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Boardroom Centrality and Firm Performance [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2012 Firms with central boards of directors earn superior risk-adjusted stock returns. A long (short) position in the most (least) central firms earns average annual returns of 4.68%. Firms with central boards also experience higher future return-on-assets growth and more positive analyst forecast errors.
Larcker, David F. +2 more
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Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.Aptamers are used both therapeutically and as targeting agents in cancer treatment. We developed an aptamer‐targeted PLGA–TRAIL nanosystem that exhibited superior therapeutic efficacy in NOD/SCID breast cancer models. This nanosystem represents a novel biotechnological drug candidate for suppressing resistance development in breast cancer.
Gulen Melike Demirbolat +8 more
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Ekonomi, Politika & Finans Araştırmaları Dergisi, 2023 The goal of this study is to examine the relationship between environmental, social and governance (ESG) scores and firm performance and whether firm size and age moderating role in this relationship.
Turhan Korkmaz, Tuğba Nur
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Payroll Taxes and Firm Performance [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2017 The Swedish employer paid payroll tax was reduced substantially for young workers in 2007, causing firms’ average social fees to depend on the age structure of their employees. Using pre-reform conditions to define treated and control firms, we show that the lower costs induced by the reduced taxes have no impact on exit rates or profitability. We find
Egebark, Johan, Kaunitz, Niklas
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Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.Glioma cells mainly express the endothelin receptor EDNRB, while EDNRA is restricted to a perivascular tumor subpopulation. Endothelin signaling reduces glioma cell proliferation while promoting migration and a proneural‐to‐mesenchymal transition associated with poor prognosis. This pathway activates Ca2+, K+, ERK, and STAT3 signalings and is regulated
Donovan Pineau +36 more
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Are firms paying more for performance? [PDF]
International Journal of Manpower, 2016 Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate changes in the economic importance of performance-related-pay (PRP) in Britain through the 2000s using firm-level data. Design/methodology/approach – The authors utilise nationally representative, monthly data ...
Forth, J., Bryson, A., Stokes, L.
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Interrogating the immune landscape of microsatellite stable RAS‐mutated colon cancer
Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.COLOSSUS project RAS‐mutated MSS colon cancer study explored transcriptomics and immune cell density by immunohistochemistry (IHC), Immunoscore (IS), ISIC/TuLIS scores, mutation counts, and detected different prevalences but similar microenvironment composition across immune markers with clinical relevance for future immunotherapy combination ...
Rodrigo Dienstmann +61 more
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State Ownership and Firm Performance: Evidence From the Chinese Listed Firms
Organizations and Markets in Emerging Economies, 2011 Based on a sample of Chinese listed firms, this paper seeks to understand the role of state ownership on firm performance (accounting-based returns) and firm value (market-based indicators). Results show that state ownership is positively associated with
Trien Le, Amon Chizema
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Performance of debt free firms [PDF]
Managerial Finance, 2009 PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to find out whether investors tend to reward firms that resist the urge to borrow and operated with debt free balance sheet and penalize firms that have high levels of debt.Design/methodology/approachThe performance of portfolios of debt free firms are compared to comparable portfolios of leveraged firms.
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Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.Keratin 19 (KRT19) is overexpressed in high‐grade serous ovarian cancer with high levels of Kallikrein‐related peptidases (KLK) 4–7 and is associated with poor survival. In vivo analyses demonstrate that elevated KRT19 increases peritoneal tumour burden.
Sophia Bielesch +13 more
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