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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Signalling Theory"”.
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Modelling religious signalling
… This dissertation explores one contemporary theory of the co-evolution of religion and human social cooperation: the signalling theory of religion, or religious signalling theory (RST). According to the signalling theory, participation in social religion (and its associated rituals and …
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Modelling religious signalling
… This dissertation explores one contemporary theory of the co-evolution of religion and human social cooperation: the signalling theory of religion, or religious signalling theory (RST). According to the signalling theory, participation in social religion (and its associated rituals and …
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Forward looking information disclosures, earnings management practices, and "the CEO's" personal characteristcs: the case of Jordan
… of the study are consistent with agency and signalling theory perspectives. Secondly, the study seeks to investigate the effect of the CEO’s personal characteristics (age, gender and overconfidence) on the level of FLID. Three measures of overconfidence were used: Net Buyer, Capital …
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Shaping Brain and Behaviour: Investigating the Properties and Electrophysiological Correlates of Reinforcement
… strengthens preceding behaviour. The challenging theory suggests that reinforcers guide behaviour by their discriminative properties signposting the current environmental contingencies. This thesis aimed to determine whether the traditional strengthening theory or the signalling account is the …
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Resources and Signalling to attract Venture Capital: University Spin-Outs in the UK
… of the firm is replicated and extended with signalling theory. VC firms (supply-side seeking to reduce uncertainty and information asymmetry problems request positive ‘signals’ from entrepreneurs and firms (demand-side). Entrepreneurs can provide such ‘signals of quality’ relating to their …
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The impact of new equity financing on firms' investment, dividend and debt-financing decisions
… to reject John and Williams' (1985) dividend signalling theory. A pecking order theory by Donaldson (1961) and Myers (1984) is supported during the recession 1978 to 1982, but rejected during the prosperity period 1983 to 1987. There is also strong evidence of dividend smoothing for firms.
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Corporate Tax Planning: Measurement, Incentives and Governance Effects
… incentives for TP and its value relevance in a signalling theory framework; and studies corporate governance effects on TP for the firms in an institutional theory framework. It analyses a unique set of 1,482 hand-collected firm-year observations and proposes ‘undisclosed TP’ as a new TP …
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Users’ perceptions of the drivers for corporate sustainability disclosures made by Chinese listed companies
… and differentiated the influence of Legitimacy Theory, Stakeholder Theory and Signalling Theory both separately and collectively. A pilot study was undertaken prior to the main study, to address the validity and feasibility of the application for the perception analysis. The responses from 128 …
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The disclosure of outsourcing activities: a case of Saudi Arabian listed companies
… based on six disclosure theories (agency theory, signalling theory, stakeholder theory, legitimacy theory, preparation costs theory and proprietary costs theory) to interpret the empirical findings. The study revealed significant variations in outsourcing disclosure practices in the Saudi …
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The impact of leverage on firm performance: evidence from start- ups in Swedan
… on classical frameworks—namely the trade‐off theory, pecking order theory, and signalling theory—the research situates the role of debt in the context of firms that operate under high uncertainty and limited internal resources. Using a comprehensive population dataset from the Serrano …
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Creating value through alliance experience : an empirical investigation of R&D alliances in the biopharmaceutical industry
… in different rhythms over time.Firstly, by using signalling theory, I hypothesize that the quality of the previous partnerships emphasized at announcement positively influences value creation and this effect is moderated by signaller, receiver, and intermediary characteristics. Secondly, in order …
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Strategy and Business Model Disclosure in Corporate Annual Reports: A Study of UK Listed Companies
… databases. This study also relies on agency and signalling theory to provide explanations on Strategy and Business Model disclosures in annual reports. The study finds that the mandatory requirement has had a statistically significant influence on the disclosure of both Strategy and Business …
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Corporate governance, professionalisation and performance of IPO firms. The role of founders and venture capitalists.
Combining agency theory and the resource-dependence perspective as well as signalling theory, this thesis examines the role venture capitalists (VCs) and founders play with respect to both structural board characteristics and board capital in terms of experience and prestige and whether these are …
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Computational criminology: at-scale quantitative analysis of the evolution of cybercrime forums
… the digital drift framework from criminological theory. This finds a trend towards financially-driven cybercrime over time, by users and the forum as a whole. The second contribution of the thesis presents a method for detecting trending terms, using a lightweight natural language processing …
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The buyback anomaly and using the undervaluation index on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange
… respectively. The results are consistent with signalling theory and indicate an informationally inefficient market. Furthermore, Peyer and Vermaelen's Undervaluation Index (U-Index) was effective in identifying highly undervalued companies at the time of their respective share repurchase …
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The Determinants and Returns of Adult Learning for Immigrants in Germany
… by the theoretical background of Human Capital Theory, Signalling Theory, Discrimination Theory and in particular Labour Market Segmentation Theory. Overall, the findings from this study suggest that the access to and returns from adult learning participation differ significantly according to …
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Multi-level buyer-supplier relationships and their influence on supply chain risk management
… and outcome of SCRM. By using the social capital theory and signalling theory lenses, the findings highlight the ‘too much of a good thing’ effect of multi-level BSRs on the process and outcome of SCRM. From this, the practical contribution is drawn that organisations aiming to effectively manage …
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The ecstatic display call of the Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae)
… species, but also has implications for honest signalling theory, and the evolution and stability of vocal variation at different spatial and temporal scales.
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The influence of selected managerial quality and board composition variables on the performance of German cooperative banks – an analysis of age, gender, education and experience as well as board size and composition
… fills gaps in the literature and contributes to Signalling Theory, Screening Theory, Principal Agent Theory, Upper Echelon Theory and several managerial competencies theories. At the same time, the results provide a basis for formulating practical decision-making criteria for supervisory boards …
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An investigation of intellectual capital disclosure in annual reports of UK firms. Practices and determinants.
… such as information asymmetry, agency and signalling theory. The influence of these explanatory factors on human, structural and relational capital disclosures, based on all three disclosure measure metrics, as well as on the format of IC disclosure, was also explored. The study also finds …
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