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De Ratio van Corporate Governance
Full text linkAbe de Jong (1970) is Professor in Corporate Finance and Corporate Governance at
RSM Erasmus University. He obtained a PhD in finance at Tilburg University (1999).
His research and teaching interests are in the area of empirical corporate finance
and include capital structure choice, dividend policy, risk management, corporate
investment and divestment policies, and corporate governance. In this inaugural
address he discusses recent developments in the area of corporate finance, and
in particular behavioral aspects of strategic and financial decision-making. The
insights from behavioral finance are confronted with the effectiveness of
corporate governance mechanisms.The top management of corporations has a major influence on the investments and financing of the firms under their control. According to the economics-based principal-agent theory, managers will maximize their own utility, even at the expense of the shareholders and other stakeholders. The corporate governance literature describes disciplinary mechanisms and their effectiveness in mitigating agency problems.Recent studies in the field of behavioral corporate finance show that managers do not always behave rationally and that this behavior potentially has a measurable negative impact on strategic decisions.The central question in this address is which influence corporate governance can assert in the reduction of irrational managerial behavior. Because the irrationality is unconscious behavior, a number of mechanisms that mitigate rational
agency problems,does not seem effective.On the other hand, the role of boards and the market for corporate control (as practiced, for example, by private equity funds) seem effective mechanisms
European Business Models
No full textThis special issue addresses the evolution of strategies and structures of the largest European corporation in the last 50 years, on the basis of a collective dataset built through a collaborative effort among different research groups in several European countrie
De Ratio van Corporate Governance
No full textAbe de Jong (1970) is Professor in Corporate Finance and Corporate Governance at RSM Erasmus University. He obtained a PhD in finance at Tilburg University (1999). His research and teaching interests are in the area of empirical corporate finance and include capital structure choice, dividend policy, risk management, corporate investment and divestment policies, and corporate governance. In this inaugural address he discusses recent developments in the area of corporate finance, and in particular behavioral aspects of strategic and financial decision-making. The insights from behavioral finance are confronted with the effectiveness of corporate governance mechanisms.Corporate Governance;Inaugural Address;Principal-Agent Theory;Behavioral Corporate Finance;Irrational Managerial Behavior
Mapping European Corporations. Strategy, Structure, Ownership andPerformance
No full textThe book addresses in historical and comparative perspective the relationship among strategies, structures, ownership and performances among European corporations
A questão da identidade em Tanin no Kao de Abe Kōbō
Full text linkTrabalho de conclusão de curso (graduação)—Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Letras, Departamento de Línguas Estrangeiras e Tradução, Licenciatura em Língua e Literatura Japonesa, 2018.O presente trabalho objetiva a investigação da importância da busca da identidade dentro da obra Tanin no Kao para seu autor japonês, Abe Kōbō. Apresenta a sociedade moderna japonesa com destaque para alguns eventos que desencadearam o movimento literário vanguardista do pós-guerra japonês, o qual Abe fez parte. Evidencia as influências políticas integradas à vanguarda japonesa, principalmente o comunismo e a atuação do autor no Partido Comunista Japonês, além de sua estilística surrealista e fantástica. Explora a temática perda de identidade social, consequência da vida na Manchúria e as influências ocidentais. Por não ter vivido parte de sua vida no Japão, suas obras não possuem o tradicionalismo japonês. Analisa os temas da perda e busca por uma nova identidade e a alienação social através da obra Tanin no Kao (O rosto de Outro, 1964). Obra que se destaca por suas peculiaridades e sua importante representação da sociedade moderna japonesa da época.This paper has the objective of investigating of importance of the search for identity within the Tanin no Kao prose (The Face of Another, 1964) for its Japanese author, Abe Kōbō. It presents the modern Japanese society with highlight to some events that unleashed the avant-garde literary movement of the Japanese post-war, which Abe was part of. It evidences the political influences integrated to the Japanese vanguard, mainly the communism and the action of the author in the Japanese Communist Party, besides its surrealistic and fantastic stylistic. It explores the thematic loss of social identity, a consequence of life in Manchuria and Western influences. For not having lived part of its life in Japan, its works do not possess the Japanese traditionalism. It analyzes the themes of loss and the search for a new identity and social alienation through Tanin no Kao. This work stands out for its peculiarities and its important representation of the modern Japanese society of the time
