Isolating Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404(b) effect on audit fees and market liquidity: a natural experiment. Premalata Sundaram* PDBP 2010 University of Florida August 23‚ 2010 Abstract Since the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) of 2002‚ a large body of evidence has accumulated on the costs this legislation has imposed on public companies in the United States. Estimates of the direct costs of the law have been fairly straightforward to measure‚ but the indirect costs of the legislation
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Introduction Corporate governance is concerned with the structures and systems of control by which managers are held accountable to those who have a legitimate stake in an organization. It has become an increasingly important issue for organizations for three main reasons. The separation of ownership and management control of organizations (which is now the norm except with very small businesses) means that most organizations operate within a hierarchy‚ or chain‚ of governance. This chain represents
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What is the Calm Waters Metaphor? by SREE RAMA RAO on MARCH 4‚ 2010 Until recently the calm waters metaphor dominated the thinking of practicing managers and academics. The prevailing model for handling change in calm waters is best illustrated in Kurt Lewin’s three step description of the change process. According to Lewin‚ successful change requires unfreezing the status quo‚ changing to a new sate‚ and freezing the new change to make it permanent. The status quo can be considered an equilibrium
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changing to the Nagar Panchayat by merging its surrounding areas Thimakapalli‚ Kodandampalli. OBSERVATION AND INFORMATION GATHERED: At 10: 00 am we visited the Village Revenue office of Pragnapur village. There we met with ex-sarpanch members Mr. Rama rajeshan‚ Mrs. Shoba‚ and other village members. We had an interaction with those members. They shared their experiences and given detailed information about the village. The Village Revenue office was there in a new building which has 4 rooms and
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with a bull and he hurt his one eye during the stunt‚ though his eyesight survived.[3] The film was later remade in 1975 in Tamil as Pallandu Vazhga starring M.G. Ramachandran and Latha‚ and in 1976 as the Telugu color film Maa Daivam starring N.T. Rama Rao and Jayachitra. Contents [hide] • 1 Plot • 2 Awards • 3 Cast • 4 Soundtrack • 5 See also • 6 References • 7 External links [edit] Plot The film portrays a young jail warden‚ Adinath‚ who rehabilitates six deadly prisoners released
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A Case study on strategy implementation of Virgin Group by V S Rama Rao on January 18‚ 2009 Grabbing and successful: Richard Branson‚ entrepreneurial owner and founder of Britain’s untraditional Virgin Group‚ has fused two dissimilar lines of work – show business and commerce – into a single‚ extremely profitable enterprise. Virgin Group comprises more than 100 companies in 15 countries. It includes Virgin Atlantic‚ a 12 plane long distance carrier‚ the Virgin Retail Group outlets that sell CDs
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Nicaragua is the second poorest country in the Western Hemisphere‚ but is also full of history‚ tradition and life. It is known for its great folk music‚ deep heritage and culture. Nicaragua is hidden jewel with warm‚ gorgeous culture and breathtaking nature. It is surrounded by its incredible history‚ culture and nature. Nicaragua is a little larger than New York State. The capital of Nicaragua is Managua and other major cities are Bluefield‚ Chinandega‚ Granada‚ Jinotega‚ Leon‚ Masaya
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religions that think their belief system only belongs to them. For this we look at Ramanujan’s essay‚ “Three Hundred Ramayanas‚” which has caused considerable controversy in recent years. In his essay‚ Ramanujan offers a large number of tellings of Rama (an important Hindu God) in accordance with how different cultures or religions tell the story. For example‚ one of the more prominent tellings of the story‚ written by Valmiki in Sanskrit‚ the God Indra seduces a willing Ahalya and loses his testicles
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Epic poetry stands alone as the most influential writing of all time (“Short History of English Literature”). No other authors created such exemplary masterpieces which provide cultural perspectives. Society worldwide has been molded significantly through the ages by the epic poets like Homer and Dante‚ inspiring stories of heroes‚ gods‚ and epic wars which have instilled strong morals throughout mankind. Without the sonorous writings‚ many successors to the epic authors would not have produced their
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Women in the Vedas and the Puranas: Empowered or Not? Dr. S.R.Ivaturi Reader in Sanskrit SRR & CVR Govt. College Vijayawada There has been a divided opinion regarding the position of women in the Vedic and Puranic ages. According to many scholars the Vedas accord a position of importance to women. There was considerable freedom enjoyed by them in matters of marriage‚ education etc. William Durant sums up the position of the Vedic woman thus: "Women enjoyed far greater freedom in the
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