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We examine changes in internal auditing during the time of the Enron and WorldCom disasters and the related legislative and media focus on internal control and corporate governance. Data gathered from 271 mid-sized US public companies reveal that internal audit budgets, staffing levels, meetings...
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positively correlated with productivity improvements and growth in real output. Furthermore, while governance affects efficiency …
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positively correlated with productivity improvements and growth in real output. Furthermore, while governance affects efficiency …
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relationship between competition and innovation, Aghion, Dewatripont and Rey (1999) showed that this could be reversed if agency …
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. The first essay studies the interaction between economic integration, product and process innovation, and relative skill … enterprises respond by investing more aggressively in both product and process innovation. The relative demand for unskilled … rigidity. The third essay analyses how different unionisation structures affect firm productivity and firm performance in a …
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attention. New recommendations were given and regulation was passed concerning the composition of supervisory boards and their …
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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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The first part of this thesis analyzes and quantifies the magnitude of executive remuneration disclosure of the world’s 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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Ever since the beginning of the nineties, interconnection pricing emerged as a high priority regulatory policy question. As more and more state-owned monopolies were privatized, their essential facility (or simply their network) had to be opened to competition. The most viable practice was...
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Mit der Schaffung des europäischen Versicherungsbinnenmarkteswurde 1994 auch der deutsche Versicherungsmarkt liberalisiert.Damit stehen seither den Unternehmen auf diesen Märkten mit derProduktgestaltung, der Prämienkalkulation und derRisikoklassifikation neue Wettbewerbsinstrumente zur...
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