Editorial. [Business History, Volume 56, 2014 - Issue 2]
No full textWith the first issue of the 56th volume of Business History, a new editorial team has taken over responsibility for direction and management of the journal. Led by executive editor Ray Stokes (University of Glasgow), the team includes as co-editors Andrea Colli (Bocconi University), Stephanie Decker (Aston University), Paloma Fernández Pérez (University of Barcelona), Abe de Jong (Erasmus University Rotterdam) and Neil Rollings (University of Glasgow), who will also serve as deputy editor. In addition, the book review editorship has been expanded. Joining Kevin Tennent (York University), who has acted as sole book review editor over the past years, will be Veronica Binda (Bocconi University). Veronica Binda will be primarily responsible for books published in, or reviewed by, authors from Italy, Spain, France, and Portugal
Abe Kobo : fractured identity and genesis of the Japanese science fiction
No full textO presente trabalho objetiva a exploração da prosa do autor japonês Abe Kobo através da análise biográfica, temática e estilística de sua obra. Analisa os temas de alienação e busca de identidade em sua obra através da tradução do conto Akai Mayu, de 1950. Além disso, objetiva identificar, no estilo analítico do autor, os elementos que o ajudaram a fazer crescer no Japão o interesse pela ficção especulativa, usando como base a tradução de trechos do conto R62go no hatsumei, de 1953. Finalmente, pretende servir como estímulo para futuros trabalhos sobre o autor no Brasil. _________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACTThis paper has as an objective the exploration of the prose of Japanese author Abe Kobo through the analysis of his life, themes and narrative style of his works. It analyses the themes of alienation and the search for identity in his work through the translation of the short story Aki Mayu, of 1950. Furthermore, identifies in the author’s analytical style, the elements that assisted him in making the Japanese interest in speculative fiction grow, using as foundation for that discussion the translation of excerpts of the short story R62go no hatsumei, of 1953. Finally, it intends to work as stimulus for future works on the author in Brazil
Editorial. [Business History, Volume 56, 2014 - Issue 2]
Full text linkWith the first issue of the 56th volume of Business History, a new editorial team has taken over responsibility for direction and management of the journal. Led by executive editor Ray Stokes (University of Glasgow), the team includes as co-editors Andrea Colli (Bocconi University), Stephanie Decker (Aston University), Paloma Fernández Pérez (University of Barcelona), Abe de Jong (Erasmus University Rotterdam) and Neil Rollings (University of Glasgow), who will also serve as deputy editor. In addition, the book review editorship has been expanded. Joining Kevin Tennent (York University), who has acted as sole book review editor over the past years, will be Veronica Binda (Bocconi University). Veronica Binda will be primarily responsible for books published in, or reviewed by, authors from Italy, Spain, France, and Portugal
Personal capitalism
No full textThe chapter is dealing with the concept of personal capitalism as an autonomous form of management
De ontwikkeling van de naamloze vennootschap in Nederland tot 1850
No full textDit artikel beschrijft de ontwikkeling van de financiering van grote ondernemingen vanaf de oprichting van de eerste geoctrooieerde compagnie, de Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie in 1602, tot 1850. In de beschrijving wordt vanuit bedrijfseconomische inzichten geprobeerd historische ontwikkelingen te duiden. De beschrijving toont aan dat relatief eenvoudig grote bedragen bijeengebracht konden worden in een markt waarin moderne structuren grotendeels ontbreken. Tevens wordt aangetoond dat het wettelijke raamwerk zich in de loop van de tijd flexibel aanpaste aan de eisen van de tijd
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