This paper analyzes the effects of bank mergers on bank firm relationships. Using matched bank-firm level data, I find that mergers disrupt lending relationships, specially to small borrowers of target banks. However, I find significant positive effects of mergers for borrowers that continue the...

Internationalen Vergleichen der Arbeitskosten, die sich ausschließlich auf das Verarbeitende Gewerbe beziehen, wird mangelnde Relevanz vorgeworfen, weil an der Erstellung von Industriewaren durch vielfältige Lieferverflechtungen auch andere Wirtschaftsbereiche beteiligt sind. Eine Analyse von...

As a result of the Asian financial crisis of 1997, the issue of corporate governance has attracted the attention of researchers as well as policy authorities. Much of the literature on the Asian crisis focuses specifically on the exploitation of minority shareholders by core members of...

Die Anzeichen mehren sich, dass die ein Jahrzehnt anhaltende Talfahrt am Bau zu Ende geht und zukünftig wieder mit moderatem Wachstum der Baunachfrage zu rechnen ist. Diese Frage hat nicht nur für das Baugewerbe, sondern auch für die ihm vorgelagerten Branchen - also die Bauzulieferindustrien...

This article analyses dealer satisfaction data in the agricultural technology market in Germany. The dealers could rate their suppliers in the ?overall satisfaction? and in 38 questions which can be summarized in 8 dimensions. An ordinal regression model which is also known as the proportional...

The decision to adopt e-commerce technology depends on a variety of variables. This paper explores the relative importance of structural firm-specific variables, the intrinsic value of the technology, expectations concerning the evolution of the technology, and the adoption behaviour of other...

The purpose of the paper is to provide a simple model explaining buyer-supplier relationships and show what factors determine the number of trading partners. We show that when the supplier is able to determine the number of trading partners, the optimal number is small if the supplier's...