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Index effects in Germany and their origin - a theoretical and empirical analysis with a special focus on the influence of mutual funds -
Deininger, Claus - 2005
The main aim of this thesis is to analyse the reactions caused by index replacements in the German benchmark stock …-indices DAX, MDAX and HDAX. Usually financial theory suggests that the fact of an index replacement contains no new valuation …-relevant evidence. However the financial press frequently speculates about index replacements and the consequences on the underlying …
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What Drives the Choice of a Third Party Logistics Provider?
Anderson, Edward; Coltman, Tim; Devinney, Timothy; … - 2010
It is generally believed that companies choose supply chain partners on the basis of their distinctive value propositions – a fact one would also expect holds true when companies choose a logistics service provider. However, faced with the complexities of varied customer demands, it can be...
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Managing Buyer–Supplier Relationships: Empirical Patterns of Strategy Formulation in Industrial Purchasing
Terpend, Regis; Krause, Daniel R.; Dooley, Kevin J. - 2011
In this paper, we investigate how industrial buyers align their relationships with suppliers to the contextual characteristics of the purchase. We propose that patterns of purchasing strategy are evidenced, in part, by the alignment of three fundamental domains: the firm's strategic intent for a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009431846
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Gender gaps in financial literacy: a multi-arm RCT to break the response bias in surveys
Hospido, Laura; Iriberri, Nagore; Machelett, Margarita
La evidencia internacional ha documentado brechas de género en conocimientos fi nancieros en múltiples países y grupos demográfi cos. Aunque la mayoría de los estudios analizan por qué las mujeres saben menos, estas brechas también podrían refl ejar un comportamiento diferencial por...
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Resource, Strategies, Location Determinants, And Host Country Location Choice By Emerging Market Firms
Jain, Naveen K - 2009
The extant literature had studied the determinants of the firms’ location decisions with help of host country characteristics and distances between home and host countries. Firm resources and its internationalization strategies had found limited attention in this literature. To address this...
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The influence of women??s status on fertility behavior between Taiwan and China---a multilevel analysis
Poston, Dudley (contributor) - 2005
Since 1949 Taiwan and China have been governed by different political regimes. Nevertheless, after more than fifty years, research shows that women in both societies now enjoy significantly higher social status and have lower fertility rates. Despite well-documented literature on the...
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SCHOOL MILK DEMAND – INTERACTION BETWEEN POLICY AND OTHER FACTORS: SOME PRELIMINARY FINDINGS OF A REGIONAL PROJECT
Christoph, Inken B.; Peter, Gunter; Rothe, Andrea; … - 2010
Given the recent steadily declining consumption of school milk in Germany, aresearch project was set up by the German Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, in affiliation with other institutions, to retrieve quantifiable information on the different influencing factors...
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Driving factors for school milk demand in Germany
Christoph, Inken B.; Gonzalez-Mellado, Aida A.; Peter, … - 2009
basedsocial index, socially-funded school milk distribution, and gender shares, as well as the immigration background sharewithin …
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Controlling in mittelständischen Unternehmen
Flacke, Klaus - 2007
Die Notwendigkeit zur Nutzung eines Controllings für deutsche mittelständische Unternehmen durch unternehmensinterne und -externe Impulse ist in der Vergangenheit weiter angestiegen. Trotz der großen Bedeutung mittelständischer Unternehmen für die deutsche Wirtschaft ist der Erkenntnisstand...
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Securities, their index characterization and rating
Ivanovskienė, Jūratė - 2007
This theme is relevant due to several reasons. Privatization of government property, stocks publication of large and medium companies, creation of new stock company transformed Lithuanian economy. The stock companies appeared, securities market started to establish. The stock were invented and...
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