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The purpose of the study is to evaluate the impact of the Black Economic Empowerment(BEE) transaction on shareholder value. In this study a specific reference data of 2002has been chosen for analysis.The analysis measures and compares various financial ratios before 2002 and after 2002for those...
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As economies are increasingly driven by services, the introduction of newservices to satisfy customers and improve firm value is becoming a critical issue formanagers. In my dissertation, I take a step in improving the understanding of serviceinnovations.In the first essay, I look at the...
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Good corporate reputation is seen as one of the most valuable assets. It is believed to cause a multitude of favorable impacts within different stakeholder groups. As a consequence, a multitude of studies analyzed the relationship between corporate reputation and financial performance. However,...
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approach to foreign acquisitions: significant synergies, reasonable price, and deep integration. …
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The primary goal of a publicly traded company is to maximise the wealth of its shareholders. This implies that the management of the firm, as agents of the owners, has to manage the firm in such a manner as to create value from every decision taken. Value-based management (VBM) is a management...
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PurposeThis paper analyses the use of marketing metrics and marketing information and metrics contained in 2006/7 annual reports of companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Theassumption is that the annual reports are the vehicle whereby listed companies communicate totheir...
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There have been repeated calls from top management and marketing academics forgreater accountability in marketing so that the financial returns of marketinginvestments can be more robustly evaluated. These are coalescing around theissue of whether or not marketing delivers shareholder value. One...
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This paper investigates the economic role of bank mergers in creating shareholder value based on the idea that shareholder wealth will increase if the consolidation leads to the aforementioned gains. This paper is divided into seven sections. The second section of my paper provides an academic...
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standard and international trade. The estimation results allow us to formulate some interesting policy conclusions. …
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, metal processing and metal article manufacturing show the most significant responses. The observed price increases in most … interest rate level. However, my results indicate that a restrictive monetary policy intensifies price pressure at the industry … correlates significantly with the interest rate sensitivity of subsector demand. Second, the observed price increases can partly …
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