The Role of Investment Companies in the Security Markets of 1929

Despite renewed interest in the role of business in shaping the welfare state, we still know little about how factions of capital adapt their strategies and translate these into political infighting and coalition building. Based on a detailed process tracing analysis of the political battle over German pension funds, this paper shows that cleavages within business do not necessarily run along the lines of finance vs. non-finance. While ‘financial challengers’ (banks and investment companies) advocated financialized pension funds, ‘financial incumbents’ (insurers) defended a conservative understanding of old age provision. Tremendous political momentum towards financialization notwithstanding, challengers remained largely unsuccessful. Incumbents elicited support from the wider business community by adjusting their strategic goals and engaging in discursive reformulations to effectively fight pension financialization from within capital. To accommodate such competition politics and coalition building, the paper argues for a more dynamic understanding of business strategizing and highlights the importance of discursive political strategies. It shows that some capitalists may act as antagonists of elements of financialization and problematizes the actual mechanisms of coalition building through which business plurality affects political outcomes.

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Psychological Capital of Employees’ Engagement: Moderating Impact of Conflict Management in the Financial Sector of Pakistan

Global Social Sciences Review ◽

10.31703/gssr.2019(iv-iii).15 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol IV (III) ◽

pp. 115-123

Author(s):

Muhammad Asif ◽

Muhammad Azizullah Khan ◽

Malik Adil Pasha

Keyword(s):

Conflict Management ◽

Psychological Capital ◽

Financial Sector ◽

Insurance Companies ◽

Investment Companies ◽

History Of ◽

Brokerage Firms ◽

The Relationship ◽

Goals And Objectives

Human capital is the backbone of any business and its behavior reflects how the company would achieve its goals and objectives in its business. This study examines the relationship between psychological capital (PC) and employees’ engagement (EE) with the moderating role of conflict management (CM) in the financial sector of Pakistan. A questionnaire composed of established scales were administered to 278 employees in the financial sector, including various banks, investment companies, real estate companies, insurance companies, and brokerage firms at Islamabad. After determining the reliability, the model was analyzed with the help of correlation and regression. Research indicates that PC positively influences EE. This relationship improves further positively when conflicts are handled effectively. Overall, this effort contributes to the existing literature on the history of worker’s involvement by examining the direct impact of PC and CM on EE and moderation of CM.

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The multiplicity of funding streams and the area extension of investment companies : the role of new capital inflows

Contemporary Film Studies ◽

10.15751/cofis.2014.10.3.81 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. 81-108

Author(s):

김승경

Keyword(s):

Capital Inflows ◽

Investment Companies

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Main Tendencies of Innovative Advertizing Technologies Development in Real Estate Sphere

Scientific Research and Development Socio-Humanitarian Research and Technology ◽

10.12737/10329 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 61-66

Author(s):

Пономарев ◽

Vladimir Ponomarev

Keyword(s):

Real Estate ◽

Real Estate Market ◽

Ambient Media ◽

Traditional Methods ◽

Market Participants ◽

Innovative Methods ◽

Investment Companies ◽

Internet Portals ◽

Provided Examples

In this paper are considered such innovative methods for real estate advertizing as non-conventional types of outdoor advertizing ("ambient media") and advertizing on devoted to real estate special Internet portals. Two categories of real estate market’s participating organizations forming the offer are considered – construction and investment companies, and real estate agencies. Distinctions between them in advertizing budget volume and, therefore, in a choice of concrete forms of advertizing when planning the advertizing campaigns are specified. A conclusion about the increasing role of innovative methods for advertizing as less expensive in comparison with the main traditional methods is drawn. A review of largest Internet portals related to real estate, with indication of main features for each of them is provided. Examples of non-conventional forms for outdoor advertizing in the domestic real estate market are pointed out. The main tendencies related to the attitude of real estate market participants to innovative methods of advertizing are revealed and these tendencies’ possible reasons are specified.

