Heroism is apparently nonadaptive in Darwinian terms, so why does it exist at all? Risk-taking and heroic behavior are … predominantly male tendencies, and literature and legend reflect this. This study explores the possibility that heroism persists in … influences of altruism and bravery in the evolution of heroism. Our study found that females do prefer risk-prone brave males to …

In 1954, Drucker boldly declared that organizations have only two basic functions, marketing and innovation. While true …-developed competencies in marketing and in understanding customer needs. In its first two sections, this essay explores Drucker’s insights …, and sustained break-through innovations. We review Drucker’s insights and synthesize them with the scholarly research on …

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 … theoretical model on the market for corporate control using theassumption that there exists management slack which does not …

, 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 …