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The Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence: Rewarding World-Class Practices

Chakravorty, Satya S.; Atwater, J. Bryan; Herbert, James I. - 2008

Established in 1988, the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence recognises organisations in the USA, Mexico and Canada …

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Determinants of the Relations between Transitory Earnings and CEO Cash Compensation in the USA

Asthana, Sharad; Ye, Zhongxia Shelly - 2007

effect). This study has practical implications for regulators, corporations and investors, both in the USA and abroad. …

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A study of outsourcing of premedia services to India by US companies

Nayak, Rahul P. - 2009

Offshore outsourcing continues to gain prominence as the printing industrystrides into the future. With different segments of the industry looking at reducingcosts and, in exchange providing value-added services, more companies turntowards outsourcing services offshore as a solution. Although it...

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Corporate Governance and Investor Reactions to Seasoned Equity Offerings

Huang, Rongbing; Tompkins, James G - 2009

We study the role of corporate governance in abnormal returns around announcements of seasoned equity offerings (SEOs) by publicly traded U. S. firms from 2001 - 2004. We find that investors react more positively for firms in which different people hold the CEO and board chairman positions. We...

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Essays on the Market for Corporate Control

Kim, Hwagyun (contributor) - 2009

This dissertation examines the relative importance of the information effect oncorporate takeover in total takeover …-offer. Overall, the corporatetakeover bid generates information gains up to 15 percent of total takeover gains.It also develops a … the sources of takeover gains? Dotakeovers create value? Why are stock offers more common? Who gains from suchtransactions …

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For The Many of The Few?

Wong, Wai Kin - 2011

Recent studies [Bebchuk and Fried (2002)] have shown that managerial power and negotiations play important roles in the design of executive pay arrangements, suggesting that some CEOs may extract greater economic rent from shareholders when provided with the opportunity. This paper seeks to...

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Divergence of investors? opinion and takeovers: the impact on announcement returns, bid success and merger arbitrage investment strategies

Whitehead, Marcela, Banking & Finance, Australian … - 2010

, we examine the effect of the market reaction to a takeover announcement in conjunction with divergence of opinion on deal … Australian acquirers and 584 targets and find some evidence that managers in takeover negotiations listen to the acquirer market … analysed this mpact. We find that by using divergence of opinion to predict takeover success, we can build a merger arbitrage …

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A source of new information? the market effects of corporate testimony in congressional hearings (2000-2005)

Jones, Bryan D. (contributor) - 2011

Given that Congressional hearings are established legislative and political information generating tools for committee members engaging in oversight, fact finding, and agenda setting, I examine whether or not hearings provide information to actors outside of government. More specifically, does...

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Austin Logistics Inc : assessing defect density

Perry, Dewayne E. (contributor) - 2010

Austin Logistics Inc. Solutions provides tools that help centralize resource management, optimize and maintain compliance of calling schedules for consumer financial service organization (banks, financial institutions). With the increasing number of customers, the amount of rework and...

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The use of GIS for hazard mitigation for historic resources

Holleran, Michael (contributor); … - 2011

Geographical Information Systems (GIS) offers preservationists a unique tool with the potential to revolutionize hazard mitigation for historic resources. The program’s ability to link information to a specific geographical location and efficiently disperse this information can solve two of...

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