The Impact of Vertical Contracting on Firm Behavior: Evidence from Gasoline Stations

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Firm Behavior ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Vertical Contracting

Diversity on Corporate Boards

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anzhela Knyazeva ◽  
Diana Knyazeva ◽  
Lalitha Naveen
Keyword(s):  
Firm Value ◽  
Firm Behavior ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Annual Review ◽  
Publication Date ◽  
Board Governance ◽  
Corporate Boards ◽  
Board Diversity ◽  
The Impact

This article reviews existing research on board diversity. What role does diversity of board members play in board governance, and how does it influence firm behavior and firm value? First, given the recent focus on board diversity among institutional investors and regulators, we present stylized facts and time trends in board diversity. Second, we discuss the dimensions of diversity that have been examined in the literature. Third, we study the determinants of board diversity. Finally, we assess the research on the effects of board diversity on firm performance and outcomes. We discuss the endogeneity challenges of studying the impact of diversity on firm value and review the main approaches that existing studies have used to address endogeneity. We conclude with suggestions for future research on board diversity. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Financial Economics, Volume 13 is March 2021. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

Consumer perceptions of cause related marketing campaigns

2010 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 543-549 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dirk C. Moosmayer ◽  
Alexandre Fuljahn
Keyword(s):  
Firm Behavior ◽  
Stimulus Presentation ◽  
Consumer Perception ◽  
Consumer Attitude ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Cause Related Marketing ◽  
Gender Characteristics ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Gender Specific ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeBy replicating two seminal studies on cause‐related marketing (CRM) campaigns, this paper aims to investigate the influence of gender and of donation size on consumer perception of firm behavior, consumer attitude to product, consumer goodwill toward the CRM campaign, consumer perception of the benefit to the NPO, and consumer attitude toward CRM.Design/methodology/approachAn online experiment was conducted with 306 students from a German university to evaluate their responses to a CRM campaign. The presented campaign supported a German children's charity, and varied with regard to donation size.FindingsConsumer perception of firm behavior, consumer goodwill toward the CRM campaign, and consumer attitude to product vary significantly by gender. Donation size has a significant influence on consumer goodwill toward the CRM campaign and on consumer perception of the benefit to the NPO. The impact of donation size is rooted in external perceptions, and partly moderated by gender.Research limitations/implicationsThe chosen non‐forced stimulus presentation may overestimate the measured impact. The applied stimuli may underlie specific gender characteristics that influence responses. Further research might thus apply forced stimulus exposure designs to a broader set of causes and products.Practical implicationsResults imply that CRM campaigns promise to be particularly suitable for promoting products to women. When addressing men, small donations appear to be sufficient.Originality/valueThe authors expand existing research in three ways. Campaign impact is differentiated by consumer attitudes toward the company, toward the product, and toward the NPO. The article shows that the impact of donation size is gender‐specific. By investigating CRM response in Germany, the study regionally expands existing research.

The Effect of Analysts' Disaggregated Forecasts on Investors and Managers: Evidence Using Pre-Tax Forecasts

2018 ◽  
Vol 94 (3) ◽  
pp. 279-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Landon M. Mauler
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Earnings Management ◽  
Income Tax ◽  
Firm Behavior ◽  
Earnings Forecasts ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Tax Expense

ABSTRACT I examine whether analysts' tax forecasts are informative to investors and whether analysts' tax forecasts impact firm behavior. Using I/B/E/S data from 2002–2014, I find that investors utilize both analysts' pre- and after-tax earnings forecasts in evaluating firm performance, indicating analysts' tax forecasts are value-relevant. Furthermore, evidence that investors discount earnings management through the income tax expense is limited to firms with tax forecast coverage. In examining the impact of analysts' tax forecasts on firm behavior, I find analysts' tax forecast coverage is positively associated with quantitative and qualitative tax footnote disclosure. The results suggest that analysts' tax forecasts are value-relevant and that analysts' tax coverage impacts firm decisions related to the income tax expense account. This evidence informs academics and practitioners as to the role of analysts' tax forecasts.

Appropriation of profits or retention of the team: experimental study of the firm head's behavior

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 17-31
Author(s):  
Albert L. Karpov
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Experimental Study ◽  
Consumer Behavior ◽  
Firm Behavior ◽  
Significant Part ◽  
Competitive Market ◽  
Joint Work ◽  
Total Profit ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

The article presents an experiment that explores the behavior of a firm in a competitive market. The main problem of the participant in the experiment, as the firm's head, is the choice between individual benefit and collective needs. The first conclusion suggests that information on the contribution of individual workers affects the decision-making on the distribution of total profit. More than a half of the participants refused the individual appropriation of profit and distributed it among other employees. Moreover, a significant part of those who decided to distribute the results within the group was guided by their own ideas about the justness of such distribution. More than half of the participants in the experiment made an egoistic choice: 45.8% of the participants decided to individual appropriate the results of joint work, 11.2% distributed the profit in favor of ineffective participants. 43% of the participants in the experiment made a fair choice. Of these, 34.6% distributed the received profit equally, and 8.4% distributed the profit in proportion to the contribution to the overall result. The second conclusion is that when choosing between maximizing profits and ensuring employment, a large proportion of participants also refused the optimal volume of production and provided an opportunity to work for inefficient excess employees. Such results indicate a significant impact of social and group effects on the market behavior of firms, even in a competitive market. Understanding the impact of these effects can change the perception of firm behavior that was previously thought to be more understandable than consumer behavior.

Government Employment Guarantee, Labor Supply, and Firms’ Reaction: Evidence from the Largest Public Workfare Program in the World

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-34
Author(s):  
Sumit Agarwal ◽  
Shashwat Alok ◽  
Yakshup Chopra ◽  
Prasanna Tantri
Keyword(s):  
Labor Supply ◽  
Labor Productivity ◽  
Firm Behavior ◽  
Labor Regulations ◽  
Supply Shock ◽  
Level Data ◽  
The World ◽  
Cost Of Production ◽  
Employment Guarantee ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Using establishment-level data, we examine the impact of the Indian government’s employment guarantee program on labor and firm behavior. We exploit the staggered implementation of the program for identification and find that the program led to a 10% reduction in the permanent workforce in firms. Firms responded to the adverse labor-supply shock by resorting to increased mechanization. This significantly increased the firms’ cost of production, leading to a decline in net profits and productivity. These effects manifested primarily in firms paying low wages, firms having low labor productivity and greater sales volatility, and firms located in states with pro-employer labor regulations.

Formation of Lunar Craters and Bright Rays as a Result of Meteorite Impacts

1962 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 415-418
Author(s):  
K. P. Stanyukovich ◽  
V. A. Bronshten
Keyword(s):  
Explosive Charge ◽  
The Moon ◽  
Meteorite Impacts ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Lunar Craters ◽  
The Impact

The phenomena accompanying the impact of large meteorites on the surface of the Moon or of the Earth can be examined on the basis of the theory of explosive phenomena if we assume that, instead of an exploding meteorite moving inside the rock, we have an explosive charge (equivalent in energy), situated at a certain distance under the surface.

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