policy is still discussed extensively until now. In this proposal‚ I use a sample of companies from 33 countries around the world to shed light on the relationship among legal origin‚ insider holdings‚ corporate governance‚ and dividend payout policy. This idea mainly comes from Professor Shiu in corporate finance class at NCU. La Porta‚ Lopez-de-Silanes‚ Shleifer‚ and Vishny (1998‚ henceforth referred to as LLSV) examine laws differ around the world give investors limited bundle of rights. Countries
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CORPORATE CONTROL AND FIRM PERFORMANCE: DOES THE TYPE OF OWNERS MATTER? Muhammad Agung Prabowo* Universitas Sebelas Maret‚ Surakarta‚ Indonesia Abstract: The paper extends the ownership study by examining the different types of large shareholders in relation to its impact on organizational outcome in Indonesia using a dataset consisting of 190 non-financial companies listed in Jakarta Stock Exchange in 2002. The study investigates the effect of family ownership‚ foreign blockholder‚ domestic institutional
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Executive Summary Organisational factors or ‘bad barrels’ are said to have instigated many occurrences of corporate corruption and deviant behaviour (Wharton 2002‚ p 2)‚ involving large numbers of active or passive participants; these are ‘rarely the result of a few bad apples’ (Murphy 2007‚ p 7). The AWB case is a clear example of corporate culture and other systemic failures influencing and defining an organisation’s decision making and its ethical posture. This report addresses the underlying
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The Case Against Corporate Social Responsibility Dr. Karnani shows in this article from the Wall Street Journal‚ the pros and cons on whether businesses should be required to implement social welfare initiatives. For some companies‚ this idea is a win-win situation but there are other businesses that in order to promote these initiatives‚ they would have to lose profits. The idea of people helping people sounds very good but we have to be realistic‚ we are living in a capitalist country
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CBL case 5‚ Esther Elschot‚ MSM3A Problem Statement: What kind of business or corporate level strategy can Axel Springer implement to grow in 3-5 years Axel Springer AG have to implement a corporate level strategy to grow in 3 to 5 years. A business level strategy is not necessary because a low price or quality based strategy is not suitable‚ because in the industry that Axel Springer AG is operating in price or quality is not a factor to grow with. The only business level strategy that could
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Wed. 9/1 -Sovereignty -Territory -Monopoly of Violence Governance -Governance is about rules (rules aren’t there until they’re put there.) -Setting the rules -Applying and interpreting the rules -Enforcing the rules -Key Questions: ~Which Rules? ~Who will do the things above? ~To whom do the rules apply? -Meta-rules: rules about setting‚applying‚interpreting the rules. -Governance is about managing the rules in order to enhance the legitimacy of the public realm.
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“Poor governance leads to‚ and encourages and breeds‚ corruption in a number of ways‚ for instance through bribery and extortion‚ nepotism and fraud and embezzlement‚ It reduces the efficiency on which an economy depends‚ and by increasing the cost of investment‚ lowers the potential return. It also reduces the government’s resources and hence its capacity for investment. Common to other South Asian countries‚ corruption in Pakistan is unique because it occurs up stream‚ it has wings which
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THE CASE AGAINST CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY According to my point of view‚ the writer of this article makes a controversial argument against Corporate Social Responsibility. He defines Corporate Social Responsibility as the increasing popular idea. His basic argument against this idea is twofold. First he argued that if profits and public interests are aligned‚ Corporate Social Responsibility is irrelevant. But I think that Corporate Social Responsibility is not irrelevant. The fact that
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Preliminary Draft - Comments Welcome CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: DOING WELL BY DOING GOOD?* RAY FISMAN GEOFFREY HEAL VINAY B. NAIR# Abstract We provide a framework for analyzing corporate social responsibility (CSR). Our model of CSR in this paper has two important ingredients – CSR is at least in part a profit motivated decision; and different CSR activities are aimed at different audiences. We examine the implications of our framework using a ‘visible’ CSR index that captures
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Problem statement: How can MTV maintain their global success through their global strategy and corporate governance? Learning goals: 1. Define global strategy and explain different types. Give examples and pro’s and cons. (Do not only explain the 4 strategies but also look in to the axes) A global strategy is a strategy that can be used when a company decides to expand their operations abroad to achieve competitive advantage and superior profitability. It defines a company ’s strategic
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