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Corporate Social Responsibility and New Job Seekers in the Greater China Region: Factors in Application Decisions
Despite the post-2008 financial crisis economic fallout, demand for skilled employees outstrips supply in various locations. What might assist organisations in tight labour markets better understand how prospective employees choose the jobs they apply for? Signaling theory explains how job seekers are attracted based on the information and signals they receive (directly and indirectly) about organisations. There is evidence that Corporate Social Responsibility is one of the signals that can motivate and retain workforces. Our study examines the extent to which job choices are influenced by CSR issues (a company's legal, ethical, philanthropic responsibilities) as compared to traditional job characteristics (salary, prospects, location, company type). Our focus is on the Greater China Region.
Updated: 22/02/2013
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Nonparametric prediction of stock returns based on yearly data. The long term view.
Is it possible to predict equity returns and premiums with the use of empirical models? This is one of the most frequently pondered and studied questions in finance. In this research we examine the predictability of returns, taking the actuarial long term view and basing predictions on yearly data.
Updated: 12/02/2013
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Learning From Your Investors: Shareholder support in M&A transactions
With companies increasingly looking at targets abroad, the need to acquire specialised knowledge about the target, the target country's environment and the potential merits that may result from a given M&A deal is becoming ever more important. This research looks at the assistance long-term institutional shareholders could offer corporates in achieving their aims.
Updated: 08/02/2013
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The Cass MARC M&A Maturity Index 2012
In collaboration with its research partners, Credit Suisse and Ernst & Young, the M&A Research Centre (MARC) at Cass Business School provides its second annual report (July 2012) on the maturity for M&A purposes of countries worldwide. The Cass MARC Maturity Index illustrates each country's ability to attract and sustain M&A activity, as well as identifying areas where improvement is needed. The index rates 148 countries according to their regulatory and political, economic and financial, technological and socio-economic environments, as well as their level of assets and infrastructure. It looks at the attractiveness of each country for domestic and inward deals and does not address external acquisitions for companies based in that country.
Updated: 06/02/2013
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The Economic Impact of M&A: Implications for UK firms
M&A deals are complex and challenging transactions that arguably represent the most significant investment a company can undertake, and give researchers an opportunity to analyse the value implications of these executive decisions. Whether mergers and acquisitions ultimately create or destroy corporate value and the identification of the factors that determine M&A success or failure are issues of crucial importance for both the management and shareholders of companies, and also for policy makers. The results presented in this paper provide some important conclusions regarding the impact of mergers and acquisitions in the UK, which should be taken into consideration by policymakers reviewing this area of the corporate environment.
Updated: 06/02/2013
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How They Spend It: A study of corporate cash levels and spending behaviour
This research examines Corporate Cash Holdings, Corporates' Spending Patterns and Optimal Spending Strategies, using all non-financial and non-utility companies listed on the London Stock Exchange at any point in time between 1996 and 2010 as a study sample.
Updated: 31/01/2013
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The First 1,000 Days in the Life of an IPO
Firms which list their shares on the pubic market should do so with the intent of using their new status for further growth. Whether they do so, and how their activities affect performance, are the bases of this study. In collaboration with its research partners, Credit Suisse and Ernst & Young, the M&A Research Centre (MARC) at Cass Business School performed a study of UK IPOs between 1995 and 2008. The study followed 1,559 companies for the 1,000 days after their first day of trading. The sample includes IPOs which listed their shares on either the UK Main exchange (Main) or on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM).
Updated: 29/01/2013
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How to manage a euro exit
In recent years the world's financial markets have been mesmerised by the existential crisis that has engulfed the euro. This has made it very difficult for fund managers to get on with the job of managing client money. It is crucial for all those investors that put their faith in the fund management industry that European politicians find a sustainable solution to their problems. One of these solutions may involve the exit of one or more nations from the euro. This paper sets out a practical mechanism for one or more countries to leave the euro. One which would hopefully minimise the economic costs for all concerned.
Updated: 24/01/2013
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Cannot Make Do Without You: Outsourcing by Knowledge-Intensive New Firms in Supplier Networks
Outsourcing is a strategy which involves sourcing activities that firms may not have completed in-house in the past, or the substitution of internal activities by transfer, in part or whole, to a third party supplier. This research focuses on two exploratory research questions - how do new firms use outsourcing to access valuable resources and capabilities residing in supplier networks, and secondly, what capabilities do new firms need to successfully outsource in supplier networks?
Updated: 22/01/2013
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Factors that influence the success of women in careers.
We investigate the careers of women, in terms of the influence from individual and organisational factors on objective (management level, salary) and subjective (satisfaction) success. Using a survey and interviews of executives in South Korea, we find influences from both sets of factors, but in particular from male-dominated organisational cultures.
Updated: 21/01/2013
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