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15.997 Advanced Corporate Risk Management, Spring 2007

Parsons, John E.; Obizhaeva, Anna - 2007

Opportunity for group study by graduate students on current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum. From the course home page: Course Description This is a course on how corporations make use of the insights and tools of risk management. Most courses on derivatives,...

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UK executive pay: the special case of executive bonuses

Fattorusso, Jay - 2006

ofexecutive pay must continue and shareholders should remain vigilant. …

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Ownership, control and firm performance in Europe

Tong, Guanqun - 2010

shareholders and management. Existing literature is mainly concerned with the impact of managerial ownership on firm performance …. Little evidence is provided on the impact of general ownership concentration, including multiple large shareholders, on firm … largest three shareholders own more than 60% ownership of company. Industrial companies hold direct controls of European non …

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The impact of board size on firm performance: evidence from the UK

Guest, Paul M. - 2009

We examine the impact of board size on firm performance for a large sample of 2746 UK listed firms over 1981-2002. The UK provides an interesting institutional setting, because UK boards play a weak monitoring role and therefore any negative effect of large board size is likely to reflect the...

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Impact of M & A on firm performance in India: Implications for concentration of ownership and insider entrenchment

Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Selarka, Ekta - 2008

performance. On the one hand, concentration of ownership that, in turn, concentrates management control in the hands of a strategic investor, eliminates agency problems associated with dispersed ownership. On the other hand, it may lead to entrenchment of upper management which may be...

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Essays on institutional trader monitoring and its impact on firm value, CEO compensation, and board composition

Chen, Chi-Wei Brandon, Banking & Finance, Australian … - 2011

corporate governance, and ultimately, create value for shareholders. By following the ?Wall Street Rule? or equivalently …

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Board composition and corporate performance: How the Australian experience informs contrasting theories of corporate governance

Kiel, Geoffrey C.; Nicholson, Gavin J. - 2003

In many respects, Australian boards more closely approach normative best practice guidelines for corporate governance than boards in other Western countries. Do Australian firms then demonstrate a board demographic-organisational performance link that has not been found in other economies? We...

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Aufsichtsräte deutscher Aktiengesellschaften: Zusammensetzung, Interventionsaktivitäten, Performance

Vetter, Karin - 2011

Den Aufsichtsräten innerhalb des deutschen Corporate Governance Systems ist in den letzten Jahren erhöhte Aufmerksamkeit zugekommen. Es wurden Empfehlungen und gesetzliche Vorschriften formuliert, die die Zusammensetzung des Aufsichtsratsgremiums sowie dessen Tätigkeiten betreffen. Diesem...

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Zur Rolle der Printmedien bei der Steuerung und ?berwachung von Unternehmen. Eine Analyse der Berichterstattung ?ber die Einhaltung der Grunds?tze des Deutschen Corporate Governance Kodex.

Schmid, Christoph - 2006

Ausgangspunkt der vorliegenden Arbeit ist die Feststellung, dass sich die ?konomische Theorie trotz der mehr als 160j?hrigen Geschichte gewerbsm??iger medialer Berichterstattung ?ber das Geschehen rund um M?rkte und Unternehmen lange Zeit kaum mit den Massenmedien besch?ftigt hat. Dabei kann...

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Disclosure of executive remuneration in large banks

Schott, Max - 2008

The first part of this thesis analyzes and quantifies the magnitude of executive remuneration disclosure of the worlds 245 largest exchange-listed banks, using annual reports as the primary source of information, and the diverse disclosure rules in the 31 countries in which these banks are...

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