Managers conducting earnings conference calls display distinctive styles in their word choice. Some CEOs and CFOs routinely use qualifying words such as "approximately", "probably", and "maybe". They are vague talkers. Straight talkers, by contrast, use such words less frequently. Analysts and...

Managers conducting earnings conference calls display distinctive styles in their word choice. Some CEOs and CFOs are straight talkers. Others, by contrast, are vague talkers. Vague talkers routinely use qualifying words indicating uncertainty, such as “approximately”, “probably”, or...

Managers conducting earnings conference calls display distinctive styles in their word choice. Some CEOs and CFOs are straight talkers. Others, by contrast, are vague talkers. Vague talkers routinely use qualifying words indicating uncertainty, such as "approximately", "probably", or "maybe"....

While there is continual scholarly interest in the organization as theatre metaphor, extant dramaturgical perspectives limit the ability to account for aesthetic experiences in theatrical situations. This study provides a different methodological lens for looking at theatre in organizations and...

Im Hinblick auf die Verabschiedung des Digital Services Act im Jahr 2022, der einen neuen horizontalen Rechtsrahmen für die Regulierung digitaler Dienste vorsieht, analysiert dieses Diskussionspapier die Moderation von Inhalten auf Online-Plattformen. Die Moderation von Inhalten ist eine sehr...

The purpose of this article is to explore the market reactions and determinants to 180 investor presentations by the German DAX 30 companies illustrating half-year and year-end results from 2010 to 2012. Therefore, an event study is conducted. In line with previous studies, the article finds...

Im Hinblick auf die Verabschiedung des Digital Services Act im Jahr 2022, der einen neuen horizontalen Rechtsrahmen für die Regulierung digitaler Dienste vorsieht, analysiert dieses Diskussionspapier die Moderation von Inhalten auf Online-Plattformen. Die Moderation von Inhalten ist eine sehr...