Publications

5 publications found, searching for 'Mary O’Sullivan '

• Book Series February 01, 2001

  Corporate Governance and Sustainable Prosperity

  William H. Lazonick, and Mary O’Sullivan
  Abstract

  How can we explain the persistent worsening of the income distribution in the United States in the 1980s and 1990s? What are the prospects for the reemergence of sustainable prosperity in the American economy over the next generation? In addressing these issues, this book focuses on the microeconomics of corporate investment behavior, especially as reflected […]

• Public Policy Brief No. 49 December 10, 1998

  Corporate Governance in Germany

  Mary O’Sullivan
  Abstract

  The postwar system of corporate governance in Germany is being threatened by the failure of some industries to maintain their competitive position (with resulting significant job losses) and pressures for financial liquidity driven by those who have accumulated substantial financial holdings, institutions competing for control of those holdings, and those concerned about the funding of […]

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• Working Paper No. 226 February 01, 1998

  The Political Economy of Corporate Governance in Germany

  Mary O’Sullivan
  Abstract

  Research Associate Mary O’Sullivan, of INSEAD and the Center for Industrial Competitiveness at the University of Massachusetts–Lowell, is investigating systems of corporate governance to find which lead to successful decisions for individual firms and for an economy as a whole. She believes that success requires a form of corporate governance that generates conditions that permit […]

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• Public Policy Brief No. 37 December 10, 1997

  Investment in Innovation

  Mary O’Sullivan
  Abstract

  Since the 1970s corporate America has become obsessed with shedding employees to cut costs and with distributing revenue to stockholders. However, the way for it to regain its competitive edge and thus to restore the promise of secure and remunerative employment for its workers is to reform its system of governance. It must reject organizational […]

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• Working Paper No. 183 January 01, 1997

  Corporate Governance and Corporate Employment

  William H. Lazonick, and Mary O’Sullivan
  Abstract

  Unless American corporations change their structure of governance, it is unlikely that many will remain prosperous in this age of global competition, argue Research Associates William H. Lazonick and Mary O’Sullivan. US companies are not being hurt by low-wage competition but by their failure to invest in the organizational learning required to remain competitive. US […]

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