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    ESG-Risiken im Bankmanagement - ein Vergleich zwischen DACH und den USA (Teil 1 + 2)
    (Verlagsgruppe Knapp - Richardi, 2024-02) ;
    Sebastian Lang
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    Prof. Dr. Jörg-E. Cramer, et. al.
    This article examines ESG risks in bank management, which shape the corporate management of banks, particularly due to the different types of regulation in the DACH region (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) and in the USA. Accordingly, it is obvious that the first perspective of the comparison is that of the regulation of ESG risks in the banking sector and takes up a main part of the article. The second perspective that will then be examined is the risk quantification of ESG risk drivers, which is still largely in the development phase internationally plugged. This makes it all the more important to manage ESG risks and integrate them into the risk control architecture of banks as part of integrated and forward-looking bank management. Finally, the third perspective is an outlook from a competitive perspective on the future-proof integration of ESG risks into banks' risk controlling.
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    Financial Slack and Firm Performance during Economic Downturn
    ( 2018-04-30) ;
    Raastad, Ingeborg
    This paper examines whether financial slack has an impact on performance in the particularly hostile environment of an economic downturn. Organizational theory posits that the impact of high levels of slack on performance should be positive during such a time, as excess resources buffer the core of the firm from external shocks. Using the most recent economic downturn in Germany, the paper investigates whether firms that built up excess resources up until the onset of the crisis experience superior performance during the downturn. Financial slack is measured along the following dimensions: The proportion of current assets to current liabilities, the ratio of equity to total debt, and the ratio of general and administrative expenses to sales (SG&A). These proxies were measured over a period of four years prior to the crisis. Financial performance was then evaluated over the duration of the downturn. The results show that high pre-crisis levels of liquidity do not impact performance during a crisis. However, the findings support the view that high pre-crisis levels of debt have a negative impact on firm performance during the latest economic downturn. For slack stemming from the ratio of SG&A to sales, the association with performance was found to be positive, albeit at a declining rate. Both findings support the hypothesis that financial slack has value during an economic downturn. The originality of the approach lies in the evaluation of both linear and curvilinear performance effects of financial slack for German firms during an economic downturn.
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    Lead-Lag Relationships in International Stock Markets Revisited: Are They Exploitable?
    (Sciedu Press, 2017) ;
    Finke, Christian
    This paper re-examines empirical lead-lag relationships in stock portfolios sorted by size, analyst coverage and institutional ownership across seven major developed markets. We find that lead-lag relationships continue to exist in a majority of countries. A simple trading strategy that exploits the return predictability based on lead-lag relationships yields significant abnormal returns in several markets. However, the abnormal returns quickly decline when transaction costs are introduced and become insignificant for one-way transaction costs of more than 40 basis points. Thus, lead-lag relationships are probably not exploitable in practice and will continue to exist in the future.
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    Trade Sale versus IPO as Exit Strategy - An Empirical Analysis of European and US VC Backed Biotechnology Companies
    ( 2017-10-16) ;
    Kutz, Rebecca
    This paper studies the influence factors that characterize a trade sale versus an IPO exit strategy of VC-backed biotechnology companies. Using a dataset of 142 European and US privately held companies, exiting between 2005 and the second quarter of 2014, this paper addresses VC investment structure variables as well as firm- and product-specific variables to examine the decision of VCs to either use the trade sale or the IPO strategy. It was found that the IPO exit strategy calls for higher investments, is financed by more investors, requires more financing rounds, and takes longer for VCs to exit. An interdependency of these four variables is shown. Additionally, firms with pre-clinical products show higher probabilities for trade sale exits, whereas firms with marketed products and/or revenues are more likely to go public. Furthermore, the size of a firm is positively related to the probability of an IPO exit. Finally, firms whose lead product belongs to the field of oncology or is biologic in nature, and/or firms with technology platforms do not show a higher probability to exit via one of the two exit strategies considered.
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    Learning From Start-Ups – Ideas for Business Developers - How ABB Entered the Market of Energy Management Solutions.
    ( 2017-11-09) ;
    Ruppert, Markus
    For any corporation the chain from a business idea to a winning business model is highly challenging – even in high-potential markets. In the following work a mix of scientific methods like lean management, traditional and new established ones is used to investigate the process of business model generation. Therefore a theoretical framework on existing business modelling tools is used to develop a methodology for business model generation. In a case study, this methodology is implemented in the ABB building control product line searching for winning business models in the area of energy management solutions and its feasibility is evaluated afterwards resulting in three business models. Finally, it is shown to what degree even product lines in large corporations can act like innovative and agile start-ups.
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    Risk Cluster Framework - How to analyse Companies by Operating Leverage
    ( 2017-12-07) ;
    Schönenberger, Fabian
    Sales volatility and Operating Leverage are main drivers of earnings changes. Because of the importance of earnings for analysts, investors and executives, operating leverage is the key information for companies’ assessment. Companies with rigid cost structures are more risky compared to companies with flexible cost structures. The developed framework uses changes in sales and cost structure rigidity to define risk clusters. Companies within a risk cluster show similar return-risk relations. The framework is useful for inter-industry analysis and for deriving standard strategies based on considerations of how companies may diversify their product offering to smooth revenues and to increase profitability.
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    The impact of the economic crisis on listed private equity
    (Lupcon Center für Business Research (LCBR), 2015-03-31) ;
    Hollenwaeger, Simone
    Volatility in international capital markets and the increasing uncertainty of investors during the global economic crisis called for new perspectives with regard to asset classes and their diversi-fication potential. Listed private equity (LPE) could serve the purpose of diversification and stabilization based on its dual nature of publicly traded stock and of a closed-end fund vehicle. This paper aims to contribute to the knowledge about LPE risk and return characteristics and performance in particular during crisis time by examining the net asset value (NAV) and price return of global LPE vehicles over 13 years (2000-2013). Consequently, the quarterly stock prices and net asset values per share are evaluated based on 13 explanatory factors. The sample covers different LPE styles and investment categories and was selected based on the member-ship in the LPX2 universe as well as based on liquidity and reliability criteria (LPX, 2014). Therefore, the drawn sample is representative for the global private equity community. This paper will focus on three questions. Firstly, how does LPE behave relatively to other tradi-tional asset classes, e.g. how do the correlations look like? Secondly, what are the drivers of performance of LPE? Thirdly, how did LPE behave during the crisis years 2007-09 and how did the factors driving the performance change? To account for the comparability of the empirical results the effects of the crisis mentioned in question 3 are addressed directly in the last part of each section.
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    The Value-relevance of CSR Reporting Quality
    We examine the value?relevance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting quality in the so?called D/A/CH?region (Germany, Austria, and Switzerland). We provide empirical evidence that higher CSR reporting quality reduces stock return volatility and abnormal returns from unexpected CSR performance risk. We argue, when the quality of CSR reporting is high, then the market is pricing firms' future CSR performance more precisely. We also find that the amount and quality of CSR reporting has significantly increased from 2002 to 2012. Particularly, the use of separate sustainability reports and integrated reports has increased over time. The data is hand?collected and obtained through an analysis of CSR reporting in annual reports, status reports, integrative reports, and CSR reports. The data set represents the complete composition of DAX30 (Germany), ATX (Austria), and SMI (Switzerland) listed firms as of December 2012.
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