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Global finance and the German model: German corporations, market incentives, and the management of employer-sponsored pension institutions

Clark, Gordon L.; Mansfield, Daniel; Tickell, Adam - 2002

finance has put enormous pressure on national economic, political and social institutions. Furthermore, the looming crisis … of stakeholder capitalism is changing rapidly, at least in the sphere of large firms and global finance. …). 'Global finance and the German model: German corporations, market incentives, and the management of employer-sponsored pension …

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London in the European financial services industry: locational advantage and product complementarities

Clark, Gordon L. - 2002

If its prospects were doubted in the early 1990s, London is now the pre-eminent international financial centre. It dominates its European rivals and is joined with New York and Tokyo in a non-stop reciprocal global embrace. Whereas some analysts approach this topic concentrating on the nature...

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Geographically dispersed ownership and inter-market stock price arbitrage - Ahold's crisis of corporate governance and its implications for global standards

Clark, Gordon L.; Wójcik, Dariusz; Bauer, Rob - 2006

Scandals of corporate governance in the United States and Europe in the aftermath of the TMT bubble captured the public imagination. In play were the interests of senior executives in relation to investors, prompting debate over countries' standards of corporate governance in the global market...

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Exit, the firm and sunk costs: re-conceptualising the corporate geography of disinvestment and plant closure

Clark, Gordon L.; Wrigley, Neil - 1997

the evolving world of corporate finance, corporate governance and capital specificity. These are important matters for …

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Emergent frameworks in global finance: accounting standards and German supplementary pensions

Clark, Gordon L.; Mansfield, Daniel; Tickell, Adam - 2001

. & Tickell, A. (2001). 'Emergent frameworks in global finance: accounting standards and German supplementary pensions', Economic …

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Financial valuation of the German model: the negative relationship between ownership concentration and stock market returns, 1997-2001

Clark, Gordon L.; Wójcik, Dariusz - 2005

Believed to be a robust alternative to Anglo-American market capitalism, the virtues of the German model are increasingly disputed as doubts are raised about its long-term prospects. At the core of the German model is a system of corporate governance that is characterized by concentrated...

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Infrastructure shortfall in the United Kingdom: the private finance initiative and government policy

Clark, Gordon L.; Root, Amanda - 1999

, the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) is very important for the government's plans to make up the shortfall. Although … shortfall in the United Kingdom: the private finance initiative and government policy', Political Geography, 18(3), 341 …

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Why should they care? The role of institutional investors in the market for corporate global responsibility

Clark, Gordon L.; Hebb, Tessa - 2005

Institutional investors, primarily pension funds, drive global financial markets. The result is investors vulnerable to the risks companies face in global consumer and capital markets. Though some market risks are inevitable, others, such as reputation risk, can be mitigated through increased...

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The 'crisis' in defined benefit corporate pension liabilities. Part II: current solutions and future prospects

Clark, Gordon L.; Monk, Ashby H. B. - 2007

Once an integral component of company-sponsored compensation schemes in many Western economies, private defined benefit (DB) pensions are in decline. For many, DB schemes (and their related healthcare liabilities, depending on the jurisdiction) have hobbled the financial wellbeing of plan...

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Performing finance: the industry, the media, and its image

Clark, Gordon L.; Thrift, Nigel; Tickell, Adam - 2004

Much of the academic finance literature has been devoted to theoretical principles concerning portfolio design, the … fundamentals of firm structure, entry and exit from the industry, and spatial and industrial concentration. But finance is also a …-time data services. Finance has become a media event, with its breathless reporters and star anchorpersons more often …

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