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The Global Big Oil on the Way to Business Model Innovation?

Bereznoy, Alexey - 2015

The paper explores the current changes in the global strategy of the elite of the international oil companies, the so-called supermajors, within the context of the potential business model innovation. The work aims to make two main contributions. First, by analyzing recent shifts in the world...

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The Role of Accounting in the Twenty-First Century Firm

Zimmerman, Jerold L. - 2015

PE firm (between the general and limited partners) and within their investees. Controlling these conflicts shifts the …

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Contracting with Opportunistic Partners : An Incomplete Contracts Approach

Casas-Arce, Pablo - 2016

After a contract is signed, contracting partners may engage in opportunistic behavior that circumvents the original intention of the agreement governing their business relationship (i.e. complying with the letter but not the spirit of the contract). We use an incomplete contracts approach to...

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Training & Development Barometer for Effective Transformation of Organizational Commitment and Overall Performance in Banking Sectors of KPK, Pakistan : Qualitative Study of Workfo...

Zehra, Nasreen - 2016

This research paper investigates the impact of T&D program on the level of employees' organizational commitment and overall performances in the Banking sector of KPK by considering Bank of Khyber as a case study. Study aims to critically examine all three attributes of organizational commitment...

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The Biggest Deal of the Century : & How to Make It Work

Pettit, Justin - 2016

Deputy Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman's remarks about an initial public offering (IPO) for a stake in Saudi Aramco is a shot across the bow for many – the world's major international oil companies (IOCs), other nations and their state-owned national oil companies (NOCs), and all those within...

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The Family Business Map : Framework, Selective Survey, and Evidence from Chinese Family Firm Succession

Bennedsen, Morten - 2014

This paper analyzes the causes and consequences of founding family engagement in firm ownership and management. We … from Chinese family firm succession, and conclude that family firm organization is an adaptation to environmental …

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What are Firms? Evolution from Early Business Plans to Public Companies

Kaplan, Steven N. - 2015

We study how firm characteristics evolve from early business plan to initial public offering (IPO) to public company … firm business lines or ideas remain remarkably stable from business plan through public company. Within those business … a VC or to the time period. We discuss how our results relate to theories of the firm and to VC investment decisions …

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Should Investors Bet on the Jockey or the Horse? Evidence from the Evolution of Firms from Early Business Plans to Public Companies

Kaplan, Steven N. - 2015

We study how firm characteristics evolve from early business plan to IPO to public company for 50 venture capital (VC …) financed companies. We find that firm business lines remain remarkably stable while management turnover is substantial …;the horsequot;) than on a strong management team (quot;the jockeyquot;). We also discuss how our results inform theories of the firm …

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The Firm as an Entity : Implications for Economics, Accounting, and the Law, London and NY: Routledge

Biondi, Yuri - 2013

The collected book enhances current economic understanding of the firm as an institution and an organization, looking … beyond the narrow boundaries of neoclassical economics to an interdisciplinary approach integrating accounting with law and … development of a comprehensive framework centred on the firm as an enterprise entity.The volume starts with a synthesis and a …

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Contract Duration : Evidence from Franchise Contracts

Brickley, James A. - 2012

This study provides evidence on the determinants of contract duration using a large sample of franchise contracts. We find that the term of the contract systematically increases with the franchisee's physical and human capital investments, measures of recontracting costs, and the franchisor's...

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