1.
Agency Cost of Free Cash Flow, Corporate Finance, and Takeovers
American Economic Review, Vol. 76, No. 2, May 1986
Number of pages: 15
Posted: 25 Mar 1999
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Business School
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46,733
2.
The Modern Industrial Revolution, Exit, and the Failure of Internal Control Systems
Michael C. Jensen, A THEORY OF THE FIRM: GOVERNANCE, RESIDUAL CLAIMS AND ORGANIZATIONAL FORMS, Harvard University Press, December 2000; Journal of Finance, July 1993
Number of pages: 65
Posted: 09 May 1999
Last Revised: 14 Sep 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Business School
There are 2 versions of this paper
The Modern Industrial Revolution, Exit, and the Failure of Internal Control Systems
Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Vol. 6, No. 4, Winter 1994
Number of pages: 20
Posted: 07 May 2004
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1,337
The Modern Industrial Revolution, Exit, and the Failure of Internal Control Systems
Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 43-58, Winter 2010
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 31 Mar 2010
Downloads
6
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13,978
3.
The Free Cash Flow Theory of Takeovers: A Financial Perspective on Mergers and Acquisitions and the Economy
"The Merger Boom", Proceedings of a Conference sponsored by Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, pp. 102-143, October 1987
Number of pages: 57
Posted: 08 Feb 2003
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Business School
Downloads
10,218
4.
Does Corporate Social Responsibility Lead to Superior Financial Performance? A Regression Discontinuity Approach
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 14 Sep 2012
Last Revised: 27 Oct 2013
Working Paper Series
Boston University
Downloads
4,319
5.
Monopolio, Monopsonio e Rendimenti di Scala (Monopoly, Monopsony and Returns to Scale)
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 16 Apr 2018
Last Revised: 08 Apr 2020
Working Paper Series
University of Rome Sapienza
Downloads
4,197
6.
Disrupting Governance: The New Institutional Economics of Distributed Ledger Technology
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 22 Jul 2016
Working Paper Series
RMIT University, Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas and RMIT University
Downloads
4,044
7.
Platform Strategy
The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management (2014)
Number of pages: 14
Posted: 22 May 2014
Last Revised: 08 May 2019
Working Paper Series
Dartmouth College and Boston University – Questrom School of Business
Downloads
4,001
8.
FinTech Platforms and Strategy
MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 5183-16
Number of pages: 20
Posted: 03 Jan 2017
Last Revised: 15 Aug 2017
Working Paper Series
New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business and Sloan School of Management, MIT
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3,594
9.
Will the Growth of Uber Increase Economic Welfare?
Hubert Horan, Will The Growth of Uber Increase Economic Welfare?, 44 Transp. L.J., 33-105 (2017)
Number of pages: 73
Posted: 10 Apr 2017
Last Revised: 21 Nov 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Horan Aviation
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3,271
10.
Berkshire's Disintermediation: Buffett's New Managerial ModelÂ
GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2015-16, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2015-16, Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper Series No. 205
Number of pages: 19
Posted: 07 May 2015
Last Revised: 13 Jun 2015
Working Paper Series
George Washington University
Downloads
2,850
11.
The Diversity-Bandwidth Tradeoff
American Journal of Sociology, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 78
Posted: 22 Jan 2007
Last Revised: 31 Jul 2011
Working Paper Series
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Boston University – Questrom School of Business
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2,728
12.
The Impact of APIs in Firm Performance
Boston University Questrom School of Business Research Paper No. 2843326
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 27 Sep 2016
Last Revised: 23 May 2017
Working Paper Series
Chapman University - The George L. Argyros School of Business & Economics, Global Development Policy Center Boston University and Boston University – Questrom School of Business
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2,683
13.
Principal Costs: A New Theory for Corporate Law and Governance
Columbia Law Review, Vol. 117, No. 767, 2017, Fordham Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2571739, Columbia Public Law Research Paper No. 14-462
Number of pages: 64
Posted: 03 Mar 2015
Last Revised: 14 Jun 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Columbia University - Law School and Fordham University School of Law
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2,335
14.
Do Corporate Control and Product Market Competition Lead to Stronger Productivity Growth? Evidence from Market-Oriented and Blockholderbased Governance Regimes
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 24 Mar 2003
Working Paper Series
Allianz Group and Tilburg University - Department of Finance
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2,298
15.
