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Shareholder wealth vs. stakeholder interests? : evidence from code compliance under the German corporate governance code
Haar, Brigitte - 2016
In order to better differentiate the drivers of corporations' actions, in particular shareholder wealth and stakeholder …
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How (not) to pay non-executive directors
Dilger, Alexander - 2012
Performance pay, at least as usually understand, is no good idea for non-executive directors. They have to supervise and control or in some situations even to fire and replace the executive managers. This means that their performance as supervisors is totally different from the performance of...
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Nachträgliche Reduktion von Vorstandsbezügen : eine ökonomische Analyse der Herabsetzungsmöglichkeit von Vorstandsbezügen nach dem VorstAG
Duran, Mihael - 2011
In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird eine modelltheoretische Untersuchung der verschärften sogenannten Herabsetzungsmöglichkeit von Vorstandsbezügen nach dem VorstAG anhand der Turniertheorie vorgenommen. Hierzu wird ein Modell entwickelt, um mögliche ökonomische Auswirkungen der Verminderung...
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Are employees better off in socially responsible firms?
Tamm, Katrin; Eamets, Raul; Mõtsmees, Pille - 2010
are also found between firm size and job satisfaction. -- corporate social responsibility ; stakeholder view ; employee …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009315293
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The wage policy of firms : comparative evidence for the US and Germany from personnel data
Grund, Christian - 2002
The wage policy of a German and a U.S. firm is comparatively analysed with a focus on the relation between wages and hierarchies. While prior studies examine only one particular firm, in this paper two plants of the same owners with similar production processes in different institutional...
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How much does your boss make? : the effects of salary comparisons
Cullen, Zoë B.; Perez-Truglia, Ricardo - 2018
The vast majority of the pay inequality in an organization comes from differences in pay between employees and their bosses. But are employees aware of these pay disparities? Are employees demotivated by this inequality? To address these questions, we conducted a field experiment with a sample...
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Optimizing incentive plan design : a case study
Levenson, Alec Robert; Zoghi, Cindy; Gibbs, Michael; … - 2011
We study effects of a firm's attempt to optimize an existing incentive scheme to increase sales growth for direct store delivery workers. Before optimization workers reported Ratchet Effects that lowered productivity. The altered incentive plan offered higher compensation for increased sales...
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Gender and dynamic agency : theory and evidence on the compensation of top executives
Albanesi, Stefania; Olivetti, Claudia; Prados, María José - 2015
We document three new facts about gender differences in executive compensation. First, female executives receive a lower share of incentive pay in total compensation relative to males. This difference accounts for 93 percent of the gender gap in total pay. Second, the compensation of female...
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Globalization of corporate governence : the American influence on dismissal performance sensitivity of European CEOs
Jungeilges, Jochen A.; Oxelheim, Lars; Randøy, Trond - 2010
This study examines how globalization of corporate governance practices influence the risk of European CEOs being dismissed. We argue that the harsh monitoring of the American corporate governance system spills over to the rest of the world as a result of this globalization. We focus on direct...
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Cui bono, benefit corporation? : an experiment inspired by social enterprise legislation in Germany and the US
Fischer, Sven Heiko; Goerg, Sebastian J.; Hamann, Hanjo - 2013 - This version: February 8, 2013
traditionally includes social standards. Our results show that a stakeholder provision, as found in both Germany and the US, cannot … overcome material incentives. However, even absent incentives the stakeholder norm does not foster other regarding behavior but … enterprise legislation and the stakeholder debate. -- experiment ; stakeholder value ; social enterprise ; benefit corporation …
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