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Is Socially Responsible Investing Really Beneficial? New Empirical Evidence for the US and European Stock Markets

This paper empirically examines the theoretically ambivalent relationship between socially responsible investing (SRI) and stock performance. It extends the existing literature by considering both the US and the entire European stock markets as well as by using consistent world-wide corporate sustainability performance data. Our portfolio analysis from 1998 to 2009 reveals the appeal…

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English / 01/05/2012

Nachhaltigkeit und Wertermittlung von Immobilien : Leitfaden für Deutschland, Österreich und die Schweiz

Der Wert von Immobilien wird durch zahlreiche Faktoren bestimmt. Wesentliche Einflussgrössen sind Standortmerkmale (Lage), Grundstückseigenschaften, Gebäudemerkmale (u. a. Bauweise, Ausstattung, funktionale und technische Qualität) sowie das Marktumfeld. Weiterhin wird der Wert von Immobilien durch die Präferenzen und Wertvorstellungen beteiligter Akteure beeinflusst. Verschiedene…

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Deutsch / 01/04/2012

Private business firms, human rights, and global governance issues: An organizational implementation perspective

We analyse the increasing engagement of business in the creation and application of self-regulatory standards in the area of human rights in the light of an emerging framework of transnational human rights initiatives. The voluntariness of most of these approaches leads to problems that are characteristic of organizational self-regulation initiatives. Our analysis will show that…

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English / 01/01/2012

Segmentberichterstattung nach IFRS 8: Analyse der Auswirkungen des Managementansatzes auf die Anwendung und die Qualität der Segmentberichterstattung in der Schweiz

Seit dem 1. Januar 2009 wird die Segmentberichterstattung in Übereinstimmung mit IFRS 8 erstellt. Dabei orientieren sich die ausgewiesenen Segmente und Bewertungsgrundlagen an der internen Berichterstattung. Beim Segmentbericht handelt es sich um Offenlegungssachverhalte, die aufgrund der kompensatorischen Funktion notwendig für das Verständnis der Geschäftstätigkeit diversifizierter…

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Deutsch / 01/01/2012

The normative foundation of finance: How misunderstanding the role of financial models distorts the way we think about the responsibility of financial economists

The financial crisis has fueled a heated debate about the responsibility of financialeconomists. Critics such as Paul Krugman, Robert Shiller, and David Colander arguethat financial economists have developed useless or even harmful theories. This isan important debate, but it suffers from the fact that the role of financial theoriesremains unclear. In this chapter we enter the field…

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English / 01/01/2012

Executive Perceptions: Probing the Institutionalization of Organizational Downsizing

Downsizing is one of the most frequently used business strategies for reducing costs, returning firms to profit or for restructuring businesses following takeovers, mergers and acquisitions. Downsizing measures are also set to become much more prevalent in the public sector as governments seek to restrict levels of public spending. This book is one of the first to provide a thorough…

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English / 01/01/2012

International sport league comparisons

Comparisons between European and North American sports leagues have occurred over the years. In this paper, we attempt to bring these comparisons down to the essential elements -what has come to be called Rottenberg’s (1956) invariance principle and theoretical insights into attempts to alter competitive balance using revenue sharing, talent drafts, and payroll caps. We also examine…

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English / 01/01/2012

Say on pay design, executive pay, and board dependence

I study the impact of ''say on pay'' (SoP) on the compensation decisions and the structure of the board of directors (BoD) in a setting where the CEO has the real authority over the composition of the BoD. The CEO's authority arises endogenously from an informational advantage about individual board members' contribution to firm value and allows her to…

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English / 01/01/2012

The effect of the distance between partners' knowledge components on collaborative innovation knowledge distance for innovation

The alliance literature has recognized distance between partners' knowledge as important for innovation. However, theoretical reasoning as well as empirical results differ concerning the relationship of partners' knowledge base distance and innovation performance. We assume that the mixed results are caused by neglecting the role of relevant knowledge types. In this study,…

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English / 01/01/2012

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