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The board of directors and its role in the corporate governance system : considerations about the control model ; a research note
Gstraunthaler, Thomas; Lukács, János; Steller, Marcel - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 1 (2008) 1, pp. 37-54
both the motivation for management to deviate from following their principal's wishes and whether the supervising body, the … owners and management are preventable; others are not and can only be minimized by a strong participation of the owner in the …
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Considering the shareholder perspective : value-based management systems and stock market performance
Rapp, Marc Steffen; Schellong, Daniel; Schmidt, Maximilian - In: Review of managerial science 5 (2011) 2/3, pp. 171-194
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Distances and small business credit constraints : the French case
Kooli, Salima Djedidi - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 5 (2012) 3, pp. 81-114
Deregulation and progress in information and communication technologies have increased the geographical expansion of banking structures and instruments. This makes banks operationally close to the borrowers. At the same time, banking industry consolidation have induced a geographical...
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Board characteristics and R&D investment : evidence from Taiwan’s electronics industry
Chen, Hsiang-lan - In: Advances in management & applied economics 2 (2012) 4, pp. 161-170
This study investigates the effects of board characteristics on R&D investment by utilizing a data set of electronics firms listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange Corporations. The empirical results indicate that R&D investment is negatively associated with board size and positively associated with...
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New public management approach and accountability
Fatemi, Mahboubeh; Behmanesh, Mohammad Reza - In: International journal of management, economics and … 1 (2012) 2, pp. 42-49
A new paradigm for public management, called "New Public Management", has emerged since the 1980s that is formed to … confront at present problems. This model is originated from the fusion of economic theories and private sector management … techniques. The most relief particulars of this model are decreasing government size, the decentralization of management …
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Endogenous governance transparency and product market competition
Hidalgo-Cabrillana, Ana - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 4 (2013) 1, pp. 113-136
This paper analyzes the determinants of governance transparency. In our model, entrepreneurs optimally decide the precision of their earning reporting by trading off the possibility of expropriating profits against the capacity to attract external funding.We find that information is only...
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Corporate governance and its impact on firm risk
Alam, Abdullah; Shah, Syed Zulfiqar Ali - In: International journal of management, economics and … 2 (2013) 2, pp. 76-98
The aim of this research is to explore the relationship of corporate governance with firm risk. This study establishes a link between corporate governance variables and firm risk for a sample of 106 Pakistani firms over a time of six years (2005-2010). Based on the estimation results, family...
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Modified net present value as a useful tool for synergy valuation in business combinations
Orsag, Silvije; McClure, Kenneth G. - In: UTMS journal of economics / University of Tourism and … 4 (2013) 2, pp. 71-77
The subject of this paper is a modified net present value, and how it could be a useful tool for synergy valuation in the process of business combination. Every successful acquisition has to result in synergy in the post acquisition value. In the process of valuation each company has three...
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Board members' education and firm performance : evidence from a developing economy
Darmadi, Salim - In: International journal of commerce and management 23 (2013) 2, pp. 113-135
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Empirical evidence on acquisition activities
Soongswang, Amporn - In: Investment management and financial innovations 10 (2013) 1, pp. 95-102
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