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The influence of blockholders on R and D investments intensity : evidence from Spain
This article studies the relationship between the presence of large shareholders in the ownership structure of firms and R and D investment. In our analysis, we consider the influence of three types of blockholders: banks, non-financial corporations, and individuals. Moreover, we incorporate an additional feature largely ignored in previous research, namely the number of blockholders. Consistent with our theoretical contention, our results indicate that the impact of large shareholders on the R and D investment is (1) negative when blockholders are banks, (2) positive when blockholders are non- financial corporations, and (3) null when blockholders are individuals. In addition, we find a systematic negative relationship between the number of blockholders and R and D investment. Finally, we contribute to current literature by extending our analysis in two novel ways. First, we test the impact of each blockholder type contingent to the life-cycle stage of firms. Second, we analyze the influence that the combined effect between blockholder type and R and D investment has on the firm's economic performance. Results of these extensions provide relevant implications for policy makers and academic research
Corporate ethical identity as determinant of firm performance : a test of the mediating role of stakeholder satisfaction
In this article, we empirically assess the impact of the Corporate Ethical Identity (CEI) on the firm's financial performance. Drawing on formulation of both normative and instrumental stakeholder theory, we argue that firms with a strong ethical identity achieve greater degree of stakeholder satisfaction, which in turn, positively influence the firms' financial performance. We further analyze two different dimensions of the CEI of firms: corporate revealed ethics and corporate applied ethics. Our results indicate that while revealed ethics has informational worth and enhance shareholder value, applied ethics has a positive impact through the improvement of stakeholder satisfaction. However, revealed ethics by itself (i.e. decoupled from ethical initiatives) is not sufficient to boost economic performance
Stochastic resource allocation with a backhaul constraint for the uplink
We propose a novel stochastic radio resource alloca-
tion strategy for the uplink that achieves long-term fairness in
terms of similar bitrates considering backhaul and air-interface
capacity limitations. We focus on a single cell scenario based
on WCDMA technology. We propose to use a maximin criteria
to introduce fairness among the different users’ throughputs.
An stochastic approximation is implemented to obtain an online
algorithm where the Lagrange multipliers are estimated at each
scheduling period. Our results show that the proposed scheme
achieves higher fairness among the users and, in some cases, a
higher sum-rate compared with the well-known proportional fair
scheduler.Postprint (author's final draft
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