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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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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 Twin Agency Problems in Corporate Finance - On the basis of Stulz's theory
Du, Juan - 2009
investigation in China. On the basis of the data from 1481 Chinese companies listed in Shanghai, Shenzhen or New York, it is found … nearly 20% are controlled by families. The average degree of ownership concentration in China is more than 30%, which is … evidence in China shows that the companies listed abroad are more concentrated than those listed only inland. The investigation …
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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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State Multinationals: The Impact of State Ownership on International Diversification and Firm Performance
2010
State multinationals were investigated in the 1980s. Since then, little work on the state multinational has been done because of the dramatic changes in the world in terms of both politics and economics, such as the waves of liberalization, deregulation and privatization. However, in the current...
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Diffusion of corporate governance practices : the Dutch response to pressures for shareholder value
Bezemer, Pieter-Jan; Zajac, Edward; Van den Bosch, Frans; … - 2011
As part of a larger literature focused on identifying and relating the antecedents and consequences of diffusing organizational practices/ideas, recent research has debated the international adoption of a shareholder-value-orientation (SVO). The debate has financial economists characterizing the...
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On the relation between ownership structure and capital structure
Brailsford, T. J.; Oliver, B.R.; Pua, S.L.H. - 2002
The agency relationship between managers and shareholders has the potential to influence decision-making in the firm which in turn potentially impacts on firm characteristics such as value and leverage. Prior evidence has demonstrated an association between ownership structure and firm value....
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The role of the board in firm strategy: Integrating agency and organisational control perspectives
Hendry, Kevin; Kiel, Geoffrey C. - 2004
The role of the board of directors in firm strategy has long been the subject of debate. However, research efforts have suffered from several deficiencies: the lack of an overarching theoretical perspective, reliance on proxies for the strategy role rather than a direct measure of it and the...
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Essays in Corporate Governance: Issues and Evidence from Equity Carve-Outs
Kayanga, Andrew Mulindwa - 2009
This dissertation consists of three essays examining the relation between corporate governance and firm performance. The theme of this study is that the widely documented long-term underperformance in equity carve-outs can be partly explained by weak corporate governance.The first essay...
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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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