Das Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie beauftragte das ifo Institut, den Zusammenhang zwischen sich rasch verändernden Rahmenbedingungen und dem Wandel von Unternehmensstrukturen und -strategien in der Industrie zu untersuchen. Als zentrale Bereiche, die einen wesentlichen...

The purpose of this study is to assess the factors associated with investor guidance required by SAB 74 (codified as SAB Topic 11.M) by 206 micro cap firms as they implement FIN 48. Logistic regression results support, overall, the expectation that industry affiliation is a significant predictor...

Firm-level fixed investment expenses are analysed using a large panel of US manufacturing firms from 1971 to 2007. Integrating the user cost of capital, q and accelerator theories of investment to one econometric specification, we estimate the impacts of sales growth, cash flow, the cost of...

The ongoing financial and economic crisis throughout the industrialised world has spotlighted a number of significant deficiencies in corporate governance and management. The strength and composition of the management team along with effective corporate governance policy should play an important...

We analyse the current Japanese economic downturn in the context of unique Japanese socio-cultural features, and contrast the Japanese conditions with those in the US. We find that socio-cultural factors shed light on economic conditions. In particular, the Japanese collectivist culture,...

We analyse the current Japanese economic downturn in the context of unique Japanese socio-cultural features, and contrast the Japanese conditions with those in the US. We find that socio-cultural factors shed light on economic conditions. In particular, the Japanese collectivist culture,...