We study the proposal of manager-sponsored compensation plans linking pay to performance
by S&P 500 firms in the 1990s. We examine the market perception of these proposals and …

The difficulties of evaluating sports sponsorship are well known. In this study Miyazaki and
Morgan use ‘event study analysis’ to assess corporate sponsorship of the 1996 Olympic …

Despite mixed stock returns for acquirer shareholders in large stock-for-stock mergers,
acquiring-firm merger proxy votes rarely fail; in the sample we examine, the average approval …

We examine the usefulness and credibility of analyst recommendations by focusing on their
behavior surrounding tender offer announcements. For our 1998–2001 sample, we find …

Observations of the ionosphere of Mars have now reached a sufficient number to begin
discussions on how best to create an empirically based model of its global morphology. Here we …

The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of training on employee performance
among the international civil servants. The study was guided by the following research …

African trypanosomes cause human sleeping sickness and livestock trypanosomiasis in sub-Saharan
Africa. We present the sequence and analysis of the 11 megabase-sized …

Objectives To design, implement, and assess the pilot phase of an innovative, remote case-based
video-consultation program called ECHO-AGE that links experts in the management …

The serum immunoglobulin-free light chain (FLC) assay measures levels of free κ and λ
immunoglobulin light chains. There are three major indications for the FLC assay in the …

New uniform response criteria are required to adequately assess clinical outcomes in myeloma.
The European Group for Blood and Bone Marrow Transplant/International Bone Marrow …