The discounted cash flow model, like other firm valuation models, proceeds in two periods. For each year in the explicit forecast period, there is an individual forecast of free cash flow. On the other hand, all of the years in the post-horizon period are represented through one single...

Technologie hat dazu beigetragen, was Max Weber die Entzauberung der Welt nannte. Angestellte riskieren ihrer Sinnerfahrung in der arbeit beraubt zu werden. momentan beobachten wir das Magie, Moral und Erzählungen in Unternehmungen Einzug halten. Wiederverzauberung ist eine verbreiteter aber...

Det finns en mängd fallstudier som beskriver hur balanserade styrkort (BSC) har utformats och används en kort tid efter införandet. Det finns även större enkätundersökningar som visar att BSC är spritt i företag och organisationer. Det är inte ovanligt att mer än 50 % av de...

This paper describes the results of an empirical study of information use in eight institutional investor organizations during their equity investment decision processes. The study differs from prior studies in that it is based on real-world investment decisions and uses an inductive analysis...

The Swedish finance company crisis was a kind of "run" that happened in September, 1990. It marked the beginning of the Swedish banking crisis of the early 1990's. The crisis was initially focused on the finance company Nyckeln. The specific negative information about Nyckeln is identified, as...

The main purpose of the present study was to investigate the extent that dimensions of emotional intelligence (EI) would explain affect intensity. It was assumed that emotionally intelligent individuals in similarity to under-aroused individuals tend to actively take action to raise baseline...

The present study was prompted by the paucity in the literature on the relation between consumer behavior and the psychology of saving. Consumer choice mode was used in analogy to delay-of-gratification to examine how attitude to saving would relate to a behavioral measure. Data from 145...

In this paper, two rather different theories of action are identified within the field of “managerial and organizational cognition”. These theories are expressions of the two fundamentally different Weltanschuungen of scientism and humanism. The two theories and their different ontological...

This is a study of risk perception in relation to New Age (NA) beliefs, including traditional folk superstition and belief in paranormal phenomena, as well as use of alternative healing practices. Data were also obtained on trust dimensions and on personality and psychopathology variables, as...

Research suggests that direct measurement of attitude is not necessarily adequate to establish determinants of behavior. Cognitive and affective aspects of behavior presumably differ in accessibility when using direct measurement as typically the case with verbal self-reports. Data was collected...