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Changes in ownership forms and role of institutional investors in governing public companies in Malaysia

Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change ◽

10.1108/jaoc-08-2012-0068 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 455-475 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Hairul Azlan Annuar

Keyword(s):

Corporate Governance ◽

Institutional Investors ◽

Institutional Investor ◽

Governance System ◽

Public Companies ◽

Content Type ◽

Investment Companies ◽

Corporate Governance System ◽

Different Types

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to ascertain whether different types of institutional investor in Malaysia are involved in the corporate governance of their investee companies, and, if yes, to what extent is the level of the involvement. Design/methodology/approach – A qualitative approach, consisting of a series of interviews with 18 senior investment managers of different types of institutional investor, was chosen. Findings – The findings suggest that lessons learnt from the fallout of the Asian crisis has made Malaysian institutional investors not only to be more prudent in managing their total funds and in making equities investment decisions, but has resulted in a more active participation in their “core” investee companies apart from merely discharging their voting rights. Interview analysis revealed that government-linked investment companies are championing the cause and could possibly affect the overall level of institutional investors’ involvement, which bode well for the future of the corporate governance system of the country. Research limitations/implications – Generalisations may be an issue when interviews are used as the method of inquiry. Also, the sample is not random, as access to many managers depended on recommendations. In addition, respondents were consciously selected to obtain different types of institutional investors that included government and non-government linked. Originality/value – There is a lack of work on studying the involvement of institutional investors in developing countries, whereby previous work and literature review were predominantly based upon the experience of Western economies.

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The Role of the Service Recovery Systems in Enhancing Positive Response to the Customer

Iraqi Administrative Sciences Journal ◽

10.33013/iqasj.v1n2y2017.pp529-590 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 529-590

Author(s):

Hussein Ali Abdel Rasoul Al-Janabi ◽

Murtada Tama Sultan Al-Musawi

Keyword(s):

Structural Equation ◽

Positive Response ◽

Service Failure ◽

Service Recovery ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Main Hypothesis ◽

Investment Companies ◽

Simple Regression Analysis ◽

Tourism Services

This research aims to investigate The role of tourism services recovery systems enhancing positive response to the customer. It has been selected sample of customers tourist companies in Iraq, to conduct the study , the study based on main hypothesis that (can activate the positive customer response through services recovery systems) . It has been dependence on empirical measurements from previous studies to verify these hypotheses , and that using a variety of statistical tools for the analysis and processing of data and information by using the necessary statistical packages through simple correlation matrix, the simple regression analysis and structural equation modeling to test the hypotheses of the study and (SPSS vr.19) program and (Amos vr.23) program . The research found to a set of conclusions was the most important (The effect of perception customers to the effectiveness service recovery systems Contributes to the enhancing their positive responses) . And in the light of the conclusions have been formulation a set of recommendations was the most important (necessity Investment companies systems and strategies of service recovery which owned , and training employees and empowerment them to deal with cases of service failure , and that the companies make the bulk of their attention to customer retention through avoiding and treatment failures).

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Sociology of Fear of Crime in Latin America

The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Latin America ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190926557.013.44 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Gabriel Kessler ◽

Alejandra Otamendi

Keyword(s):

Latin American ◽

Fear Of Crime ◽

Cultural Dimension ◽

Security Markets ◽

Role Of The State ◽

Political Dimensions ◽

The Relationship ◽

Latin American Countries ◽

General Climate

Independently of the varying national homicide indexes, the fear of crime affects all socio-political dimensions across Latin American countries and influences the agendas of political parties, security markets, and everyday life. This contribution presents an overview on the fear of crime and insecurity studies in the region, focusing on two main fields: fear of crime studies showcasing similarities and differences among Latin American countries in terms of the relationship between fear and victimization, gender, class, age, and community cohesion perceptions, and the socio-cultural dimension to this phenomenon, including media influences on the fear of delinquency, the role of the state, and the general climate of ontological insecurity.

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