Purpose-The purpose of this paper is to show how Japanese companies are assimilating the Anglo-Saxon model of corporate governance, by focusing on the changes in accounting and auditing in post-war Japan. Design/methodology/approach-It delineates the three key stages in the process by which...

We analyse to what extent the accrual anomaly is related to the choice of the accounting system as well as firm-level heterogeneity in corporate governance mechanisms. Using a unique dataset of listed German firms over the period 1995 to 2005 we first corroborate former results indicating that...

In the literature, growth is discussed as a key value lever within the framework of value-basedmanagement as it creates opportunities to generate additional free cash flow and thus to increase thevalue of the company. However, opportunities for high growth rates, for example through...

Das Ziel dieser Studie ist, das Shareholder-Value-Konzept und seine Umsetzung verständlich darzustellen, einige weit verbreitete Missverständnisse darüber auszuräumen, eine sachliche Analyse und Kritik vorzunehmen sowie mit Praxisbeispielenzu untermauern.

The mid-1980s began a period that might, in retrospect, be seen as the golden age of monetary policy. Worldwide inflation rates, which had come down from the high levels reached in the 1970s, were at the lowest level seen in a long time. In the real economy, low and stable inflation went along...

Since the mid-1990s, major Japanese banks have sold off a significant portion of their holdings of corporate equity. Using information on the identity of Japanese firms' top 10 shareholders, this paper explores the process of banks' equity disposal. There is some evidence that, after FY2001,...

For years, “improving business processes” has been and is the primary business priority of IT. In business process management (BPM), common criteria to evaluate the improvement of a process are time, costs, customer satisfaction and output quality. In contrast, the management of companies...

The publication “Capitalism and Freedom” in 1962 by Milton Friedman has sparked one of the majordisputes in economic theory: Is shareholder value and profit maximisation at all costs legitimate, asclaimed by Friedman? Or do companies have to conduct their business considering the needs of...

We empirically study the use of value–based management systems in listed German firms and examineimplications for firms’ stock market performance. Using a novel, hand–collected data set covering1,083 firm years from 2002 to 2008, we find that value–based management systems become...

Der Begriff des Stakeholders ist heute einer der zentralen Elemente der Debatte um die gesellschaftliche Verantwortung der Unternehmenung geworden. Ursprünglich wurde Stakeholder Management als Gegenkonzept zu Friesman´s Anspruch der Shareholdervalue-Maximisierung vorgeschlagen. Wie Freeman...