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Mergers during the first and second phase of globalization: Success, insider trading, and the role of regulation
Kling, Gerhard - 2004
The merger wave that took place during the first phase of globalization, which lasted from 1895 to 1914, changed the industrial structure in Europe and the U.S. remarkably. Therefore, it is of great importance to assess whether mergers were successful during this period. Noteworthy, studies that...
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Markteffekte medienwirksamer Lebensmittelskandale: Eine Ereignisstudie
Rommel, Jens; Neuenfeldt, Sebastian; Odening, Martin - 2009
Das Vertrauen der Konsumenten in gesunde Nahrungsmittel wird regelmäßig durchLebensmittelskandale erschüttert. Im Zusammenhang mit der Diskussion von Maßnahmen, die seitens der Produzenten und/oder des Staates ergriffen werden, umNahrungsmittelsicherheit zu gewährleisten, stellt sich die...
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Auswirkungen von Medikamentengenehmigungen auf die Bewertung von Biotech- und Pharmaunternehmen: Eine Ereignisstudie. Eine empirische Untersuchung
Sturm, Andreas - 2006
Die Arbeit untersucht den Einfluss der Genehmigung von Medikamenten durch die amerikanische Zulassungsbehörde FDA (Food and Drug Administration) auf den Aktienkurs der Antrag stellenden Aktiengesellschaft. Dabei werden Genehmigungen von wichtigen pharmazeutischen und biopharmazeutischen...
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Netzbasierte Dienste
Tamm, Gerrit - 2003
. Für die Strukturierung der Nachfrageseite für netzbasierte Dienste werden die Theorien der Auslagerung (Outsourcing) von … communication policy. For ASP demand, theories of outsourcing of information technologies, methods and instruments of cost …-and-utility-measuring and the theory of transaction phases of outsourcing are used. The basis for both supply-side and demand-side evaluations …
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A-REIT seasoned equity offerings : determinants and market reaction
Chikolwa, Bwembya - 2009
The paper examines the decision by Australian Real Estate Trusts (A-REITs) to issue seasoned equity offerings from 2000 - 2008 and stock market reaction to the offerings using panel data and event study methodologies, respectively. The global financial crisis has resulted in freezing of the...
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Impact of Software Vulnerability Announcements on the Market Value of Software Vendors - An Empirical Investigation
Telang, Rahul; Wattal, Sunil - 2005
Researchers in the area of information security have mainly been concerned with tools, techniques and policies that firms can use to protect themselves against security breaches. However, information security is as much about security software as it is about secure software. Software is not...
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The Impact of Measurement Error on Estimates of the Price Reaction to USDA Crop Reports
Aulerich, Nicole M.; Irwin, Scott H.; Nelson, Carl H. - 2007
This paper investigates the impact of USDA crop production reports in corn andsoybean futures markets. The analysis is based on all corn and soybean production reportsreleased over 1970-2006. The empirical analysis compares the typical OLS eventstudy approach to the new Identification by...
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The effect of a corporate name change related to a change in corporate image upon a firm's stock price
Busch, Paul S. (contributor) - 2006
This dissertation utilizes the event study methodology from the modern theory of finance to examine corporate name changes (CNCs). Data sources include press releases and articles announcing CNCs compiled by Lexis Nexis, annual reports collected from the SEC File microfiche database compiled by...
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Essays on Impacts of Avian Influenza Outbreaks on Financial Markets
McCarl, Bruce A. (contributor); Bessler, David (contributor) - 2009
A recent outbreak of bird flu or avian influenza (AI), an especially highly pathogenicstrain (HPAI) of H5N1, started in Hong Kong in January 2003 and caused 159 humandeaths in Asia, Africa and Europe through early 2007. In addition, this outbreak resultedin millions of slaughtered birds and...
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Essays on new product development alliances
Shankar, Venkatesh (contributor);  … - 2007
Interorganizational alliances are widely recognized as critical to product innovation. A notable trend is the rapid growth of new product development (NPD) alliances between large, well-established firms and small, growing firms. This dissertation is comprised of two studies on the formation and...
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