Cost Based Transfer Pricing
Review of Accounting Studies, Vol. 16, No. 2, Forthcoming 2011
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 24 Oct 2007
Last Revised: 11 May 2010
Working Paper Series
University of Vienna - Accounting and Control, University of Basel and University of Vienna - Institute of Business Administration
Downloads
2,236
16.
The Cyclical Nature of the Productivity Distribution
Earlier version: US Census Bureau Center for Economic Studies Paper No. CES-WP-11-15
Number of pages: 69
Posted: 31 May 2011
Last Revised: 23 Jan 2015
Working Paper Series
Duke University
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2,066
17.
Nain's Porous Hierarchy of Needs: An Alternative to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Indian Journal of Positive Psychology, 2013, Vol.4, Issue 3, p.464-467.
Number of pages: 7
Posted: 16 Jun 2013
Last Revised: 28 Oct 2013
Accepted Paper Series
Independent
Downloads
2,016
18.
The Moderating Effect of Prior Sales Changes on Asymmetric Cost Behavior
Journal of Management Accounting Research, 26(2), 221-242, 2014
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 17 May 2006
Last Revised: 23 Jul 2015
Accepted Paper Series
Temple University - Department of Accounting, Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management - Department of Accounting, American University of Sharjah - School of Business and Management and University of Calgary - Haskayne School of Business
Downloads
1,974
19.
The Covid-19 Crisis and Telework: A Research Survey on Experiences, Expectations and Hopes
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13229
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 14 May 2020
Working Paper Series
Ghent University, Ghent University, Ghent University, Ghent University and Ghent University
Downloads
1,951
20.
Real Anomalies
Journal of Finance, August 2019, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Center for Quantitative Financial Research Paper
Number of pages: 74
Posted: 16 Mar 2016
Last Revised: 11 Aug 2020
Accepted Paper Series
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and University of Rochester - Simon Business School
There are 2 versions of this paper
Real Anomalies
Journal of Finance, August 2019, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Center for Quantitative Financial Research Paper
Number of pages: 74
Posted: 16 Mar 2016
Last Revised: 11 Aug 2020
Downloads
1,945
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1,945
21.
The Activity Based Cost System ABC as a Strategic Tool: An Empirical Test
Number of pages: 6
Posted: 05 Jul 2001
Working Paper Series
Universidade Federal da Bahia, EAESP/FGV and EAESP/FGV
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1,945
22.
The Baltic Dry Index as a Predictor of Global Stock Returns, Commodity Returns, and Global Economic Activity
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 25 Jan 2011
Last Revised: 29 Feb 2012
Working Paper Series
Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) and University of British Columbia (UBC) - Division of Finance
There are 2 versions of this paper
The Baltic Dry Index as a Predictor of Global Stock Returns, Commodity Returns, and Global Economic Activity
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 25 Jan 2011
Last Revised: 29 Feb 2012
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1,927
The Baltic Dry Index as a Predictor of Global Stock Returns, Commodity Returns, and Global Economic Activity
AFA 2012 Chicago Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 22 Mar 2011
Downloads
1,039
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1,927
23.
Innovazione e Brevetti (Lecture on Innovation and Patents)
Number of pages: 22
Posted: 20 May 2013
Last Revised: 03 Jun 2020
Working Paper Series
University of Rome Sapienza
Downloads
1,910
24.
A Brief History of Production Functions
Number of pages: 26
Posted: 10 Oct 2007
Last Revised: 07 Dec 2007
Working Paper Series
North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU)
There are 2 versions of this paper
A Brief History of Production Functions
Number of pages: 26
Posted: 10 Oct 2007
Last Revised: 07 Dec 2007
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1,880
A Brief History of Production Functions
The IUP Journal of Managerial Economics, Vol. VIII, No. 4, pp. 6-34, November 2010
Posted: 27 Jan 2011
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1,880
25.
The Cost Efficiency of German Banks: A Comparison of Sfa and DEA
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 28 Nov 2006
Working Paper Series
Dresden University of Technology, Technische Universitaet Dresden and Halle Institute for Economic Research
There are 2 versions of this paper
The Cost Efficiency of German Banks: A Comparison of Sfa and DEA
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 28 Nov 2006
Downloads
1,825
The Cost Efficiency of German Banks: A Comparison of Sfa and DEA
Bundesbank Series 2 Discussion Paper No. 2006,10
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 08 Jun 2016
Downloads
16
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1,825
26.
