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Interne Kontrollsysteme in mittelgrossen Schweizer Unternehmen: Konzeption, Anwendung und Beurteilung

Unternehmenskrisen und Finanzskandale haben in der jüngeren Vergangenheit das Vertrauen von Investoren und der Öffentlichkeit in die Wirksamkeit der internen und externen Unternehmenskontrolle geschwächt. Weltweit wurden regulatorische Anforderungen an die Gestaltung Interner Kontrollsysteme erhoben, die teilweise tiefgehende Eingriffe in die Überwachungs- und Kontrollaktivitäten der...

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Deutsch / 01/01/2013

Shareholder votes and proxy advisors: Evidence from say on pay

We investigate the economic role of proxy advisors (PAs) in the context of mandatory “say on pay” votes, a novel and complex item requiring significant firm-specific analysis. PAs are more likely to issue an Against recommendation at firms with poor performance and higher levels of CEO pay and do not appear to follow a “one-size-fits-all” approach. PAs’ recommendations are the key...

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English / 01/01/2013

Product market competition, corporate governance, and firm value: Evidence from the EU -area

This paper investigates whether the valuation effect of corporate governance depends on the degree of competition in the companies’ product markets in a large international sample covering 14 countries from the European Union (EU). Besides providing external validity of previous US-centred studies, this paper uses more comprehensive and reliable measures of both product market...

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English / 01/01/2013

Exploring the 4I framework of organisational learning in product development: value stream mapping as a facilitator

Organisational learning (OL) that enhances efficiency and the continuous improvement of processes is a key objective of lean product development and has become an important principle of new product development (NPD). Therefore, it is critical for an organisation to capture individuals’ and groups’ knowledge and learning about processes, institutionalise it, and deploy it organisation...

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English / 01/01/2013

Key drivers for enhancing innovation performance of innovation networks

This research article provides empirical insights on the key drivers for successful internal and external innovation network management. The hypotheses are tested empirically using survey data collected from stock-listed companies in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. The data include the complete responses from 141 R&D managers for the period from 2004 to 2008. Our results show...

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English / 12/12/2012

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

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