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The market for corporate control: The scientific evidence
- Journal of Financial Economics
, 1983
"... This paper reviews much of the scientific literature on the market for corporate control. The evidence indicates that corporate takeovers generate positive gains, that target firm shareholders benefit, and that bidding firm shareholders do not lose. The gains created by corporate takeovers do not ap ..."
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not appear to come from the creation of market power. With the exception of actions that exclude potential bidders, it is difficult to find managerial actions related to corporate control that harm shareholders. Finally, we argue the market for corporate control is best viewed as an arena in which managerial
The effect of national culture on the choice of entry mode
- Journal of International Business Studies
, 1988
"... Abstract. Characteristics of national cultures have frequently been claimed to influence the selection of entry modes. This article investigates this claim by developing a theoretical argument for why culture should influence the choice of entry. Two hypotheses are derived which relate culture to en ..."
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to *Bruce Kogut is a Visiting Professor at the Institute of International Business at the Stockholm School of Economics and is on leave from the Wharton School. *"*Harbir Singh is an Associate Professor of Management at the Wharton School of Business. His prior research is on corporate acquisitions
The modern industrial revolution, exit, and the failure of internal control systems
- JOURNAL OF FINANCE
, 1993
"... Since 1973 technological, political, regulatory, and economic forces have been changing the worldwide economy in a fashion comparable to the changes experienced during the nineteenth century Industrial Revolution. As in the nineteenth century, we are experiencing declining costs, increaing average ( ..."
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(but decreasing marginal) productivity of labor, reduced growth rates of labor income, excess capacity, and the requirement for downsizing and exit. The last two decades indicate corporate internal control systems have failed to deal effectively with these changes, especially slow growth
Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure
, 1976
"... This paper integrates elements from the theory of agency, the theory of property rights and the theory of finance to develop a theory of the ownership structure of the firm. We define the concept of agency costs, show its relationship to the ‘separation and control’ issue, investigate the nature of ..."
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This paper integrates elements from the theory of agency, the theory of property rights and the theory of finance to develop a theory of the ownership structure of the firm. We define the concept of agency costs, show its relationship to the ‘separation and control’ issue, investigate the nature
Corporate governance and equity prices
- Quarterly Journal of Economics
, 2003
"... Shareholder rights vary across �rms. Using the incidence of 24 governance rules, we construct a “Governance Index ” to proxy for the level of shareholder rights at about 1500 large �rms during the 1990s. An investment strategy that bought �rms in the lowest decile of the index (strongest rights) and ..."
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Shareholder rights vary across �rms. Using the incidence of 24 governance rules, we construct a “Governance Index ” to proxy for the level of shareholder rights at about 1500 large �rms during the 1990s. An investment strategy that bought �rms in the lowest decile of the index (strongest rights
Where do interorganizational networks come from?
, 1998
"... Organizations enter alliances with each other to access critical resources, but they rely on information from the network of prior alliances to determine with whom to cooperate. These new alliances modify the existing network, prompting an endogenous dynamic between organizational action and network ..."
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Organizations enter alliances with each other to access critical resources, but they rely on information from the network of prior alliances to determine with whom to cooperate. These new alliances modify the existing network, prompting an endogenous dynamic between organizational action
Confidential
, 2008
"... The major impediment for the growth of Inderfor S.A, an Argentinean forestry intermediary company, is their clients ´ poor access to financing. Latin America is gaining ground in the forest industry, opening opportunities for Finnish forest machinery manufacturers, but the Argentinean operators do n ..."
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institutions, both public and private, and banks. A secondary objective was to find specific financing solutions that were carried into practice through three varying study cases. The study has a descriptive method approach. Actual investigation was conducted by gathering information directly from
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Convention on climate change. http://www.unfccc.de/resource/conv/index.html UNFCCC
- Forest Science
, 1992
"... The spectre of climate change that is unfolding now is undeniably a cumulative impact of anthropogenic interference in the climate system over the last two centuries. The science is clear and the policy community is being increasingly convinced and galvanised into action to address this emergent cha ..."
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challenge in light of the associated economic and human dimensions. The impacts of climate change ranging from sea level rise, melting ice caps and glaciers, severe weather events, drought, flooding, warming, subtle changes in ecosystems – will impinge on every aspect of society and economic life. The costs
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