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Board composition and corporate performance: How the Australian experience informs contrasting theories of corporate governance
Kiel, Geoffrey C.; Nicholson, Gavin J. - 2003
In many respects, Australian boards more closely approach normative best practice guidelines for corporate governance than boards in other Western countries. Do Australian firms then demonstrate a board demographic-organisational performance link that has not been found in other economies? We...
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On the internationalisation of firms from emerging markets : an exploratory study
Bianchi, Constanza - 2009
reports, this paper provides insights into the successful internationalisation process of firms from Chile. In particular, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437785
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Antecedents of importer relationship performance in Latin America
Bianchi, Constanza; Saleh, Abu - 2011
Emerging market importers are increasingly engaging in relationships with foreign suppliers. Nevertheless, characteristics of the institutional and cultural environments of countries may affect relationship behaviour. Furthermore research on relationship marketing primarily focuses on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483556
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Politische Parteien in Lateinamerika Strukturen und Innenleben im Kontext der marktwirtschaftlichen Reformen
Jouannet Valderrama, Andres - 2004
Lateinamerika liegen Studien verschiedenen Umfangs und unterschiedlicher Reichweite vor, die Zahl der Untersuchungen, die sich mit … angedeutet liegt ein Defizit an Untersuchungen zu politischen Parteien in Lateinamerika vor, das zudem dadurch verstärkt wird … tätigen politischen Akteure von großer Bedeutung für die Weiterentewicklung der Demokratie in Lateinamerika sind. Eine …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476233
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Ausländische Direktinvestitionen als Wachstumsmotor? - Eine Empirische Analyse am Beispiel Lateinamerikas
Hinrichs, Cord - 2005
Mexiko) bestätigt werden. Für Chile und Venezuela scheint die kausale Beziehung in beide Richtungen zu laufen. …). Finally, for Chile and Venezuela, there seems to be a two way causal link between economic growth and FDI. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476170
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Ciencia Política en América Latina
Nohlen, Dieter - 2006
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National networks of corporate power : an Irish perspective
Mac Canna, Leo; Brennan, Niamh; O'Higgins, Eleanor - 1999
This paper maps the network of interlocking directorships formed by the boards of the top 50 financial and 200 non-financial companies in Ireland. The Irish network is compared with those in ten countries, based on the same sample size and selection criteria as used in this paper, using the...
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Multiple directorships and corporate performance in Australian listed companies
Kiel, G. C.; Nicholson, G. J. - 2006
How many directorships are too many? Globally, normative advice emphasises the importance of limiting the number of directorships any individual should hold due to the workloads they entail. However, there is little empirical evidence to support this view. Rather, there is a strong tradition of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447953
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Labor supply responses to adverse shocks under credit constraints: evidence from Bukidnon, Philippines
Malapit, Hazel Jean; Redoblado, Jade Eric; … - 2008
The ability of households to insure consumption from adverse shocks is an important aspect of vulnerability to poverty. How is consumption insurance achieved in a low-income setting where formal credit and insurance markets have been observed to be imperfect or missing? Using 2003 data from the...
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The role of financing frictions in agricultural investment decisions: an analysis pre and post financial crisis
O'Toole, Conor M.; Newman, Carol F.; Hennessy, Thia C. - 2011
This paper uses a fundamental Q model of investment to consider the role playedby financing frictions in agricultural investment decisions, controlling econometrically forcensoring, heterogeneity and errors-in-variables. Our findings suggest that farmer's investment decisions are not driven by...
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