News tagged with firms
Study finds that corporate culture is most important factor in driving innovation
Nov 18, 2008 |
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Innovation is integral to the growth, success and wealth of firms and nations. What predicts the increase of radical innovation, and the profits that often ensue, is a mystery most firms are trying to solve. The answer that ...
Political views affect firms' corporate social responsibility
Sep 17, 2008 |
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A new study in The Financial Review establishes a relationship between political beliefs of corporate stakeholders and the corporate social responsibility (CSR) of their firms. Companies with a high CSR rating tend to be ...
Reducing CEOs' option-based compensation decreases risky investments
Oct 22, 2008 |
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Since the recent bailout on Wall Street, the public has started to heavily scrutinize firms' large executive pay packages. This week, John White, director of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Corporation ...
Offshoring: Where's the value?
Jul 08, 2008 |
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U.S. firms that offshore customer service may save money on labor costs, but they also pay the price in terms of unhappy customers, say University of Michigan researchers.
Black entrepreneurs 4 times more likely to be refused credit than white businesses
Nov 17, 2008 |
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A research paper, by Dr Stuart Fraser of Warwick Business School at the University of Warwick, has found that many Ethnic Minority owned Businesses (EMBs) in the UK struggle to obtain credit in comparison to White owned businesses. ...
Expert: Flawed corporate watchdog methods helped fuel economic crisis
Oct 09, 2008 |
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Archaic corporate governing systems that failed to ferret out risky business deals helped stoke the nation's deepest financial meltdown since the Great Depression, a University of Illinois business law expert says.
Migration of key employees to competitors hinders organizational success
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 18, 2009 |
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A study by researchers from the Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University explored the competitive advantage organizations gain when hiring key employees away from a competitor. The loss of a key employee can ...
Underwater stock options drive top executives turnover
Nov 20, 2008 |
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When the market price of company stock falls below the exercise price, the options are considered to be "out of the money" or underwater. Many publicly traded firms have become concerned about retaining highly valued executives ...
High tech needs patent reform
Apr 07, 2009 |
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It isn't often that you see heavyweights in the tech world duking it out in a high-stakes match, with Congress as the referee. It's happening today over proposed reforms in patent law, which pits the software and information ...
New research can help product manufacturers effectively shift to service-centric business strategies
Sep 18, 2008 |
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According to research conducted at the University of Washington, manufacturing firms can increase shareholder value by transitioning to services, but there are some important caveats.
Twitter to try money-making methods
Mar 27, 2009 |
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Micro-blogging sensation Twitter plans to begin dabbling this year with ways to pump cash from the fast-growing free service.
Social Responsibility Does Not Mitigate Negative Market Response Due to Crisis, New Study Finds
May 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Clients of the major accounting firm Arthur Anderson sustained negative stock-market returns following public announcement that the firm had shredded documents related to its infamous Enron audit in 2002. ...
Firms with high analyst coverage engage in excessive external financing and capital spending
Sep 04, 2008 |
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A new study in the journal Financial Management explored whether abnormal analyst coverage influences the extent to which companies raise funds from external sources (e.g., issue bonds or sell stock) and the amount of new ...
Cause marketing: Altruism or greed?
Jun 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Companies that join with social causes to sell products not only enhance their image but also improve their bottom line, say University of Michigan researchers.
Cap and trade policies limiting CO2 can increase value of some electricity generating firms
Dec 17, 2008 |
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A new study in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management explores ways to target the compensation provided by the free allocation of emission allowances under a CO2 cap and trade policy in order to avoid overcompens ...