Technology Transfer Through FDI in Top-10 Transition Countries: How Important are Direct Effects, Horizontal and Vertical Spillovers?
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 25 Jun 2003
Working Paper Series
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia - Department of International Economics, NIFU Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education, Institute for Economic Research - Slovenia and University of Ljubljana - Faculty of Social Sciences
Downloads
1,787
27.
Oligopolies, Prices, Output, and Productivity
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 11 Sep 2017
Last Revised: 19 Oct 2018
Working Paper Series
Georgetown University
Downloads
1,664
28.
Strategic Customer Behavior, Commitment, and Supply Chain Performance
Number of pages: 45
Posted: 28 Aug 2007
Working Paper Series
University of Pennsylvania - Operations & Information Management Department and Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School
Downloads
1,609
29.
International Trade and its Effects on Economic Growth in China
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5151
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 30 Aug 2010
Working Paper Series
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Sogang University
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1,547
30.
Total Factor Productivity Estimation: A Practical Review
LICOS Discussion Paper No. 182/2007
Number of pages: 45
Posted: 02 Aug 2007
Last Revised: 16 Feb 2009
Working Paper Series
De Nederlandsche Bank
There are 2 versions of this paper
Total Factor Productivity Estimation: A Practical Review
LICOS Discussion Paper No. 182/2007
Number of pages: 45
Posted: 02 Aug 2007
Last Revised: 16 Feb 2009
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1,437
Total Factor Productivity Estimation: A Practical Review
Journal of Economic Surveys, Vol. 26, Issue 1, pp. 98-128, 2012
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 04 Jan 2012
Downloads
2
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1,437
31.
The Resurgence of Growth in the Late 1990s: Is Information Technology the Story?
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 17 Sep 2000
Working Paper Series
American Enterprise Institute and Wellesley College
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1,396
32.
Consumer Returns Policies and Supply Chain Performance
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 11 Oct 2007
Last Revised: 08 May 2012
Working Paper Series
University of Pennsylvania - Operations & Information Management Department
Downloads
1,339
33.
The Market for Corporate Assets: Who Engages in Mergers and Asset Sales and are There Efficiency Gains?
Number of pages: 56
Posted: 16 Mar 2000
Working Paper Series
University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business
There are 2 versions of this paper
The Market for Corporate Assets: Who Engages in Mergers and Asset Sales and are There Efficiency Gains?
Number of pages: 56
Posted: 16 Mar 2000
Downloads
1,274
Downloads
1,274
34.
Firm Dynamics and Productivity Growth: A Review of Micro Evidence from OECD Countries
OECD Economics Department Working Papers No. 297
Number of pages: 66
Posted: 28 Jul 2001
Working Paper Series
Hitotsubashi University - Faculty of Economics
Downloads
1,246
35.
Why Information Should Influence Productivity
MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 4680-08
Number of pages: 30
Posted: 07 Feb 2020
Last Revised: 07 Feb 2020
Working Paper Series
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - School of Information and Boston University – Questrom School of Business
Downloads
1,194
36.
Productivity and Customer Satisfaction - a DEA Network Model
Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance No. 140
Number of pages: 13
Posted: 15 Aug 1997
Working Paper Series
Stockholm School of Economics - Department of Economic Statistics and Stockholm School of Economics
Downloads
1,171
37.
Asymmetric Cost Behavior
Journal of Management Accounting Research, Vol. 26, No. 2, 43-79, 2014
Number of pages: 60
Posted: 20 Aug 2013
Last Revised: 13 Aug 2015
Accepted Paper Series
Temple University - Department of Accounting and Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management - Department of Accounting
Downloads
1,150
38.
Does Privatization Raise Productivity? Evidence from Comprehensive Panel Data on Manufacturing Firms in Hungary, Romania, Russia, and Ukraine
W.E. Upjohn Institute Staff Working Paper No. 04-107
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 29 Dec 2004
Working Paper Series
US Census Bureau Center for Economic Studies, George Mason University - Schar School of Policy and Government and Corvinus University of Budapest
There are 2 versions of this paper
Does Privatization Raise Productivity? Evidence from Comprehensive Panel Data on Manufacturing Firms in Hungary, Romania, Russia, and Ukraine
W.E. Upjohn Institute Staff Working Paper No. 04-107
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 29 Dec 2004
Downloads
1,146
Does Privatization Raise Productivity? Evidence from Comprehensive Panel Data on Manufacturing Firms in Hungary, Romania, Russia and Ukraine
Number of pages: 55
Posted: 29 Mar 2005
Downloads
28
Downloads
1,146
39.
