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Ownership concentration & firm performance: Evidence from an emerging market

Grosfeld, Irena - 2006

The initial view of the advantages of ownership concentration in joint stock companies was determined by the concern about the opportunistic managerial behavior. The growing importance of knowledge and human capital in the operation of firms shifts the focus of concern: excessive ownership...

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Essays in Corporate Governance: Issues and Evidence from Equity Carve-Outs

Kayanga, Andrew Mulindwa - 2008

This dissertation consists of three essays examining the relation between corporate governance and firm performance. The theme of this study is that the widely documented long-term underperformance in equity carve-outs can be partly explained by weak corporate governance. The first essay...

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Behavioural differences among Chinese firms - from the perspective of earnings determination

Meng, Xin; Perkins, Frances - 1996

Firms with different ownership structure behave differently. Currently there are three major ownership structures in China’s industrial sector: state enterprises, collective enterprises, and private enterprises. Market-oriented economic reform has given great autonomy to firm managers in terms...

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Theory and Evidence on the Relationship Between Ownership Structure and Capital Structure

Brailsford, Tim; Oliver, Barry; Pua, Sandra L. H - 1999

The agency relationship between managers and shareholders has the potential to influence decision-making in the firm which in turn potentially impacts on firm characteristics such as value and leverage. Prior evidence has demonstrated an association between ownership structure and firm value....

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Pengaruh Struktur Kepemilikan, Ukuran Perusahaan, dan Praktek Corporate Governance Terhadap Kinerja Keuangan Perusahaan Perbankan yang Terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia

Tarigan, Daniel Pasarella - 2011

The purpose of this research was to test the effect of ownership structure, company size, corporate governance practices in this research in which proxies into the size of the Board of Commissioners, the proportion of the Independent Commissioners and Audit Committee on Company Financial...

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Pricing and interconnection agreements in network markets

Martin Reichhuber - 2008

Ever since the beginning of the nineties, interconnection pricing emerged as a high priority regulatory policy question. As more and more state-owned monopolies were privatized, their essential facility (or simply their network) had to be opened to competition. The most viable practice was...

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An economic analysis of the WTO's dispute settlement system

Sebastian Wilckens - 2008

Under the World Trade Organization's (WTO) current dispute settlement system (DSS) the utmost threat to a non-complying offender of a trade agreement is posed by the retaliation of the victorious complainant. Several scholars argue that the smaller and poorer a country is, the more difficult a...

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Are Franchising Systems Beneficial for Lodging Industry in terms of Profitability and Intangible Value?

Moon, Joonho - 2011

Franchising plays a significant role in the rapid growth of its retail sales. Franchising is a system in which the … because of its advantages. Actually, the annual retail sales of business-format franchising were about $246 billion in 1992 … (Huber, 1993).In the lodging industry, franchising has contributed so significantly to the growth of major hotelchains since …

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The Differing Effects of Satisfaction, Trust, and Commitment on Buyer's Behavioral Loyalty: A Study into the Buyer-Salesperson and Buyer-Selling Firm Relationship in a Business-to-...

Rutherford, Brian - 2007

impact on the relationship if conflict is present. Overall, this study provides a framework for future research on the topic …

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Einbeziehung der privaten Krankenvollversicherung in den Risikostrukturausgleich der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung in Deutschland. Abschätzung der quantitativen Auswirkungen

Lüngen, Markus; Stollenwerk, Björn; Gerber, Andreas; … - 2007

Die Einbeziehung der privaten Krankenversicherung (PKV) in den Risikostrukturausgleich (RSA) der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung (GKV) wird häufig diskutiert. In der vorliegenden Studie wird anhand einer quantitativen Analyse unter Verwendung der Daten des Sozioökonomischen Panels (SOEP)...

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