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Showing 1 to 20 of 60 for “"Ownership and Control"”.
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Bargaining power, ownership and control of international joint ventures in Taiwan
… in Taiwan. The primary purpose is to examine control and its antecedents in terms of ownership, bargaining power, resources contribution, and motivation for forming international joint ventures. Primary data collected by a mail questionnaire is analysed along five core dimensions of …
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The importance of corporate ownership and control structures in economic sovereignty
… effectiveness of these remaining policy tools and promote 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 …
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The ownership and control architecture of South Africa's state-owned companies and its impact on corporate governance
The thesis examines the ownership model and various control arrangements of state-owned companies (SOCs) to establish how the division of corporate power between the boards of directors and shareholder-representatives and the exercise of corporate power by these organs impact corporate governance. …
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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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The economic performance of international oil companies in Nigeria
… IN NIGERIA: The Effect of Fiscal Taxation and the Separation of Ownership and Control. This research investigates the tax policies of the Nigerian government and the separation of ownership and control and the possibility that they impact on the economic performance of the international oil …
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A Causal Model of Linkages between Environment and Organizational Structure, and Its Performance Implications in International Service Distribution: An Empirical Study of Restaurant and Hotel Industry
This research develops and tests a model of the service unit ownership and control patterns used by international service companies. The main purpose of this study is to investigate trivariate causal relationships among environmental factors, organizational structure, and perceived performance in …
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The Role of Central Government following the Lombok Earthquake 2018: the planning process and ownership and control of the Mataram City Post-Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Plan : A Dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Planning at Lincoln University
… at various times. Governments, including central and local governments, are the key actors regarding post-disaster recovery because they have the authority and responsibility to rescue affected people and recover affected areas (Yang, 2010). Planning is a critical step in the recovery process and …
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Are All Shares Equal? A Measure of Secondary Agency Conflict and an Examination of its Influence on Investor Reactions to Acquisition Announcements
<p>The <em>separation </em>of ownership and control has been established as the source of primary agency conflict between managers and shareholders. The research presented in the chapters that follow explain how the <em>combination </em>of ownership and control also represent a significant problem …
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Property rights and the investment behavior of U.S. Agricultural Cooperatives
Current economic theory describing the behavior and performance of agricultural cooperatives is not capable of addressing many of the crucial issues facing these institutions in today’s environment of declining government involvement in price and income support of U.S. agriculture. This …
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Stories of Return: A Collection of Repatriation Narratives
… phenomena of repatriation beyond NAGPRA and the incorporation of Indigenous curatorial methods into museum collections practices. The project explores repatriation and collections caretaking practices at ten settler institutions through narratives of experience collected from museum …
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Understanding Climate Change through a Community Definition of Resilience: Qualitative Analysis of Interviews and Implications for Practice
… conceptualize resilience to climate change and what responses are desired. As part of a Participatory Action Research study in Eastern Massachusetts, I analyzed de-identified interviews with residents and engaged in collaborative data analysis sessions with Resident Researchers. Residents in …
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Employee rights over inventions and innovations in employment in Kenya
… or groups who apply their creativity and ingenuity appropriately. The result of such ingenuity and creativity is product that is deemed to be so important that it qualifies for legal protection. Such assets will benefit any individual, business, company or enterprise that has the …
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South African Airways : state - or public enterprise?
… the five transport services owned by the State, and operated and controlled by the South African Railways and Harbours Administration, a division of the Ministry of Transport. This thesis, traces the administrative and organizational development of the Railways and Harbours Administration, and …
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Business elevators : an innovative model for accelerating growth of SMEs in developing markets
… in finding adequate sources of financing and lack of managerial capital are two of the most important reasons hindering growth and innovation of SMEs in developing countries. The need for sophisticated financial contracts that allow for separation of ownership and control is today a …
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A case study of the application of divestiture legislation on three small Québec ports
… has historically been under federal government ownership and control. Over the years, however, the marine system has become over-built. It is unable to cover costs and overly dependent on government subsidies. The Canadian government recently enacted legislation to divest the bulk of its …
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Antitakeover devices and firm performance: an empirical study using accounting measures
The separation of ownership and control in the modern corporation creates the potential for management to pursue its own self-interests at the expense of stockholder welfare. One mechanism protecting stockholders from self-interested management is the market for corporate control, or the takeover …
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The impact of corporate governance and ownership structure on performance and financial decisions of firms : evidence from Jordan
… to investigate the role of corporate governance and agency conflicts in determining corporate performance, foreign investment and corporate financial decisions. For this purpose, it uses firm-level corporate governance and ownership data from Jordan. Jordan is an economy in which the prevailing …
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Enterprise Resource Planning Systems in Family Firms
… system, sitting at the heart of its accounting and operational structure. Thus, successful implementation of an ERP is critical to an organization’s success. Organizations have long struggled with achieving successful implementations of large-scale information systems, and family influenced …
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Towards an improved understanding of how multi-national corporations manage agency conflicts : the case of ArvinMeritor, Inc.
Agency theory suggests that separating the ownership and control of a firm results in areas of conflict between the owners and controllers. This defines the firm as a nexus of contracts between various stakeholders with conflicting objectives. Management's task is to align the stakeholders and …
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Three Essays on External Sources of Corporate Governance
… is the system by which corporations are controlled. External sources of governance include regulatory and market mechanisms as well as the interplay of goals between managers, the board, and shareholders. Other external sources can include informal institutions which can shape goals as …
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