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In this article, we analyse the gains in performance of international diversified firms applied to the Eurozone, taking into account the impact of the interactive effect of both product and international diversification on this performance. We test all the conflicting relations explored in the...
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En la £ltima d‚cada el sistema de franquicia ha adquirido un desarrollo progresivo, aumentando el n£mero de empresarios interesados en este concepto de negocio. Al respecto, el presente trabajo de investigaci¢n tiene como objetivo analizar la influencia de las contraprestaciones financieras...
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La revisi¢n de la literatura desvela una relaci¢n entre el perfil del peque¤o empresario y la competitividad del negocio que regenta. A su vez, observamos la progresiva utilizaci¢n de est ndares de calidad en el sector del turismo rural, bien por parte de la Administraci¢n o por...
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La sustituci¢n, a principios de los a¤os setenta, de un sistema de tipos de cambio fijos por otro basado en tipos de cambio flexibles, ha provocado que las empresas se enfrenten al riesgo de cambio surgido de la incertidumbre sobre los efectos que las fluctuaciones de los precios relativos de...
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This paper analyses the relationship between environmental proactivity and business performance on a sample of 186 industrial companies. This relationship is approached by studying a bundle of relationships between different dimensions or manifestations of environmental proactivity and different...
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El estudio de las caracter¡sticas de los mercados de valores ha tenido en los £ltimos a¤os un compa¤ero imprescindible en la metodolog¡a de eventos. La necesidad de medir la reacci¢n del mercado ante distintos acontecimientos econ¢micos y financieros genera la necesidad de contar con...
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Partiendo del enfoque Agencia-Stewardship, este trabajo trata de estudiar la importancia de los altos directivos para la implantaci¢n de la Responsabilidad Social Corporativa (RSC). En concreto, se propone que el perfil directivo se relaciona con las pr cticas de RSC, y que dicha relaci¢n...
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We identify the factors influencing the board composition of an international sample of commercial banks over the period 1996?2006. After considering the dual role of the board as monitor and advisor, our analysis shows that no one board composition is optimal for the banking industry and that...
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A major characteristic of financial markets is information asymmetry. To combat its problems principals can use screening. That is, they can offer the clients a menu of contracts and infer their risk level from their choices. If the pattern of choices that clients with different risk level make...
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The current collapse of credit markets has left small and medium enterprises (SMEs) facing severe credit rationing. The practice of screening borrowers by risk level has become a paramount consideration for both lenders and firms. This paper represents the first empirical test of the screening...
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