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Does CEO emotional bias affect performance?
Souissi, Yasmine; Jarboui, Anis - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 6 (2018) 1, pp. 1-21
This article is focused on tackling the issue of the impact of the bank CEO's emotional bias on the Tunisian banks' performance level while accounting for the mediating role of the control systems. In this regard, an empirical study has been set up through a questionnaire undertaken as an...
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Asymmetric adjustment of control
van Pelt, Victor - In: Contemporary Accounting Research 40 (2023) 4, pp. 2203-2225
This study examines how principals adjust their control over agents based on their prior controlling experience. According to standard economic theory, principals should be equally willing to decrease their control as they are to increase it. However, I use psychological theory to predict that...
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Macroeconomic determinants of exit from aid-dependence
Hailu, Degol; Shiferaw, Admasu - 2012
in favour of a growing industrial sector, particularly manufacturing. We conclude that if donors and recipients were to …
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Business Constraints and Growth Potential of Micro and Small Manufacturing Enterprises in Uganda
Ishengoma, Esther K.; Kappel, Robert - 2008
265 MSEs were interviewed. The study focuses on the 105 manufacturing firms that responded to all questions. It examines …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293515
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Foreign and domestic takeovers in Germany: First comparative evidence on the post-acquisition target performance using new data
Weche Gelübcke, John P. - 2012
acquisitions to account for a general takeover effect. The study is based on new high-quality panel data for manufacturing …
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Environmental protection of foreign firms in Germany: Does the country of origin matter?
Weche Gelübcke, John P.; Wedl, Isabella - 2013
Only recently have the aspects of pollution and environmental protection entered into the empirical literature about international firm activities. The present paper is the first firmlevel study on the link between foreign ownership and environmental protection in Germany. We find that, ceteris...
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Glocalisation, foreign direct investment and regional development perspectives: Empirical results for West German regions
Knödler, Hermann; Albertshauser, Ulrich - 2001
The present paper examines the economic development perspectives of the manufacturing sector of 31 major West German … manufacturing firms in 1986, 1990 and 1996. The paper draws a stylised picture of the regional structure of West German FDI … involvement in the manufacturing sector. The present participation in glocalisation benefits and the mid term development …
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Employment Effects of Different Innovation Activities: Microeconometric Evidence
Peters, Bettina - 2004
manufacturing and service firms regarding process innovations were found. Finally, from a cross country perspective the results for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297395
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Technological innovations and the expected demand for skilled labour at the firm level
Falk, Martin - 1999
employment for different types of labour in manufacturing. The empirical model allows for endogeneity of the firm?s innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297657
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Employment Effects of Different Innovation Activities: Microeconometric Evidence
Peters, Bettina - 2005
activities, this paper reports new results on the relationship between innovation and employment growth in manufacturing and … effect is independent of the novelty degree. Moreover, different employment effects between manufacturing and service firms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298012