Chapter 6: “What Do Firms Try to Maximize‚ if Anything?” Introduction Do firms really maximize profit? This question has been under debate since the 1940s and 1950s‚ when a wide number of mainstream neoclassical economists defended the assumption against a group of institutional economists that questioned the assumption as the norm in the industry. On the side of the neoclassical economists were Fritz Machlup and Milton Friedman‚ with institutional economists Richard A. Lester and Garnder C
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NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES THE CAPITAL STRUCTURE DECISIONS OF NEW FIRMS Alicia M. Robb David T. Robinson Working Paper 16272 http://www.nber.org/papers/w16272 NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge‚ MA 02138 August 2010 The authors are grateful to the Kauffman Foundation for generous financial support. Malcolm Baker‚ Thomas Hellmann‚ Antoinette Schoar‚ Ivo Welch‚ and seminar participants at the Kauffman/Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank Entrepreneurial Finance
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Major changes in rules and regulations Since the Enron collapsed an array of new laws and regulations has been adopted to tighten corporate oversight. US offices were the first one to come out and implement the policies. Almost all of the firms had their headquarters in the US and they replicated their headquarters policies to a good extend in other offices around the world. Also other governments and regulatory bodies around the world came out with their country specific rules and regulations which
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established firms have not been successful in capitalising on this blessing in disguise. This article analysed the internal behaviour of firms to suggest palatable insights as to why firms fall victim to architectural innovation‚ with reasons such as rigid communication channels and information filter system. However‚ I believe that this phenomenon can also be evaluated from a broader perspective‚ depending on the circumstances in the industry and the position of a firm. For leading firms‚ they will
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dabznal心gement 1991 Vol. 17 No. 1 99-120 ‚ ‚ ‚ Firm Resources and Sustained Competitive Advantage JayBarney 海’xas A&M University Understanding sources of sustained competitive advantage has become a major area of research in strategic management‚ Building on the assumptions that strategic resources are heterogeneously distributed across firms and that these d，胡erences are stable over time‚ this article examines the link betweenfirm resources and sustained conψeti tive advantag，ι
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Why Do Some Firms Become Global? 1. Introduction More and more companies all over the world have joined the army of firms that are running globally. Reasons of companies becoming increasingly international can vary‚while the ultimate goal of going global turns out to be growth and expansion of the company. No matter whether a firm employs staff from international labour market or looks for exploration of new markets overseas‚ corresponding strategies can contribute a great deal to diversification
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STUDY ON ACUMEN GROUP Submitted by Manish Mohammed Yaseen Vishnu S Mohan CONTENTS I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY……………………………………………………………….3 II. INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………………………...4 * CAPITAL MARKET REFORMS AND DEVELOPMENT…………………………...7 * STOCK MARKET INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………8 III. ACUMEN CAPITAL LTD………………………………………………………………10 IV. MIS SYSTEM IN THE COMPANY…………………………………………………….12 V. METHODS AND DATA USED………………………………………………………
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Strategic Management Journal Strat. Mgmt. J.‚ 24: 587–614 (2003) Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI: 10.1002/smj.330 INCREASING FIRM VALUE THROUGH DETECTION AND PREVENTION OF WHITE-COLLAR CRIME KAREN SCHNATTERLY* Carlson School of Management‚ University of Minnesota‚ Minneapolis‚ Minnesota‚ U.S.A. White-collar crime can cost a company from 1 percent to 6 percent of annual sales‚ yet little is known about the organizational conditions that can reduce this cost
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world tours in the pursuit of happiness and success. In the end‚ it’s not all about the long term goals but the steps to get me there. My long term goals are to travel‚ graduate with a master’s degree in Business‚ and make partner at a prestigious law firm. The ultimate long term goal is to travel to Paris and Antarctica. Paris has always been number one on my bucket list of things to do before I die. Visiting the Penguins in Antarctica is closely behind Paris though. My intermediate personal goal
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Initial Public Offering for a Global Firm Introduction Initial Public Offering is a rigorous process where a firm decides to go public in order to enable it raise capital for the company that will enable it to fund its operations such as expansion plans‚ generate profits as well as make its investors happy. For the IPO to go successfully there are a number of important factors and players that come into consideration. These include investment bankers‚ underwriters‚ pricing‚ demand and supply among
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