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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Corporate ownership"”.
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The importance of corporate ownership and control structures in economic sovereignty
… more desirable economic outcomes by shaping corporate governance arrangements and by making use of state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Chapter 2 provides a brief analysis of the global economy since the end of World War II (WWII). It examines the major ideological underpinnings and economic …
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The effect of changes in corporate ownership on three metropolitan daily newspapers' editorials, 1961-1992
This study analyzes the effect of changes in corporate ownership at three large metropolitan daily newspapers as reflected in the content of lead Sunday editorials at each newspaper. The study sought to determine whether changes in type of ownership would increase the number of neutral editorials …
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CORPORATE OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL STRUCTURES AND FIRM PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM CONTROL POTENTIAL, AGENCY, AND CONTROL DOMINANCE-CONTESTABILITY PERSPECTIVES ON UK LISTED FIRMS
CORPORATE OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL STRUCTURES AND FIRM PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM CONTROL POTENTIAL, AGENCY, AND CONTROL DOMINANCE-CONTESTABILITY PERSPECTIVES ON UK LISTED FIRMS BY: ABDELLA KORMIE DINGA MATERIAL ABSTRACT The research study comprises of two preceding Chapters, three main empirical …
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Corporate news : the issue of newspaper ownership revisited
The rise of the corporate form of organization within the Canadian newspaper industry has raised concerns over the quality and diversity of information available to the public. In doing so, two competing theories have sought to explain the effects of such change on the editorial product being …
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News Corp Translated: Framing the United States in Bulgaria
… into the fields of gatekeeping, framing, and corporate ownership bias. Suggestions of bias were found in terms of the overall tone of the articles but not in the amount of coverage. There was a significant difference between the two web sites in the tone of coverage concerning individuals and …
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The Business of Power: Canadian Multinationals in the Postwar Era
… political economy. Does this imply that ‘corporate power’ is a meaningful concept in the Canadian context? What role has globalization played in restructuring the corporate sector? Are large firms controlled by salary-oriented managers or profit-seeking proprietors? Do mergers and …
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Essays in Corporate Governance: Issues and Evidence from Equity Carve-Outs
… of three essays examining the relation between corporate governance and firm performance. The theme of this study is that the widely documented long-term underperformance in equity carve-outs can be partly explained by weak corporate governance. The first essay presented in Chapter 2 explores …
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A study of the Corporate Coaching Culture Cultivation approach in meeting change management needs for organisations in China
… implementation of a coaching culture, the Corporate Coaching Culture Cultivation (CCCC) approach developed by the researcher, based on her extensive experience in China, is studied in this project to determine how best to foster a coaching culture in this country. With the literature review …
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Reforming the Chinese corporate governance system: a comparative law and economic analysis.
… law was the well-documented separation of ownership from control and the increase in management control brought about by the wide dispersion of share ownership in large public companies.The growth and complexity of the modern corporation with diversified ownership created the need for …
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Controlling and Organizing the Network Structure of Korean Business Groups, 1997-2003
… business groups, chaebols, for the family-based corporate ownership and control under environmental uncertainty. Research focuses on the groups' changing patterns of inter-firm network structures, the maneuvering strategy by utilizing relational configurations of business groups for the family …
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The South African Breweries Limited : a case study in monopoly conditions, conglomerate diversification, and corporate control in the South African Malt Beer Industry
… an elaborate hierarchical system of corporate ownership and control. Each of these features of the SAB group - monopoly, conglomerate, pyramid - will be examined in detail in this dissertation. For the moment, it will be sufficient to note only that SAB is an interesting subject of …
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Essays on the Economics of Entrepreneurship
… examines the role played by economic agents and ownership structures in creating incentives for high-technology entrepreneurship. The goal of high-technology entrepreneurship is to go public through initial public offers (IPO). Going public eases access to finance and rewards entrepreneurs for …
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Insider Share-Pledging and Firm Investors
Corporate insiders frequently borrow from lending institutions and pledge personal equity shares as collateral for the loan. Using manually collected pledge data for January 2007-December 2011, I examine how this phenomena affects firm investors and analyze agency conflicts between pledging …
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The alienation of humans from nature: media and environmental discourse
… how people experience and understand nature, and corporate ownership of media influences the content (Beder, 2004). What does this discouragement look like in the news? Nature is often made the culprit that impinges on people identified as consumers. Added environmental responsibility for the …