We empirically study the use of value-based management systems in listed German firms and examine implications for firms' stock market performance. Using a novel, hand-collected data set covering 1,083 firm years from 2002 to 2008, we find that value-based management systems become increasingly...

Im vorliegenden Beitrag soll das Regulierungsrisiko für den Unternehmenswert der Telekom AG inhaltlich begründet und näherungsweise quantifiziert werden. Die Quantifizierung des Risikos wird mit Hilfe des Shareholder-Value-Ansatzes vorgenommen, indem ein unmittelbarer Zusammenhang zwischen...

Value Based Management (VBM) has become a common tool for ex ante and ex post evaluation of corporate strategies and projects from the perspective of shareholder value maximization (SVM). VBM-frameworks are designed to support investment and divestment decisions, ex post evaluation of management...

Im Rahmen wertorientierter Unternehmensführung gewinnen Erfolgsbeteiligungen immer größere Verbreitung. Besonders populär ist das EVA-Bonussystem, das auf dem Erfolgskonzept Economic Value Added von STERN STEWART & Co. beruht. In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird gezeigt, daß dieses Bonussystem...

Purpose - The paper investigates the market performance of strategic acquisitions for growth in the fifth and sixth merger waves and outlines the major determinants that affect the performance of acquiring companies in these most complex and most challenging corporate transactions....

This essay investigates the relationship between the internationalization of banks, profitability and shareholder value. We argue that in general internationalization has not contributed to profitability, and shareholders have not gained by investing in banks with more international activities....