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Corporate governance & the environment: bad discretion, good discretion, and environmental (...) [PDF]
This paper brings two important topics of corporate environmental management and corporate governance by exploring the impact of various governance mechanisms on the level of environmental performance that is realized by firms.
JUAN SANTALO, CARL KOCK
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Accounting for animal health in efficiency analysis: An application to Swedish dairy farms
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Poor animal health is a central concern in modern livestock production. Despite the necessity to incorporate animal health in efficiency analysis, the theoretical and empirical developments are limited on this subject. This article appropriately characterizes the axiomatic properties of animal health within a production framework.
Frederic Ang +3 more
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Managerial Discretion in the Arab World: New National-Level Antecedents
, 2016 Based on a sample of six Arabian countries, our study examines the effect of cultural practices on CEO discretion. Using a panel of senior consultants, we extend the national-level framework of managerial discretion and find that an encompassing array of
Haj Youssef, M. +2 more
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How Formal and Informal Institutions of Middle Eastern Countries Influence Managerial Discretion: An Empirical Investigation [PDF]
, 2015 Managerial discretion is the focal theme bridging the clash between two schools of thoughts; whether executives have greater influence on their firms’ outcomes or other factors restrain their actions (Hambrick & Finkelstein, 1987).
Haj Youssef, M. +2 more
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Has the Competition among Professions in the Nordic Welfare States Intensified? A Danish Case
Nordicum-Mediterraneum, 2014 Has the competition among professions in the Nordic welfare states intensified in recent decades? Yes, and in a manner that has resulted in predictable classic struggles and conflicts among professions.
John Storm Pedersen +2 more
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Is There an Accountability Gap in EU External Relations? Some Initial Conclusions
European Papers, 2017 (Series Information) European Papers - A Journal on Law and Integration, 2017 2(2), 699-708 | Article | (Abstract) This short Article draws together some conclusions based on the contributions to the Special Section "The New Frontiers of EU ...
Marise Cremona, Päivi Leino
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Statistica Neerlandica, 2003 Consider a string of n positions, i.e. a discrete string of length n. Units of length k are placed at random on this string in such a way that they do not overlap, and as often as possible, i.e. until all spacings between neighboring units have length less than k. When centered and scaled by n−1/2 the resulting numbers of spacings of length 1, 2,…, k−1
Klaassen, C.A.J., Runnenburg, J.T.
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The psychosocial toll of Dublin III on asylum seekers in the Netherlands
American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract The Dublin III Regulation determines which EU Member State is responsible for examining asylum claims, but its implementation carries significant consequences for those subjected to it. This study examines how Dublin III, as implemented in the Netherlands, affects asylum seekers' psychosocial wellbeing using Silove′s Adaptation and Development
Imen El Amouri
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What's Missing in the National-level Managerial Discretion Dimension
, 2015 The managerial discretion conceptualisation provides a theoretical focal point that resolves the debate about whether executives matter for company outcomes. Despite the increased interest from scholars and the various empirical findings, research on its
Haj Youssef, M., Christodoulou, I.
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Meta de inflação e contratos para bancos centrais
Economia Aplicada, 1998 Inflation targeting is a framework for monetary policy, that has recently been implemented in some developed nations. In this article, it is shown that one can interpret inflation targeting cum penalties as equivalent to the optimal linear contract ...
Ronald Hillbrecht
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