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The internationalization of Chinese companies
Schüler‐Zhou, Yun; Schüller, Margot - In: Chinese Management Studies 3 (2009) 1, pp. 25-42
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to offer a critical perspective on China's official outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) data, commonly used in most research on the internationalization of Chinese companies. Owing to the deficiencies of China's statistical system, official OFDI data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014697452
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Intangible assets and firm diversification
Malone, Christopher B.; Rose, Lawrence C. - In: International Journal of Managerial Finance 2 (2006) July, pp. 136-153
Purpose – To re-examine empirically internalisation and transaction cost theories of firm FDI. Design/methodology/approach – Empirical analysis based on cross sectional multivariate regressions and the Fama-French three factor event study procedure. In addition to the key explanatory...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005002492
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Intangible assets and firm diversification
Malone, Christopher B.; Rose, Lawrence C. - In: International Journal of Managerial Finance 2 (2006) 2, pp. 136-153
Purpose – To re‐examine empirically internalisation and transaction cost theories of firm FDI. Design/methodology/approach – Empirical analysis based on cross sectional multivariate regressions and the Fama‐French three factor event study procedure. In addition to the key explanatory...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014785241
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Intra‐firm organization and profitability
Georgopoulos, Antonios; Koumanakos, Evangelos Pet. - In: Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change 3 (2007) 1, pp. 44-67
Greece, this paper aims to investigate whether a different tendency of intra‐firm organization has a different impact on … profitability, and due to institutional specific characteristics of Greece (e.g. relatively high tax rates), they appear to have … activities of foreign affiliates located in Greece; such information is quite rarely found in literature. Second, it is one of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014840272
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Development of transnational collective bargaining in Europe
Gennard, John - In: Employee Relations 31 (2009) 4, pp. 341-346
Purpose – The purpose of this editorial is to examine the development of transnational collective bargaining at the company level in Europe Design/methodology/approach – This editorial outlines the levels at which bargaining takes place in the European Union, the EU Commission proposals for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014731220
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Roles of foreign‐owned subsidiaries in a European peripheral economy
Manolopoulos, Dimitris - In: Management Research Review 33 (2010) 8, pp. 840-859
used in order to identify the prevalence of each subsidiary type in Greece. Findings – Findings indicate that foreign … widening the functional scope of their subsidiaries through knowledge‐seeking investments. Subsidiaries in Greece seem to … differentiated subsidiary roles in a small economy. The paper is believed to be the first to present a detailed analysis, for Greece …
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Consolidation in the Greek banking industry: which banks are acquired?
Pasiouras, Fotios; Zopounidis, Constantin - In: Managerial Finance 34 (2008), pp. 198-213
Purpose - The present paper aims to examine the relationship between bank's characteristics and market characteristics and the probability of acquisition in the Greek banking industry. Design/methodology/approach -Logistic regression is used to examine a sample of 24 banks, 9 of which were...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010814821
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The strategy of stakeholder briefing during merger negotiation in the bank market
Konstantopoulos, Nikolaos; Sakas, Damianos P.; … - In: Journal of Management Development 28 (2009) 7, pp. 622-632
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of the variable stakeholder briefing in the successful completion of merger negotiations in the Greek banking branch. Design/methodology/approach – The codification is attempted by means of software, so as to clarify the trends for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014882654
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Psychological contract assessment after a major organizational change
Bellou, Victoria - In: Employee Relations 29 (2006) 1, pp. 68-88
Purpose – This study aims to identify specific changes in the content of the psychological contract during mergers and acquisitions (M&As), looking into both the “previous” and the “current” psychological contract. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 255 non‐managerial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014731121
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Employee responses to acquisitions: evidence from Greek firms
Nikandrou, Irene; Papalexandris, Nancy - In: Employee Relations 30 (2008) 2, pp. 104-120
acquired companies in Greece participated in the research. Findings – The results of the study support that employees decide …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014731163