Corporations and cultural industries [[electronic resource] ] : Time Warner, Bertelsmann, and News Corporation / / Scott W. Fitzgerald |
Autore | Fitzgerald Scott W. <1973-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (473 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.7/610705 |
Collana | Critical media studies |
Soggetto topico |
Cultural industries
Conglomerate corporations Industrial concentration Mass media and globalization |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-43278-1
9786613432780 0-7391-4405-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | List of tables -- List of figures -- List of acronyms and abbreviations -- Preface and acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Cultural corporations and capitalist imperatives -- Corporate strategy and structure in an age of "paranational hypercapitalism" -- Global media, regulation and the state -- Time Warner -- Bertelsmann -- News Corporation -- Conclusion -- List of references -- Endnotes -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465188603321 |
Fitzgerald Scott W. <1973-> | ||
Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Corporations and cultural industries [[electronic resource] ] : Time Warner, Bertelsmann, and News Corporation / / Scott W. Fitzgerald |
Autore | Fitzgerald Scott W. <1973-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (473 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.7/610705 |
Collana | Critical media studies |
Soggetto topico |
Cultural industries
Conglomerate corporations Industrial concentration Mass media and globalization |
ISBN |
1-283-43278-1
9786613432780 0-7391-4405-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | List of tables -- List of figures -- List of acronyms and abbreviations -- Preface and acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Cultural corporations and capitalist imperatives -- Corporate strategy and structure in an age of "paranational hypercapitalism" -- Global media, regulation and the state -- Time Warner -- Bertelsmann -- News Corporation -- Conclusion -- List of references -- Endnotes -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791955503321 |
Fitzgerald Scott W. <1973-> | ||
Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Corporations and cultural industries : Time Warner, Bertelsmann, and News Corporation / / Scott W. Fitzgerald |
Autore | Fitzgerald Scott W. <1973-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (473 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.7/610705 |
Collana | Critical media studies |
Soggetto topico |
Cultural industries
Conglomerate corporations Industrial concentration Mass media and globalization |
ISBN |
1-283-43278-1
9786613432780 0-7391-4405-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | List of tables -- List of figures -- List of acronyms and abbreviations -- Preface and acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Cultural corporations and capitalist imperatives -- Corporate strategy and structure in an age of "paranational hypercapitalism" -- Global media, regulation and the state -- Time Warner -- Bertelsmann -- News Corporation -- Conclusion -- List of references -- Endnotes -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814887403321 |
Fitzgerald Scott W. <1973-> | ||
Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Diversification, industry dynamism, and economic performance : the impact of dynamic-related diversification on the multi-business firm / / Matthias Knecht |
Autore | Knecht Matthias |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wiesbaden, : Springer Gabler, 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (365 p.) |
Disciplina | 658.16 |
Soggetto topico |
Diversification in industry
Conglomerate corporations |
ISBN | 3-658-02677-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""FOREWORD""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""CONTENTS""; ""LIST OF FIGURES""; ""LIST OF TABLES""; ""LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS""; ""1 INTRODUCTION""; ""1.1 Problem Definition""; ""1.2 Research Gap and Motivation""; ""1.2.1 Diversification, Relatedness, and Performance""; ""1.2.2 The Dynamism of Industries""; ""1.3 Research Question""; ""1.3.1 Industry Dynamism""; ""1.3.2 Corporate Diversification""; ""1.3.3 Method of Reasoning""; ""1.4 Dissertation Outline""; ""2 THEORETICAL BACKGROUND""; ""2.1 Guiding Theories in Strategic Management""; ""2.1.1 Market-based View""; ""2.1.2 Resource-based View""
