Geoffrey Wood

TL;DR: The extent to which gold has acted as an exchange rate hedge is assessed using weekly data for the last thirty years on the gold price and sterling-dollar and yen-dollar exchange rates.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of bank performance studies and classifications of bank profitability determinants is presented, showing that the profitability of European banks is influenced not only by factors related to their management decisions but also to changes in the external macroeconomic environment.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors introduce a range of perspectives on conceptualizing internal diversity within national manifestations of capitalism, and provide a framework for the subsequent articles that constitute this special issue, including a discussion of social action and the relative impact of institutional concentrations at spatial, industrial and specific hierarchical levels.

TL;DR: This article found that multinational corporations tend to manage their human resources in ways that are distinct from those of their host country; at the same time, country of origin effects seem relatively weak.

TL;DR: This paper found that more concentrated ownership, often in the hands of families, led to firms performing better; concentrated ownership means that controlling families bear more of the risks of poor performance, and mechanisms that accord room for a greater range of voices and interests within and beyond families seem to also make for positive performance effects.