Strategic orientations, competitive advantage, and business performance
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Companies with different business orientations are compared according to their performance. They were differentiated as internally oriented, externally oriented and those with both external and external emphasis. Internal strategies involve investment in research and development, high capacity utilization and low manufacturing and advertising costs. Meanwhile, external strategies focus on advertising. It was concluded that dual emphasis companies perform best in retaining a competitive advantage over longer periods.
Publication Name: Journal of Business Research
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0148-2963
Year: 1995
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Whose interests do hired top managers pursue? An examination of select mutual and stock life insurers
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Two groups of life insurance companies, mutual insurers and life insurers, were used to determine whether top managers pursued their own interests or served the interests of owners. The two groups of companies were compared in terms of the ability of the mutuals to reward their policyholders, the rewards received by the CEOs of both groups and the management styles. Results showed that the owners' interests are not necessarily convergent with the interests of the top executives.
Publication Name: Journal of Business Research
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0148-2963
Year: 1993
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Outside board monitoring and the economic outcomes of acquisitions: A test of the substitution hypothesis
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The effects of outside board monitoring on acquisition outcomes in a setting of limited ownership control structure and the effects of outside directors on acquisition outcomes in the context of significant ownership control structures are examined. The findings supports the substitution hypothesis outside board monitors influence the economic outcomes of acquisitions of manager-controlled enterprises, but not the outcomes of owner-controlled or owner-manager-controlled firms.
Publication Name: Journal of Business Research
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0148-2963
Year: 2005
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