Studies of small and medium-sized enterprises have provided evidence that CEOs of such firms can have a dominating influence on firm activities. Drawing on upper echelons theory, we analyze the influence of CEO personality (CEO internal locus of control), CEO ownership and CEO education on the evaluation of middle manager performance. In line with our expectations, we find evidence for a direct effect of CEO ownership (negative) and CEO education (positive) on the use of objective performance evaluations and for a direct effect of the CEO's internal locus of control on the use of subjective performance evaluations. Moreover, we provide evidence for a moderating role of both CEO ownership and education with respect to the influence of the CEO's locus of control on the use of subjective evaluations. We use a sample of 247 small and medium-sized manufacturing firms to test our hypotheses.

Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2016-03-28T15:30:41Z No. of bitstreams: 1 mirianesigilianofrossard.pdf: 10800674 bytes, checksum: 0a2b553cd3a6b721e0e385c6e68a53d4 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2016-04-24T02:39:50Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 mirianesigilianofrossard.pdf: 10800674 bytes, checksum: 0a2b553cd3a6b721e0e385c6e68a53d4 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-24T02:39:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 mirianesigilianofrossard.pdf: 10800674 bytes, checksum: 0a2b553cd3a6b721e0e385c6e68a53d4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-02-28 / Apesar de ter sido previsto por diversos especialistas, o declínio da religião não ocorreu com a sociedade moderna. Ao contrário, a religiosidade encontra-se em plena atividade, contudo se apresentando de maneira reconfigurada, menos institucionalizada, mais individualizada, subjetiva, fluida e fragmentada, atravessando e combinando-se a diversos outros campos, dentre eles, o turismo. Diante deste cenário, o objetivo deste estudo é compreender, sob o viés do consumo, de que forma o turismo evangélico para a Terra Santa pode se configurar como uma busca moderna da tradição, conformando-se numa experiência (pós) moderna da religiosidade contemporânea, verificando seus sentidos e significados para aqueles que estão envolvidos direta ou indiretamente com essa atividade. Este consumo simbólico dos evangélicos através das caravanas para a Terra Santa revelou não se tratar apenas de uma ida moderna dos evangélicos ao espaço público, mas também uma forma de (re)ativarem diversas tradições judaicas e cristãs, ressemantizando-as de acordo com o espírito da época. / Although predicted by many experts, the decline of religion did not occur with modern society. Instead, religiosity is in full swing, but performing in a new shape, less institutionalized, more individualized, subjective, fluid and fragmented, crossing through and blending in several other fields, including tourism. Given this scenario, the objective of this study is to understand, by through consumption habits/behaviour, how evangelical tourism in the Holy Land can be configured as a modern search of tradition, conforming to a (post) modern experience of contemporary religiosity, examining their meanings for those who are directly or indirectly involved with this activity. This symbolic consumption by evangelicals through the caravans to the Holy Land revealed it is not only a modern way for evangelicals to public space, but also a way to (re) activate various Jewish and Christian traditions, giving them a new meaning in accordance with the spirit of this age.

Since the opening of the Central, Eastern and South Eastern European (CESEE) banking market, foreign banks, have started to invest in the financial sector of emerging economies. Economic research highlights that foreign banks have brought advanced technology, improved management expertise, upgraded risk management techniques and generally more efficient and competitive banking practices into CESEE countries (Clarke, Cull, Peria and Sànchez, 2002; Eller, Haiss and Steiner, 2006). However, there is hardly evidence about how this large-scale knowledge transfer has been achieved and what knowledge has actually been transferred. This paper intends to fill this gap. Two in-depth case studies of bank acquisitions by Austrian banks in CESEE give insight into the methods and content of knowledge transfer within the post-acquisition integration. A questionnaire sent out to CESEE subsidiaries of Austrian banks additionally provides information on the topic. The results show that knowledge transfer mainly occurs in international teams and during international meetings, trainings and development programs and that it is supported by information and communication technologies. Results further show that the content, methods and magnitude of knowledge transfer efforts change along the stages of post-acquisition integration. (author's abstract)

Executives' compensation has been on the forefront of the public and political debate since the recent financial crisis. One of the measures publicly discussed is a general upper boundary to top management compensation packages ("salary cap", "maximum wage"). While such measures are novelties to the corporate world, the North American major sports leagues have been using maximum compensation regulations for decades. This paper exploits the 23-year experience with salary cap regulations from the National Football League (NFL). The results show a significant negative relation between the success of NFL teams and the amount of the net (after-tax) salary cap represented by the personal income tax rate of the teams' home states. A team from California (highest average tax rate) wins 2.256 games less per year and has an 11% reduced probability of making the playoffs than a team located in a no-tax state such as Florida or Texas. The paper contributes to and informs the ongoing public and political debate regarding the regulation of executive compensation, and its effects on the performance of the regulated entities. / Series: WU International Taxation Research Paper Series

The chemokine receptor CCR5 has been implicated in the pathogenesis of prostate cancer (PCa). A novel series of piperazine derivatives have been designed and synthesized as CCR5 antagonists and their activity as inhibitors of PCa cell lines proliferation was explored. A lead compound has been identified which induced 100% inhibition of PCa cell proliferation at micromolar concentrations. Anibamine, the only natural product CCR5 antagonist, was also examined for its anti-proliferative activity and was found to inhibit proliferation of PCa cells at micromolar concentrations as well. The expression of RANTES mRNA was observed in DU-145, M12 and P69 cells via RT-PCR, while the expression of CCR5 mRNA was observed only in M12 cells. A CHO-CCR5 stable cell line was prepared for the CCR5 ligand competition binding assays. Both anibamine and the newly identified lead compound will serve as leads in the development of novel CCR5 antagonists as anti-prostate cancer agents.