Collective reputation and its associated free-rider problem have been invoked to justify state licensing of professions and to explain the incidence of franchising. We examine the conditions under which it is possible to create a Pareto-improving collective reputation among groups of...

Despite a growing literature, the relationship between the structure of executive compensation and firm performance is not fully understood. Furthermore, little work has been done on the link between Economic Value Added (EVA) as a measure of firm performance and the form of executive...

Utilising classification systems developed by Helfert (1982); and Gentry, Newbold and Whitford (1985, 1990), this paper presents a summary of changes in the cash flow position of companies embarking on a share repurchase strategy. The results from the adoption of a repurchasing strategy show...