behaviors as an intermediate construct between strategy and performance. Additionally, the construct of adaptability, found in previous research to be highly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009433891
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Environmental NGOs and Business: A Grounded Theory of Assessment, Targeting, and Influencing
Hendry, Jamie R. - 2002
This dissertation sought to develop a grounded theory explaining how ENGOs assess the environmental performance of … research in the fields of social movements, neo-institutional theory, stakeholder theory, and corporate social performance was … the propositions. A grounded theory of how ENGOs assess, target, and influence firms was developed based on the results; a …
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The Upper-Echelon Perspective of Firm Competitive Behavior: Empirical Evidence from the U.S. Pharmaceutical Industry
Offstein, Evan Hayden - 2004
Management Team (TMT), and Board of Directors (BOD) impact a firm's competitive behavior. In addition, I examine how sources of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009433899