Impact of firm performance, Multinationality, and innovation in MNCs

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Table of contents

AcknowledgementII

DeclarationIII

List of tablesV

List of figuresVI

CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY1

Research design1

Data collection procedures1

Research Questions4

Hypotheses development5

Variables and Measures5

Hypotheses and Corresponding Statistical Tests12

Population and sampling13

Sample Selection14

Sample Selection Process14

Data Analysis15

Methodological Assumptions and Limitations16

Validity and Reliability17

Ethical Considerations19

Limitations of This Study20

Summary21

References22

List of tables

Table 110

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List of figures

Figure 115

CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY

This doctoral study takes a quantitative approach to examine the relationship between CEO compensation and firm performance amongst multinational companies. This chapter describes the methodological approach undertaken.

Research design

This doctoral study will rely on the secondary (archival) data from Compustat, Forbes and EDGAR (the Electronic Data-Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system). Secondary data is appropriate for this type of study - it is generally considered to be both valid and reliable Du and Ti (2011). Quantitative approach will be used as a methodological approach. A non-experimental, exploratory, correlational research design will be employed. This type of research design was used by the majority of the compensation research discussed in chapter 2 (Balkin and Gomez-Mejia, 1987; Cordeiro and Veliyath, 2003; Deckop, 1988; Eaton and Rosen, 1983; Finkelstein and Boyd, 1998; Rajagopalan and Prescott, 1990). This type of research seeks to examine the relationship between a set of variables and seeks to explain changes in independent variables as a function of dependent, regressor variables.

Data collection procedures

The study's design will rely on the secondary data, or archival research. In this type of research the researcher is one step removed from reality that he/she is attempting to study. Both, the pay data and the CEO compensation data exist ...