""2.1.3 Dynamic Capabilities View""""2.2 Terminology""; ""2.2.1 Resources""; ""2.2.2 Capabilities and Competencies""; ""2.2.3 Dynamic Capabilities""; ""2.2.4 Rents""; ""2.3 The Environment of the Firm""; ""2.3.1 Definition of the Macro Environment""; ""2.3.2 Definition of the Task Environment""; ""2.3.3 Dimensions of the Environment""; ""3 CORPORATE DIVERSIFICATION""; ""3.1 Corporate Diversification: An Introduction""; ""3.1.1 Definition of Diversification""; ""3.1.2 A Process Perspective on Diversification""; ""3.1.3 A Status Perspective on Diversification"" ""3.1.4 Perspective on Corporate Diversification in this Research""""3.2 Motives for Diversification""; ""3.2.1 Synergies""; ""3.2.2 Agency Theory""; ""3.2.3 Market Power""; ""3.2.4 Risk Reduction""; ""3.2.5 Transaction Costs""; ""3.3 Limits and Costs of Diversification""; ""3.3.1 Implementation Costs""; ""3.3.2 Complexity and Coordination Costs""; ""3.3.3 Limited Cognitive Capacity""; ""3.4 Diversification and Economic Performance""; ""3.4.1 Substitutability vs. Complementarity""; ""3.4.2 Relatedness and the Realization of Synergies""; ""3.4.3 Operational Relatedness"" ""3.4.4 Strategic Relatedness""""3.4.5 Relatedness as a Multidimensional Construct""; ""3.5 The Diversification-Performance Puzzle""; ""3.5.1 State of Research on the Diversification-Performance Linkage""; ""3.5.2 Methodological Considerations""; ""3.6 Interim Conclusion""; ""4 INDUSTRY DYNAMISM""; ""4.1 Industry Dynamism: An Introduction""; ""4.1.1 The Concept of Dynamism""; ""4.1.2 Understanding Dynamism: A Growing Confusion""; ""4.1.3 Academic Contributions on Dynamism""; ""4.2 Definition of Dynamism in the Context of this Research""; ""4.2.1 Dynamism as a Multidimensional Construct"" ""4.2.2 The Three Dimensions of Dynamism""""4.3 Impact of Dynamism on the Multi-business Firm""; ""4.3.1 Dynamic Capabilities""; ""4.3.2 Dominant Logic""; ""4.3.3 Synthesis: Dynamism as a New Dimension of Strategic Relatedness""; ""4.4 Hypotheses and Research Model""; ""4.4.1 Standards for Hypothesis Development""; ""4.4.2 Performance Effect of Dynamic-related Diversification""; ""4.4.3 Performance Effect of Relatedness on the Dimensions of Dynamism""; ""4.4.4 Effect of Product/Market-based Relatedness""; ""4.4.5 Overview Research Model""; ""5 EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS I: INDUSTRY DYNAMISM"" ""5.1 Measurement of Industry Dynamism"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910298539003321 |
Knecht Matthias | ||
Wiesbaden, : Springer Gabler, 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Indian Business Groups and Other Corporations : Comparative Organisational Perspectives on Indian Corporate Firms / / edited by Achin Chakraborty and Indrani Chakraborty |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : Springer, , [2023] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 pages) |
Disciplina | 929.605 |
Collana | India Studies in Business and Economics Series |
Soggetto topico | Conglomerate corporations |
ISBN | 981-9950-41-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- 1 Business Group Firms in India: A Short Introduction -- 1.1 The Backdrop -- 1.2 Business Group Affiliates and Stand-Alone Firms -- 1.3 Chapters in This Volume -- References -- 2 The Regime of Capital Accumulation, the Hindu Undivided Family and the Business Group in Independent India -- 2.1 Firm-Family Duality and the HUF in India -- 2.2 Institutional Embedding of the HUF in Corporate Governance Structures -- 2.3 HUF as a Vehicle of Tax Avoidance -- 2.4 Conclusion -- References -- 3 Corporate Response to Public Policy Changes: Some Intriguing Aspects -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Data Sources -- 3.3 Rising Role of Private Corporate Sector -- 3.4 Changing Corporate Financing Practices -- 3.5 Trends in Incidence of Corporate Tax -- 3.6 External Sector Orientation -- 3.7 Understanding the Economy and Corporate Sector in Its New Incarnation -- References -- 4 Ownership Control and Board Governance of Indian Business Groups: Continuity or Change? -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Business Group as an Organizational Form -- 4.3 Characteristics of Indian Business Groups -- 4.3.1 Incidence of Business Groups -- 4.3.2 Dominance of Business Groups -- 4.3.3 Persistence of Business Groups -- 4.4 The Nature of the Governance Problem of Indian Business Groups -- 4.4.1 Agency Problems in Business Groups -- 4.4.2 Concentrated Ownership and Control in Indian Business Groups -- 4.4.3 The Persistence of Concentrated Ownership and Control -- 4.4.4 Ownership Complexity -- 4.5 Insider Control and Board Governance -- 4.5.1 Monitoring by the Board -- 4.5.2 Board of Directors: The Evolving Corporate Governance Framework in India -- 4.5.3 Promoter Presence and Board Governance -- 4.5.4 Board Independence -- 4.5.5 Women Directors on Board -- 4.6 Concluding Comments -- Annexure -- References.
