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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"corporate control"”.
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Managerial incentives and corporate control
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 1993.
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The value of corporate control
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 1992.
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Corporate Governance and Corporate Control: Evidence from Trading
… firm value. As large blockholders' ownership and control increase, the negative effect of firm value driven by expropriating minority shareholders starts to exceed the incentive benefits of monitoring by the largest blockholder. I also show that the negative relationship between changes in …
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Corporate control and its effect on company performance
This study investigates the effects that various ownership structures have on company performance. It is assumed that the ownership structure of the firm dictates the manner in which the firm monitors its managers. It is further assumed that the objective of the firm is to maximise shareholder …
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Corporate control and the public interest; theory and cases
… theory of the firm to the issue of corporate governance. We find that preferences vary over strategy but not all interests are currently being represented, resulting in a failure to govern in the public interest. As solutions, we consider membership of the company and also more …
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An investigation of the acquisition process in the market for corporate control
… acquisition methods in the market for corporate control. The theoretical model focuses on the target management's firm specific human capital as a primary determinant of the choice. The model predicts that firm characteristics like low insider holdings and high debt, indicating the …
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Positive accounting theory and the study of corporate control: the role of loan covenants and the going concern qualification
… focuses on the Papers' common subject matter of corporate control and on their common research methodology, positive accounting theory. The essay shows how the agency literature is closely bound up with problems of corporate control. It goes on to argue that certain features of positive …
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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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Brokering Culture and Labor: An Anthropological Analysis of IT Offshore Labor between Japan and India
… software offshoring, and the study revealed corporate control as well as workers' efforts and struggles to make this ICT-supported relocation of work function smoothly. Through the analysis of the interviews with Indian software engineers and liaison officers between companies and within …
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Corporate governance and strategic action within the context of antitakeover corporate charter amendments
… mechanisms, including internal board of director control and the external ""market for corporate control."" Management theorists and economists have independently conducted previous research on these mechanisms."
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Corporate governance through the proxy contest: Evidence and implications
… of a long-term perspective of this important corporate control mechanism.
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Creating an incentive for investor intermediaries to improve corporate governance
… owned companies after a decade of the market for corporate control serving as a check against agency costs and management inefficiency. Of course, this didn't happen, and throughout the 1990s, in addition to the market for corporate control, the use of stock-based managerial incentives served a …
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Controlling and Organizing the Network Structure of Korean Business Groups, 1997-2003
This thesis examines organizing and controlling mechanisms within the network structure of Korean 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 …
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Pensions, corporate finance, and public policy
… of three papers that explore the links between corporate finance and corporate pension policy. The first chapter exploits the funding rules for defined benefit pension plans in order to identify the dependence of corporate investment on internal financial resources. Capital expenditures decline …
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A process perspective of acquisitions--keys to success
… and acquisitions are not merely a vehicle for corporate control. They are a vehicle for corporate strategic redirection, renewal and a means to obtain new intangible resources - capabilities. Through a review of the literature and a case of an active acquirer, this thesis examines the strategic …
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Conglomerate Mergers and the Pursuit of Economies of Scope (Multiproduct, Q Ratio, Capm, Risk)
… market, capital market, and the market for corporate control are examined.
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The combine harvester: defining a new food retail typology
… arises from the loss of public space due to corporate control over food and food retail taking place in privatised environments. This socio- spatial polarisation becomes visible when mapping the change from historic marketplace to supermarket. The two primary concerns which arise from this …
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The Morality fo Materiastic Self-Interest, The Corporation of the State
… by the state to serve the public interest and control was not separate from ownership. There was balance between benevolence and self-interest.</p> <p>Today corporations are not required to serve the public interest and corporate control is separate from ownership. Global corporations and …
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404 not found error: searching for truth in privatized corrections through online material
… privatization, I examine to what extent corporate published online material explores the issue of incarceration, underlying theoretical ideology of prison, and what general and specific information is presented to online readers. Using a content analysis, results indicate inaccurate and …
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