Die vorliegende Dissertation besteht aus drei unabhängigen wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten im Bereich Corporate Finance und untersucht empirisch den Einfluss von Governance-Charakteristika auf die Unternehmensperformance und auf Fusionen und Übernahmen, kurz M&As. Ausgehend von der...

The question of whether the CEO should also serve as chairman of the board is one of the most hotly debated issues in the recent corporate governance discussion. While agencytheoretic arguments advocate a separation of decision and control functions, the empirical evidence focusing on U.S....

The question of whether the CEO should also serve as chairman of the board is one of the most hotly debated issues in the recent corporate governance discussion. While agencytheoretic arguments advocate a separation of decision and control functions, the empirical evidence focusing on U.S....

The question of whether the CEO should also serve as chairman of the board is one of themost hotly debated issues in the recent corporate governance discussion. While agencytheoreticarguments advocate a separation of decision and control functions, the empiricalevidence focusing on U.S....