5 The Multi-entity Structure and Control in Business Groups -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The Business Group as a Dynamic Structure -- 5.3 The Business Group: Control and Ownership -- 5.4 Liberalization and Control in Business Groups -- 5.5 Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- 6 Business Group Affiliation, Financial Distress and Corporate Investment-Cash Flow Sensitivity: Evidence from India -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Literature Review -- 6.2.1 Theories of Corporate Investment -- 6.2.2 Neoclassical Theory of Investment -- 6.2.3 Accelerator Theory of Investment -- 6.2.4 Tobin's Q Theory of Investment -- 6.2.5 Empirical Evidence -- 6.2.6 Cash Flow and Corporate Investments -- 6.2.7 Other Firm Specific Factors and Corporate Investments -- 6.2.8 Business Group Affiliation and Corporate Investments -- 6.2.9 Financial Distress and Corporate Investment -- 6.3 Variables, Data and Preliminary Evidence -- 6.3.1 Variables -- 6.3.2 Data -- 6.3.3 Preliminary Evidence -- 6.4 Model Specification and Econometric Method -- 6.4.1 Models Specifications -- 6.4.2 Econometric Method -- 6.5 Discussion of Results -- 6.5.1 Empirical Results (Whole Period) -- 6.5.2 Empirical Results (Crisis vs. Non-crisis Periods) -- 6.5.3 Empirical Results (High Growth vs. Low Growth Companies) -- 6.6 Conclusions -- References -- 7 Promoter Ownership and Performance in Publicly Listed Firms in India: Does Group Affiliation Matter? -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Review and Hypotheses -- 7.2.1 The Role of Promoter Ownership in Indian Firms -- 7.2.2 Performance Effects of Variations in the Level of Promoter Ownership -- 7.2.3 Group-Affiliation Compared to Stand-Alone Firms with Promoter Ownership -- 7.2.4 Methodological Concerns -- 7.3 Data and Methods -- 7.3.1 Data -- 7.3.2 Variables -- 7.3.3 Analytical Approach -- 7.4 Results -- 7.4.1 Descriptive Statistics. 7.4.2 Propensity Score Matching (PSM) Results -- 7.4.3 Regression Results -- 7.5 Discussion and Conclusion -- 7.5.1 Limitations and Directions for Future Research -- References -- 8 Differences in the Performance of Group-Affiliated and Stand-Alone Firms -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Methodology -- 8.2.1 Performance of Group-Affiliated Firms as Against Stand-Alone Firms -- 8.2.2 Impact of Different Factors on the Performance of Group-Affiliated Firms -- 8.3 Data -- 8.4 Key Variables of the Study -- 8.4.1 Dependent Variable -- 8.4.2 Explanatory Variables -- 8.4.3 Control Variables -- 8.5 Empirical Analysis -- 8.6 Conclusion -- References -- 9 Related Party Transactions and Stock Price Crash Risk: Evidence from India -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Related Party Transactions in India: The Institutional Context -- 9.2.1 The Companies Act, 1956 -- 9.2.2 Indian Accounting Standard 18 -- 9.2.3 Kumar Mangalam Birla Committee Report and Clause 49 -- 9.2.4 Companies Act, 2013 -- 9.3 Data, Hypotheses and Methodology -- 9.4 Empirical Results -- 9.5 Conclusion -- Appendix -- Box 1: Related Parties Under the Indian AS18 -- Box 2: Related Parties Under the Ind As24 -- References -- 10 Minsky's Financial Instability Hypothesis: A Theoretical Engagement in the Indian Context -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Stylized Facts for the Indian Corporate Sector on FIH -- 10.3 Reinterpreting Minsky -- References. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910755084303321 |
Singapore : , : Springer, , [2023] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Linkages of Financial Groups in the European Union : Financial Conglomeration Developments in the Old and New Member States / / Ingrid Ulst |
Autore | Ulst Ingrid |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Budapest, Hungary ; ; New York, N.Y., : Central European University Press, c2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (145 p.) |
Disciplina | 332.1/094 |
Soggetto topico |
Financial services industry
European Union countries Conglomerate corporations |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
615-5053-66-9
1-281-37674-4 9786611376741 1-4237-1751-1 |
Formato | Multimedia |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450435603321 |
Ulst Ingrid | ||
Budapest, Hungary ; ; New York, N.Y., : Central European University Press, c2005 | ||
Multimedia | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Linkages of financial groups in the European Union : financial conglomeration developments in the old and new member states / / Ingrid Ulst |
Autore | Ulst Ingrid |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Budapest, Hungary ; ; New York, N.Y., : Central European University Press, c2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (145 p.) |
Disciplina | 332.1/094 |
Soggetto topico |
Financial services industry
Conglomerate corporations |
Soggetto non controllato | 21st century, Banks, Economic integration, European Union, Financial services, Late 20th century |
ISBN |
615-5053-66-9
1-281-37674-4 9786611376741 1-4237-1751-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Graphs -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Financial Conglomeration: Economic and Legal Aspects -- Chapter 2 Financial Conglomerates in the European Union -- Chapter 3 Financial Conglomerates of the European Union in the New Member States -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- References -- Sources of Research Data -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783442503321 |
Ulst Ingrid | ||
Budapest, Hungary ; ; New York, N.Y., : Central European University Press, c2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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