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growth. And, second, we test these hypotheses on US data for the period 1998 to 2012. We use contract intensity introduced by … find that growth has a stronger impact on firm value when relationship-specificity is high, indicating that the …
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firms' better growth prospects. In the absence of functioning local markets for some productive inputs, being engaged in … ; business collaboration ; profitability ; growth …
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We investigate the influence of non-executive outside directors on firms' innovative performance for a sample of 1,393 listed firms in the EU - 15 member states plus Norway and Switzerland in the period 2005 to 2010. Our results show that the fraction of non-executive outside directors on the...
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causality between activity in co-operational relationships and firm growth, this study seeks to empirically address the … following research question: 'How does activity in network relationships influence the growth and internationalisation of … between activity in co-operational relationships and firm growth or internationalisation. Firm growth is measured with both …
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We investigate empirically how outside directors on supervisory boards influence innovative performance of the firms they monitor. Based on panel data of the largest German companies the econometric analysis shows a robust and significant positive influence of external executives on innovative...
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This study investigates the effects of human capital, social capital and their interaction on the performance of 1,398 Vietnamese new-born firms. Operating profit is used as the measure of success. Human capital is captured by individual-level professional education, start-up experience, and...
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more pronounced when a firm is smaller, experiences higher growth, or has higher stock price volatility. We further show …
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When public institutions do not support information disclosure and contract enforcement, controlling owners may compensate by setting up ownership networks that facilitate the exchange of resources and alignment of interests. We examine how firms' controlling owners draw power from ownership...
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This paper sheds new light on the assessment of firm networks via multiple directorships in terms of corporate firm performance. Using a large sample of European listed firms in the period from 2003 to 2011 and system GMM we find a significant compensation effect on corporate firm performance...
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