The successful realization of the goal of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) practice, to contain all project information in models, is predicated on the ability of the system model to represent the information needs of a broad range of stakeholders such as the owners, acquirers, suppliers, maintainers, and users. The paper opens by discussing the interface between the acquirer and supplier...

Role-limiting approaches using explicit theories of problem-solving have been successful for acquiring knowledge from domain experts1. However most systems using this approach do not support acquiring procedural knowledge, only instance and type information. Approaches using interdependencies among different pieces of knowledge have been successful for acquiring procedural knowledge, but these ...

Preserve knowledge, retain know, these are the objectives of a scalable company. The knowledge mapping is graphical techniques which allows preserve and visualize the strategic heritage of the acquired know-how during the years. We use Data mining techniques to exploit the different sources of data and to improve the process of acquiring this knowledge. In this paper, we present a new knowledge...

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We study the effect of a firm's acquisitions on the subsequent career of its chief executive officer (CEO) by examining a sample of executives who undertook large acquisitions between 1986 and 1988. We find that acquirers do not have significantly different compensation growth from executives who did not undertake acquisitions. Further, we find the effect of acquisitions on compensation does no...

This paper studies the impact of information asymmetry between blockholders and managers on firm performance. The ability of blockholders to effectively monitor managers depend on how informed they are about the firm’s business. Same-industry (SI) blockholders – blockholders that operate firms in the same line of business are likely to be more informed than blockholders outside the industry, an...

In a cross-border takeover, the tax base associated with future capital gains is transferred from target shareholders to acquirer shareholders. Cross-country differences in capital gains tax rates enable us to estimate the discount in the takeover price on account of future capital gains. The estimation suggests that a one percentage point increase in the capital gains tax rate reduces the valu...

We show an inverted-U relation between targetiveness (probability of being targeted) and firm size. However, this pattern describes stock offers and is more pronounced during hot markets characterized by higher stock valuations. For cash offers we find a negative and monotonic relation. These contrasting patterns suggest that small firms (in the bottom NYSE size quartile) are less vulnerable to...