Privatization and Productivity in China
Number of pages: 70
Posted: 29 Nov 2015
Last Revised: 13 Aug 2020
Working Paper Series
Peking University - Guanghua School of Management, Yale University - Department of Economics, Yale University - Department of Economics and University of Arizona - Eller College of Management - Department of Economics
Downloads
1,108
40.
Exploring the Impact of Delivery Performance on Customer Transaction Volume and Unit Price: Evidence from an Assembly Manufacturing Supply Chain
Production and Operations Management, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 05 Jan 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Lehigh University and Oregon State University
Downloads
1,103
41.
Determinants of Profitability: An Analysis of Large Australian Firms
Melbourne Institute Working Paper No. 3/10
Number of pages: 35
Posted: 01 Jul 2010
Working Paper Series
Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research
Downloads
1,100
42.
Product Mix and Earnings Volatility at Commercial Banks: Evidence from a Degree of Leverage Model
FRB Chicago Working Paper No. 1999-06
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 15 Jan 2001
Working Paper Series
University of Kansas School of Business and Valdosta State University - Department of Accounting and Finance
There are 2 versions of this paper
Product Mix and Earnings Volatility at Commercial Banks: Evidence from a Degree of Leverage Model
FRB Chicago Working Paper No. 1999-06
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 15 Jan 2001
Downloads
1,098
Downloads
1,098
43.
The Effectiveness of University Technology Transfer: Lessons Learned, Managerial and Policy Implications, and the Road Forward
Number of pages: 68
Posted: 11 May 2006
Working Paper Series
Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School and Arizona State University
Downloads
1,095
44.
Arguing a Case for Cobb-Douglas Production Function
Review of Commerce Studies, Vol. 20-21, No. 1, January-June, 2002
Number of pages: 17
Posted: 01 Oct 2004
Accepted Paper Series
University of Delhi - School of Economics - Commerce Department
Downloads
1,089
45.
Smart Cities: Explaining the Relationship between City Growth and Human Capital
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 27 Dec 2003
Working Paper Series
Brown University - Department of Economics
Downloads
1,074
46.
The End of 'Corporate' Governance: Hello 'Platform' Governance
Lex Research Topics in Corporate Law & Economics Working Paper No. 2018-5, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Law Working Paper No. 430/2018
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 25 Aug 2018
Last Revised: 20 Dec 2018
Working Paper Series
Kyushu University - Graduate School of Law, Tilburg University - School of Law; European Banking Center (EBC) and Tilburg University - Department of Business Law
Downloads
1,054
47.
Inventory Signals
Harvard NOM Research Paper Series No. 06-09
Number of pages: 26
Posted: 16 May 2005
Last Revised: 06 Feb 2012
Working Paper Series
The Wharton School, Univ. of Pennsylvania
Downloads
1,039
48.
The Baltic Dry Index as a Predictor of Global Stock Returns, Commodity Returns, and Global Economic Activity
AFA 2012 Chicago Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 22 Mar 2011
Working Paper Series
Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) and University of British Columbia (UBC) - Division of Finance
There are 2 versions of this paper
The Baltic Dry Index as a Predictor of Global Stock Returns, Commodity Returns, and Global Economic Activity
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 25 Jan 2011
Last Revised: 29 Feb 2012
Downloads
1,927
The Baltic Dry Index as a Predictor of Global Stock Returns, Commodity Returns, and Global Economic Activity
AFA 2012 Chicago Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 22 Mar 2011
Downloads
1,039
Downloads
1,039
49.
Performance Indicators for Public Spending Efficiency in Primary and Secondary Education
OECD Economics Department Working Paper No. 546
Number of pages: 66
Posted: 04 Mar 2007
Working Paper Series
Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Economics Department (ECO), Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Economics Department (ECO), Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Economics Department (ECO) and Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Policy Studies Branch
Downloads
1,010
50.
Economies of Scale: A Survey of the Empirical Literature
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 02 Jul 1997
Working Paper Series
DGZ-DekaBank
Downloads
1,007
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