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Does Diversity in Executive Boards Make a Difference? Nationality Diversity and Firm Performance in German, Dutch and British Multinational Enterprises
Honing, Sirik - 2012
nationality diversity within the executive boards between Germany, UK and the Netherlands are discussed and tested. Lastly, this … board influence the performance of a MNE?' To answer the research question, a dataset of 277 listed MNEs from Germany, the … UK and the Netherlands has been used. Research findings did not show convincing support for the main research question …
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The Impact of Corporate Governance on Market Performance
Lassoued, Naima - 2012
In this study, we examine how corporate governance affects portfolio management. Investors are expected to opt for a judicious trade-off between risk and return. Such an objective can be achieved through the contribution of corporate governance which is assumed to align manager and shareholders...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013116072
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Listed Family Firms in Germany (German)
Achleitner, Ann‐Kristin - 2009
CDAX-listed non-financial firms in Germany can be classified as family firms. They also represent about one third of all …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013155464
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Does codetermination reduce shareholder value? Board-level employee representation, firms’ market value, and operational performance
Eulerich, Marc; Fligge, Benjamin; Imdieke, Andy - 2021
We analyze the relationship between board-level codetermination and shareholder value. We use a unique dataset of listed German companies that enables us to identify heterogeneous aspects of codetermination and overcome otherwise common identification issues. We find that codetermination reduces...
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Determinants of the Adoption and Performance Effects of Value-Based Management Systems in Germany
Brück, Christian - 2017
This paper examines the economic determinants that lead German firms to adopt value-based management and control systems (VBMSs). Further, we investigate whether firms' operating performance improves after VBMS adoption. Using a hand-collected data set of German listed firms covering 1,575...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012949617
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The Corporate Governance in Uzbekistan : A Special Focus on the Board's Supervisory Role Compared with German Practice
Ashurov, Dr. Zufar - 2015
the present situation in Uzbek corporate governance as well as, as a special focus, make comparison of the Uzbek and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013026180
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Comparative Corporate Governance
Fleckner, Andreas Martin - 2015
The business corporation is one of the greatest organizational inventions. But it creates risks for both shareholders and third parties. To mitigate these risks, legislators, judges, and corporate lawyers have tried to learn from experiences in other jurisdictions and adapt their regulatory...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013035301
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Globalizing Trust? Transferring Anglo-American Minority Shareholder Protections to Civil Law Germany
Halberstam, Michael - 2008
markets in civil law jurisdictions, such as Germany, France, and Italy have been relatively weak by comparison with common law … jurisdictions. These findings have been widely cited. By comparing fiduciary duty protections in Germany and the U.S., with an eye …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014214432
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National Structures and Multinational Corporate Behavior : Enduring Differences in the Age of Globalization
Pauly, Louis W. - 2012
little blurring or convergence at the cores of firms based in Germany, Japan, or the United States. In contrast to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013098156
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Cash holdings of German open-end equity funds : does ownership matter?
Dötz, Niko; Weth, Mark - 2013
In the light of the recent financial crisis, the discussion on the nature of runs and on the stabilizing role of liquidity holdings has intensified. This paper explores the cash management conducted by German open-end equity funds for the period between 2005 and 2010. Since ownership structures...
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