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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Economies of Scale: The Rationale Behind the Multinationality‑Performance Enigma

Eckert, Stefan, Koppe, Max, Burkatzki, Eckhard, Eichentopf, Simon, Scharf, Constantin 20 March 2024 (has links)
In a widely acclaimed contribution to Management International Review, Hennart (2007) challenged one of the mainstream theories of International Business, the S-curve relationship between multinationality and performance, by arguing that there is no positive impact on performance aside from the scale enhancing effect resulting from increasing multinationality. We examine his arguments by analyzing 3876 firms from Canada, Germany, Japan, the UK and the US over the period from 2002 to 2016. We find that the empirical evidence for a direct positive impact of multinationality on performance is not convincing. However, increasing multinationality leads to a significantly higher firm performance via the economies of scalechannel. Multinationality seems to be more important as a means to increase scale for firms from small home markets compared to firms from large domestic markets. Intangible assets appear to amplify the impact of scale on performance much more than the impact of multinationality on performance. In the end, it’s size that matters.
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Essays in Intangible Corporate Assets

Aksin-Sivrikaya, Sezen 28 May 2021 (has links)
In einer zunehmend vernetzten Welt befinden sich Unternehmen in einem komplexen Beziehungsgeflecht aus verschiedenen Akteuren. Dies stellt eine Herausforderung für die Existenz traditioneller Geschäftsmodelle dar, da Firmen sich mit Konkurrenz aus allen Richtungen auseinander setzen müssen. In einem solchen Geschäftsumfeld werden immaterielle Vermögenswerte zunehmend als Grundlage für Wettbewerbsvorteile angesehen. Die Dissertation untersucht den materiellen Nutzen immaterieller Vermögenswerte und konzentriert sich dabei insbesondere auf die Unternehmensreputation und deren Einflussfaktoren. Wir verwenden als Theorie den Ressourcen-basierten Ansatz des Unternehmens und leiten unsere Hypothesen aus der vorhandenen Literatur ab, insbesondere in den Bereichen Reputation, Führung, Stakeholder-, Legitimitäts- und Signaling-Theorie. Unsere Analysen sind auf Umfragen des Manager Magazins und „Gold Bee Corporate Responsibility Assessment System“ basiert. Bei der Durchführung der quantitativen Analyse verwenden wir Strukturgleichungsmodelle. Die Implikationen dieser Dissertation lassen darauf schließen, dass es einen Business Case für ein aktives Reputationsmanagement sowohl auf Unternehmensebene als auch auf individueller Ebene für Führungskräfte, vornehmlich für den CEO, gibt. Weiterhin ist eine hohe Reputation ein nachhaltiger Wettbewerbsvorteil, da sie die Wettbewerbsposition des Unternehmens gegenüber den Wettbewerbern stärkt und potentiell neuen Wettbewerbern den Markteintritt erschwert. In ähnlicher Weise kann eine hohe CEO-Reputation als Instrument der Risikoreduzierung in Krisenzeiten genutzt werden. Außerdem zeigen unsere Ergebnisse, dass die ausschließliche Einhaltung von Regeln und Regulierungen nicht mehr ausreichend ist. Damit die Stakeholder Fortschritte belohnen können, muss das Management CSR-Programme etablieren, die bei ihren Stakeholdern Resonanz finden, und darüberhinaus kontinuierlich über die CSR-Leistungen ihres Unternehmens berichten. / In a digital world, the very existence of traditional business models is challenged as firms face disruptive innovation and intense competition. In such a business environment, intangible assets are increasingly perceived as the basis of competitive advantage. This thesis explores tangible benefits of intangible assets, specifically focusing on corporate reputation and CSR reporting quality. We take a resource-based view (RBV) of the firm and derive our testable hypotheses from the extant literature mostly in reputation, leadership, stakeholder theory, legitimacy theory, and signaling theory. Our data is mainly drawn from surveys conducted by Manager Magazin and Gold Bee Corporate Responsibility Assessment System, which has been developed by the CSR Reporting Research Group at the WTO Guide CSR Development Center. In performing our calculations, we adopt a (generalized) structural equation modeling approach. In our work, we uncover antecedent processes behind reputations. Our results imply that there is a business case for active management of both corporate and individual reputations by illustrating the link between reputations and firm outcomes. We show that corporate reputation can be utilized as a tool to protect and defend competitive positions, which can also work as a deterrent for potential market entrants. We further show that individual reputations may act as a medium to mitigate negative news and improve stakeholder perceptions in times of crises. Our findings also indicate that nonfinancial metrics are gaining prevalence. We illustrate that mere compliance with rules and regulations does not suffice anymore since in order for stakeholders to reward social and environmental progress, companies need to partake in CSR programs that resonate with their stakeholders and properly communicate associated nonfinancial metrics, which in turn will help improve firm outcomes through boosting internal and external intangible assets.

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