In this article we propose a multidimensional framework for comparative performance evaluation. The framework, CCPR, is elaborated and illustrated through a real-life case. The approach is that it takes account of and corrects for the influence of risks, which are beyond the control of the...

Financial-economic decisions are normally aimed at making decisions consciously, with a clear and permanent drive to good, better or even optimal decisions. Unfortunately, many decisions in practice are at least partially flawed, despite the availability of financial economic theory, decision...

The market for corporate control in the second largest economy in the world behaves very different from that in the U.S. Using a sample of 91 mergers in the period 1982-2003 we document several distinctive features of this market in Japan. First, we show that in stark contrast to the...