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Parrino, Robert (contributor) - 2010

This dissertation consists of two essays on corporate finance. Essay one examines whether corporate governance affects firm performance after capital investments. I find that among firms with weak corporate governance, those with high abnormal capital investments have significantly lower stock...

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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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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 …

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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 worlds 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 Governance Kodex.

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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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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Audit market concentration and auditor choice in the UK

Abidin, Shamharir - 2006

Auditing has an important role in the corporate governance process and is essential in ensuring confidence in the reliability of financial information. It is important to understand the reasons why, given the costs involved, companies change their auditor and choose a particular level of audit...

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The Organizational Psychology of Hyper-Competition: Corporate Irresponsibility and the Lessons of Enron

Langevoort, Donald C. - 2002

What I want to do here is first explain my fears and then explore the Enron story from the standpoint of both social psychology and organizational behavior. My sense going in, at least, is that the social forces and selfish norms that emerge fairly naturally in highly competitive settings such...

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