Corporate Governance and Accounting Conservatism in China* Donglin Xiaa and Song Zhub‚** b School of Economics and Management‚ Tsinghua University‚ China School of Economics and Business Administration‚ Beijing Normal University‚ China a Abstract A principal-agent relationship exists among creditors‚ shareholders and management‚ and information asymmetry among them leads to asymmetric loss functions‚ which induces conservative accounting. This paper investigates the determinants of accounting
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director in corporate governance Contents INTRODUCTION “Corporate Governance is the system by which companies are directed and controlled.”1 Corporate governance is integral to the existence of a company. It inspires and strengthens investor confidence by ensuring company’s commitment to higher growth and profits. The overall objectives of governance should be to maximize long term value and shareholders’ wealth. Corporate governance
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summary……………………………………………………………. …12 2.0 CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW……………………………… 13 2.1 Introduction..…………………………………………………………………....13 2.2 theoretical framework…………………………………………………………..13 2.3 Good corporate governance and operating costs…………………………….…18 2.4 Correlation between good corporate governance and performance ratios……...20 2.5 Chapter summary……………………………………………………………… 24 3.0 CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLGY………………...……25 3.1 Introduction …………………………………………………………………… 25 3.2 Research design…………………………………………………………………25
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Chapter 1 Comparative Corporate Governance and Financial Goals End-of-Chapter Questions 1. Corporate goals: shareholder wealth maximization. Explain the assumptions and objectives of the shareholder wealth maximization pmodel. Answer: The Anglo-American markets have a philosophy that a firm’s objective should follow the shareholder wealth maximization (SWM) model. More specifically‚ the firm should strive to maximize the return to shareholders‚ as measured by the sum of capital gains and dividends
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Good corporate governance helps to ensure that corporations take into account the interests of a wide range of constituencies‚ as well as of the communities within which they operate‚ and that their boards are accountable to the company and the shareholders. This‚ in turn‚ helps to assure that corporations operate for the benefit of society as a whole. Stakeholders typically include investors‚ managers and employees‚ customers‚ suppliers and other business partners‚ and local communities. Corporate
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Blue Ocean Strategy Institute BOS022 How Apple ’s Corporate Strategy Drives High Growth 10/2012-5860 This case was written by Oh Young Koo‚ Institute Fellow of the INSEAD Blue Ocean Strategy Institute‚ under the supervision of W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne‚ Professors at INSEAD. It is intended to be used as a basis for class discussion rather than to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of an administrative situation. Copyright © 2012 INSEAD TO ORDER COPIES OF INSEAD CASES‚ SEE
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE - ROLE OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS People often question whether corporate boards matter because their day-today impact is difficult to observe. But‚ when things go wrong‚ they can become the center of attention. Certainly this was true of the Enron‚ Worldcom‚ and Parmalat scandals. The directors of Enron and Worldcom‚ in particular‚ were held liable for the fraud that occurred: Enron directors had to pay $168 million to investor plaintiffs‚ of which $13 million was out of pocket
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Chapter 1 Introduction Corporate governance (CG) is an important effort to ensure accountability and responsibility and is a set of principles‚ which should be incorporated into every part of the organization. The need for corporate governance arises from the potential conflicts of interest among stakeholders in the corporate structure. These conflicts of interest often arise from two main reasons. First‚ different stakeholders have different goals and preferences. Second‚ the stakeholders
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publicly criticized for improving their firm’s bottom line at any moral or social cost. Ethics essentially “refers to the issues of right‚ wrong‚ fairness and justice.” Clearly‚ examples such as Enron‚ WorldCom‚ and even Conrad Black tested society’s views on sound ethical business and the link to what society sees as “good” governance practices. Although the controversies involve issues matched in variety only by the types of companies‚ they all virtually involve some form of abuse of stakeholders trust
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Apple Mini Case SWOT Strength: 1. Strong brand name and customer loyalty. Weakness: 1. Limitation on customer segmentation because Apple has limitation on its price and product varieties. Opportunity: 1. Chinese economy is still booming right even though the economy is kind of slow down right now‚ it still has a lot of room to grow. If Apple could catch the chance‚ for sure it has a lot of business opportunities. 2. Largest population in China so there is a lot of potential customers
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