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Leaving the L-Space; Kundenintegration als Erklärungsansatz multinationaler Unternehmen im Dienstleistungssektor - Eine Weiterentwicklung des OLI-Modells
Radmacher-Nottelmann, Nils A. - 2010
Das Wachstum multinationaler Unternehmen (MNU) wird zunehmend durch Investitionen von Dienstleistungsunternehmen vorangetrieben. Die Produktion von Dienstleistungen unterscheidet sich allerdings in mehreren Aspekten von der Herstellung klassischer Industriegüter. Eine zentrale Eigenschaft ist...
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Upgrading the System of Innovation in Late-Industrialising Countries -The Role of Transnational Corporations in Thailand's Manufacturing Sector
Martin Berger - 2005
The objective of this thesis is to investigate the potential contribution of transnational corporations (TNC) to the upgrading of systems of innovation in late-industrialising countries. This study looks specifically at TNC-affiliierter in Thailand’s manufacturing sector and compares them with...
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Enhancing business continuity management capacities in the insurance industry : a Southeast Asian perspective
Wong, Kok Loon; Barnes, Paul H. - 2011
As a resilience enhancing practice, business continuity management (BCM) can play an important role in aiding preparation of the insurance industry for coping with the losses incurred by major discontinuity incidents: regardless of cause. Acknowledging the increasing frequency of unpredictable...
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Media Coverage & Charitable Giving After the 2004 Tsunami
Brown, Philip; Minty, Jessica - 2006
Media coverage of humanitarian crises is widely believed to influence charitable giving, yet this assertion has received little empirical scrutiny. Using Internet donations after the 2004 tsunami as a case study, we show that media coverage of disasters has a dramatic impact on donations to...
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Exchange rate policy and poverty reduction
Chowdhury, Anis - University of Western Sydney; University of Western Sydney; … - 2005
The objective of this chapter is to evaluate the theoretical debate on the choice of an exchange rate regime in light of the empirical evidence with a view to suggesting appropriate exchange rate regimes that are conducive for poverty reduction. Due to its obvious implications for poverty, the...
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Labor market policies as instruments of industry policy : what can Europe learn from Southeast Asia?
Chowdhury, Anis - University of Western Sydney; University of Western Sydney - 2008
It seems there is a pessimistic view about the need and effectiveness of industry policy in an era of unprecedented globalization. The discussion about industry policy has been mostly on the fiscal, credit, and tariff measures, which are generally designed to favor particular activities....
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Essays on the Market for Corporate Control
Kim, Hwagyun (contributor) - 2009
This dissertation examines the relative importance of the information effect oncorporate takeover in total takeover …-offer. Overall, the corporatetakeover bid generates information gains up to 15 percent of total takeover gains.It also develops a … the sources of takeover gains? Dotakeovers create value? Why are stock offers more common? Who gains from suchtransactions …
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For The Many of The Few?
Wong, Wai Kin - 2011
Recent studies [Bebchuk and Fried (2002)] have shown that managerial power and negotiations play important roles in the design of executive pay arrangements, suggesting that some CEOs may extract greater economic rent from shareholders when provided with the opportunity. This paper seeks to...
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Divergence of investors? opinion and takeovers: the impact on announcement returns, bid success and merger arbitrage investment strategies
Whitehead, Marcela, Banking & Finance, Australian … - 2010
, we examine the effect of the market reaction to a takeover announcement in conjunction with divergence of opinion on deal … Australian acquirers and 584 targets and find some evidence that managers in takeover negotiations listen to the acquirer market … analysed this mpact. We find that by using divergence of opinion to predict takeover success, we can build a merger arbitrage …
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