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Tweaking the entrepreneurial orientation-performance relationship in family firms : the effect of control mechanisms and family-related goals
Kallmünzer, Andreas; Stobl, Andreas; Peters, Mike - In: Review of managerial science 12 (2018) 4, pp. 855-883
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011903226
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U-type versus J-type tournaments
Kräkel, Matthias - 2001
advance, which is then shared among the workers according to their relative performance. The results of the paper show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011538870
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The optimality of simple contracts : moral hazard and loss aversion
Herweg, Fabian (contributor); Müller, Daniel (contributor) - 2008
bonus contract, i.e. when the agent's performance exceeds a certain threshold he receives a fixed bonus payment. Moreover …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003782366
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The effect of profitability, board size, woman on boards, and political connection on financial distress conditions
Kalbuana, Nawang; Taqi, Muhamad; Uzliawati, Lia; … - In: Cogent business & management 9 (2022) 1, pp. 1-22
This research proves the consistency of Agency Theory as a solution to explain the role of the influence of profitability, board size, woman on board, which is divided into two, namely woman on board of commissioner and woman on board of directors, as well as political connections to financial...
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Uncovering real earnings management : pay attention to risk-taking behavior
Alharbi, Samar S.; Al Mamun, Md.; Atawnah, Nader - In: International Journal of Financial Studies : open … 9 (2021) 4, pp. 1-18
We examine the impact of corporate risk-taking on firm-level real earnings management. We find that firms with higher risk-taking engage in higher real earnings management. Our results are robust to a series of robustness tests, including simultaneous least squares approach, firm fixed effect,...
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David Against Goliath - How Creative Communication Helps Small Advertising Agencies Survive in a Market Led by Giant Agencies
Åström, Jenny-Maria - 2019
The purpose of the study is to research how national advertising agencies use creativity to compete with larger, global agencies in the advertising market of Sweden, Spain and Portugal. To conduct the study, the authors keep a qualitative approach: we first carry out an analysis of previous...
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Information and Communication Technology, Hierarchy, and Job Design
Gerten, Elisa; Beckmann, Michael; Kräkel, Matthias - 2022
In recent decades, information and communication technology (ICT) has been associated with far-reaching changes in the design of jobs. However, it still remains unclear whether these changes will lead to more centralization or more decentralization in firms. Previous literature on this debate...
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Incentive Contracts, Market Risk, and Cost of Capital
Bertomeu, Jeremy - 2013
principal should offer a contract in which performance pay increases following a favorable market shock. In the aggregate …
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Analysis of the Obligations from Management Contracts Under a Relational Contracts Theory Norms Framework
Diathesopoulos, Michael D. - 2010
This paper presents an application of the relational contracts theory and specifically of the theory of norms to a paradigm relation, i.e. a management contract. In this analysis we use MacNeil's norms model and we test in relation to twelve unilateral and bilateral obligations of a standard...
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Access to Finance
Cheng, Beiting - 2014
In this paper, we investigate whether superior performance on corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies leads to …-section of firms, we find that firms with better CSR performance face significantly lower capital constraints. Moreover, we … performance, are important in reducing capital constraints. The results are further confirmed using several alternative measures …
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