Traditionally, the impacts of the rights of financial institutions and workers on corporate performance have been analyzed independently. Yet, theory clearly indicates that the combination of relative powers of different stakeholders affects a firm overall performance. Using U.S. state level and...

Unter Value-Based M&A-Management wird in dieser Arbeit die inhaltliche und strukturelle Gestaltung der Ma�nahmen des M&A-Prozesses mit dem Ziel der Steigerung des Unternehmenswertes im Sinne der Aktion�re verstanden. Dazu werden in den Teilprozessen des M&A-Gesamtprozesses...

The shareholder value maximization is the keystone of the actual stage of capitalism. The objective function of publicly quoted corporations is nowadays the maximization of the shareholders' wealth, i.e. the sum of dividends and capital gains. Despite the increasing international financial...

The shareholder value maximization objective function of Anglo-Saxon publicly quoted corpora-tions over the last three decades gave raise to contrasted reactions. The controversy raised by the implementation of this new form of capitalism goes beyond the simple interactions between corporate...

Starting form the accounting status as a social and institutional practice and the economic role of financial reporting, the paper addresses the issue of social and environmental accounting and reporting regulation.We propose an analysis of the main rep

This report identifies some of the factors complicating the debate on role of the company in society. It focuses particularly on the changing models of ownership and differing time horizons and on how these have interacted in some ases to produce undesirable consequences.