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Ownership concentration & firm performance: Evidence from an emerging market
Grosfeld, Irena - 2006
The initial view of the advantages of ownership concentration in joint stock companies was determined by the concern about the opportunistic managerial behavior. The growing importance of knowledge and human capital in the operation of firms shifts the focus of concern: excessive ownership...
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Cross-Listing, Close Bank-Firm Relationships and Ownership Structure: Empirical Evidence on Corporate Governance Mechanisms
Korczak, Adriana - 2006
Corporate governance aims to reduce expropriation of investors by managers. This thesis identifies and empirically examines three corporate governance mechanisms: cross-listing in the United States, close bank-firm relationships in Germany and corporate ownership structure in an emerging market....
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Ownership, control and firm performance in Europe
Tong, Guanqun - 2010
This study is motivated by one of the most prevalent properties of modern corporations: separation of ownership and control. Ownership concentration has been one of the corporate governance mechanisms to solve the agency problem between shareholders and management. Existing literature is mainly...
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The impact of business environment and boards of directors on strategic decision-making: A case study of Greek listed companies
Balta, M E - 2008
This thesis documents a study of the factors associated with Boards of Directors’ strategicdecisions. The premise upon which such a research initiative is founded concerns theincreased interest of academics and business practitioners in Board of Directors in the U.Kand in U.S in part arising...
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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 … merger announcements; thereby, a higher market value is the recipe for success and not firm size. Encouraged by the results … values stemming from a merger announcement, another question would arise. Which type of shareholder gains from higher market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475337
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Bioentrepreneurship in Germany
Patzelt, Holger - 2005
. Problems that may occur during post-merger integration include the incompatibility of the partners? technologies and the … Unternehmen nicht den richtigen Partner findet oder keine Unterst?tzung von seinen Investoren erh?lt. W?hrend der Post-Merger …
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Aufsichtsräte deutscher Aktiengesellschaften: Zusammensetzung, Interventionsaktivitäten, Performance
Vetter, Karin - 2011
Den Aufsichtsräten innerhalb des deutschen Corporate Governance Systems ist in den letzten Jahren erhöhte Aufmerksamkeit zugekommen. Es wurden Empfehlungen und gesetzliche Vorschriften formuliert, die die Zusammensetzung des Aufsichtsratsgremiums sowie dessen Tätigkeiten betreffen. Diesem...
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Disclosure of executive remuneration in large banks
Schott, Max - 2008
The first part of this thesis analyzes and quantifies the magnitude of executive remuneration disclosure of the world’s 245 largest exchange-listed banks, using annual reports as the primary source of information, and the diverse disclosure rules in the 31 countries in which these banks are...
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Zur Rolle der Printmedien bei der Steuerung und ?berwachung von Unternehmen. Eine Analyse der Berichterstattung ?ber die Einhaltung der Grunds?tze des Deutschen Corporate Governanc...
Schmid, Christoph - 2006
Ausgangspunkt der vorliegenden Arbeit ist die Feststellung, dass sich die ?konomische Theorie trotz der mehr als 160j?hrigen Geschichte gewerbsm??iger medialer Berichterstattung ?ber das Geschehen rund um M?rkte und Unternehmen lange Zeit kaum mit den Massenmedien besch?ftigt hat. Dabei kann...
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Allianzfähigkeit
Kupke, Sören - 2008
Ein empirisch belegtes Phänomen ist die steigende Anzahl strategischer Allianzen von Unternehmen, speziell in dynamischen Wettbewerbsumgebungen. Über strategische Allianzen versuchen Unternehmen, auch in einer dynamischen Wettbewerbsumwelt unter hoher Unsicherheit Wettbewerbsvorteile...
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