This paper investigates the existence of ownership effects in the global oil and gas industry, i.e. whether there are systematic performance and efficiency differentials between National Oil Companies (NOCs) and privately-owned International Oil Companies (IOCs). After discussing key issues of...

I investigate the effect of employee satisfaction on corporate performance based on an extensive dataset of 114,004 online reviews of Brazil's 1,000 largest listed and unlisted firms from 2013 to 2018 posted at a local subsidiary of Glassdoor. I find that overall employee satisfaction is...

The study aims at checking the impact on corporate governance mechanism on firm performance of NSE 200 companies by using the existing models that are available. The study reveals that Board Size, Board Meeting and Board Independence are positively influencing the market performance of the firm....

We analyze the effect of ownership on post-privatization performance in a virtually complete population od medium and large firms privatized in a model large-scale privatization economy (Czech Republic). We find that concentrated foreign ownership improves economic performance, but domestic...

We analyze the effect of ownership on post-privatization performance in a virtually complete population of medium and large firms privatized in a model large-scale privatization economy (Czech Republic). We find that concentrated foreign ownership improves economic performance, but domestic...

We analyze the effect of ownership on post-privatization performance in a virtually complete population of medium and large firms privatized in a model large-scale privatization economy (Czech Republic). We reject the hypothesis that domestic or foreign private ownership, in either moderate or...

We analyze the long-term effects of divesture and ownership change on corporate performance. We employ a unique data set for a large number of Czech firms spanning the period 1996-2005. We employ a propensity score matching procedure to deal with endogeneity problems. Our results, which are...

We analyze the long-term effects of firm break-up and ownership change on corporate performance. Our analysis is based on a unique data set for a large number of Czech firms spanning the period 1996–2005. We employ a propensity score matching procedure to deal with endogeneity problems. Our...

We analyze the relative importance of firm-, industry-, and country-level factors as determinants of the level of ownership concentration of firms. Building particularly on the work of Demsetz & Lehn (1985), Thomsen & Pedersen (1999; 1997, 1998), and La Porta et al.(1998, 1999), we develop...

This study applies social capital theory to the ownership group in private firms. Extant research on ownership focuses primarily on the type or structure of ownership, whether as independent or control variable, to predict various firm effects. However, especially in the private firm, owners are...