Im Zuge der Globalisierung stellen sich den Unternehmen immer wieder neue Herausforderungen. Besonders im Vordergrund steht die innerbetriebliche Organisation der Unternehmen und ihrer Tochterunternehmen auf internationaler Ebene. Aber auch bei national agierenden Unternehmen steigt die...

The first two essays in this dissertation examine the phenomenon of venture capital syndication, or co-investment. In the first essay, I construct measures of syndicate heterogeneity and find that when venture capital firms from different geographic regions syndicate their investments, this has...

Businesses go to great lengths to create positive emotional experiences for their customers, often applying the same affective or emotional practices in communication with a culturally diverse customer base. This dissertation argues that culture-specific emotional norms and display rules shape...

The two essays in this dissertation are concerned with investors' decision making in the global environment. Finance literature has established that investors do not allocate their investments in mean variance efficient portfolios. Instead, variables such as economic development and familiarity...

The purpose of this thesis was to determine when it could be advantageous for two competing technology companies to cooperate with one another. To answer this question, an illustrative case study of the Ashkelon desalination plant was analyzed against traditional theories and, once those...

The issue of pay equity within publicly-traded companies has been a question of growing interest in recent years. Academics, policy-makers, and members of the popular press and general public have become increasingly focused on the extent to which pay at the highest levels of American business...

Emerging firms are the foundation for economic growth in today's business world, yet relatively little is known about the factors that contribute to the success or failure of developing organizations. This research study helps to address this broad question by examining the role that managerial...

The purpose of this study was to determine the incentives of companies in either sponsoring or not sponsoring professional sports teams. The review of literature regarding the identification of incentives to sponsor professional sports teams revealed a lack of attention to this aspect....