Employers in the USA often use employment‐at‐will statements in the employment application process to minimize their … application process and that job‐seekers′ perceptions of the greater risk involved, greater expectations of employees, and a lack …

. Explains how the portfolios were derived on a rolling basis from the previous 30 months’ data, using four risk levels for the … optimized portfolios (OPs). Shows that as risk aversion increases for OPs, minimum returns tend to decrease but average returns …

multinational corporations in the UK, the US and Germany. It focuses on the organisation of foreign exchange risk management, in … particular the goals of exchange risk management, the centralisation of decision making, and the nature of the decision makers … three samples, the results represent confirmation of the risk‐averse nature of multinationals, the effect of size on …

Considers the factors affecting chief officers’ (CEOs’) compensation risk and control, develops hypotheses on the …. Describes the characteristics of the sample and confirms that the relationship between compensation risk and CEO control … compensation risk by including golden parachutes in their contracts even though this may cause negative returns for shareholders.  …

results which suggest that prepayment risk dominates default risk in all except very low growth housing markets. Adds that … markets (due to decline in prepayment risk), but have little impact on high growth/high volatility markets (because they are …

the reduction in compensation risk offered by RPE should reduce compensation cost and thus provide a good reason for the …

subsequent firm performance. Suggests that since options do not create losses when share prices decline, they encourage more risk … firm performance but that the link is stronger for ownership in high risk situations, but lower performance where risk is …