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Paradigms and policies: The state of economics in the german-speaking countries

Grimm, Christian; Pühringer, Stephan; Kapeller, Jakob - 2018

This paper studies the research interests, paradigmatic orientation and political orientation of about 700 full professors of economics at universities located in German-speaking countries. In doing so, we captured biographical and institutional information on these professorships by collecting...

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Corporate social responsibility: A perspective from Weberian economic sociology

Boeddeling, Jann - 2012

Answering the call for a new theoretical approach to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), this paper makes a suggestion from a Weberian perspective. It briefly appraises the existing research on CSR and develops key points of a new approach based on their criticism. Suggesting that CSR is a...

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Corporate Social Responsibility: Fundamentalstellung für Kapitalismus und Wirtschaftssoziologie

Boeddeling, Jann - 2011

The field of Corporate Social Responsibility is described and the theory on it is critically reviewed. It is argued that present theory is insufficient in explaining the phenomenon of CSR and might fail to recognize some of its deeper significance. A new basis for the theoretical analysis of CSR...

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Explaining the growth of CSR within OECD countries: The role of institutional legitimacy in resolving the institutional mirror vs. substitute debate

Kinderman, Daniel; Lutter, Mark - 2018

Two strands of literature have emerged to explain the rise of a new form of private governance, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). One camp argues that CSR expansion is likely during periods of economic liberalization because CSR tends to substitute for growing institutional voids and a lack...

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Retailers' responsibility towards consumers and key drivers of their development in Poland

Śmigielska, Grażyna; Oczkowska, Renata - In: Administrative Sciences 7 (2017) 1, pp. 1-15

development, and what the role of institutions are in the process of developing CSR strategies. Changes that have taken place in … there were no institutions promoting the implementation of social responsibility standards by companies. Research involving … analysis of secondary data drawn from retailers' websites, CSR reports, and published data relating to the CSR institutions …

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Owner-level taxes and business activity

Henrekson, Magnus; Sanandaji, Tino - 2015

In some classes of models, taxes at the owner level are "neutral" and have no effect on firm activity. However, this tax neutrality is sensitive to assumptions and no longer holds in more complex models. We review recent research that incorporates greater complexity in studying the link between...

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Stock option taxation and venture capital activity: A cross-country comparison

Henrekson, Magnus; Sanandaji, Tino - 2016

One response to uncertainty and transactions costs in VC-finance is to compensate founders (and other key personnel) with stock options under complex contracts. Entrepreneurs are granted stock options contingent on firm performance, vesting and other criteria. While most countries tax stock...

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Institutions, corporate governance and corporate governance institutions: The case of Estonia

Postma, Theo J. B. M.; Hermes, Niels - In: Journal for East European Management Studies 8 (2003) 3, pp. 263-292

formal institutional setting, and in particular the corporate governance institutions, is crucial to further enhance the …

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Central banks' supervisory guidance on corporate governance and bank stability: Evidence from African countries

Mutarindwa, Samuel; Schäfer, Dorothea; Stephan, Andreas - In: Emerging Markets Review 43 (2020)

This paper focuses on the identification of the causal relationship between central banks' supervisory guidance and individual bank stability. We propose and test the hypothesis that this causal relationship is mediated by the degree to which banks comply with their central bank's corporate...

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Shareholders and Stakeholders around the World: The Role of Values, Culture, and Law in Directors' Decisions

Licht, Amir N.; Adams, Renee B. - 2020

We present evidence on the way personal and institutional factors could together guide public company directors in decision-making concerning shareholders and stakeholders. In a sample comprising more than nine hundred directors originating from over fifty countries and serving in firms from...

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