Corporate Governance Case Studies Edited by Mak Yuen Teen Foreward Strong corporate governance and transparency are critical for business success. For investors‚ good governance is a good indicator of wellmanaged‚ resilient businesses. For companies‚ a measure of success is the ability to internalise the values‚ spirit and purpose behind governance rules. While the governance standards in Singapore have brought us to where we are today‚ we have some way to go if we want to be seen as leaders
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Corporate identity – the management of the process of change in the name/logo in the context of brands’ merger Joana César Machado Paulo de Lencastre Pedro Dionísio Universidade Católica Portuguesa E-mail: jcmachado@porto.ucp.pt E-mail: plencastre@porto.ucp.pt Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa E-mail: pedro.dionisio@imr.pt Abstract The creation of strong corporate identity‚ including identity signs‚ is crucial for companies to encourage positive attitudes in
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: Corporate Governance is essentially all about how corporations are directed‚ managed‚ controlled and held accountable to their shareholders. In India‚ the question of Corporate Governance has come up mainly in the wake of economic liberalization and de-regularization of industry and business. The objective of any corporate governance system is to simultaneously improve corporate performance and accountability as a means of attracting financial and human resources on the best
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ABSTRACT This paper examines the Tax Implications of E-Commerce. The issue of e-commerce and its tax implications continues to receive a high level of attention because of the fast growth of e-commerce activities. In the emerging global economy‚ e-commerce has increasingly become a necessary component of business strategy and a strong catalyst for economic development. The integration of information and communications technology (ICT) in business has revolutionized relationships within organizations
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Title: Corporate Governance Assignment topic Option 1 Conduct a review of the governance of your organisation (or one with which you are familiar) in the form of a report to the Chairman (or President) of the Governing Board of Directors. In the brief report use the concepts‚ tools and techniques learned in this subject to review the structure‚ process and effectiveness of the governance of the organisation and make recommendations for appropriate improvements. Executive summary This report
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE – AN ANALYSIS OF HOW PUBLISHED REPORTS HAVE IMPROVED ITS SIGNIFICANCE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE – AN ANALYSIS OF HOW PUBLISHED REPORTS HAVE IMPROVED ITS SIGNIFICANCE This report is submitted as a partial compliment for the Risk and Control Strategy module of the BBA degree’s 4th Semester Prepared by THILANKA HEWAGE Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. What is Corporate Governance? 3. Corporate Governance Today 4. Reports on Corporate Governance
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Interests in corporate governance‚ specifically in business accountability‚ emerged in 2001-2002 in response to the financial collapses that large companies faced such as Enron in the United States‚ Parmalat in Italy‚ Ahold in Netherlands etc... . Governments and agencies‚ tried to prevent these scandals by issuing laws and regulations such as the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002‚ United States federal law‚ however‚ shortly the interests in good corporate governance was renewed and emphasized after the
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Corporate Governance Corporate Governance is the relationship between the shareholders‚ directors‚ and management of a company‚ as defined by the corporate character‚ bylaws‚ formal policies and rule laws. The corporate governance system was designed to help oversee the decisions and best interest of the shareholders. The system should works accordingly: The shareholders elect directors‚ who in turn hire management to make the daily executive decisions on the owner ’s behalf. The company ’s
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TABLE OF CONTENTS GOOD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 2 • OBSERVANCE OF GOOD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 3 • FAILURES OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 5 CORRUPTION 5 • BENEFITS OF AVOIDING CORRUPT PRACTICES 6 CONCLUSION 8 REFERENCES 9 GOOD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Governance in the Oxford dictionary is defined as “control or influence”‚ while corporate is defined as “shared by all members of the group”. Therefore corporate governance refers to the structures and processes for the direction and control of members
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Question: Critically analyse the state of corporate governance in both the private and public sector in Zimbabwe. [100] Introduction The definition of corporate governance most widely used is "the system by which companies are directed and controlled" (Cadbury Committee‚ 1992). More specifically it is the framework by which the various stakeholder interests are balanced‚ or‚ as the IFC states‚ "the relationships among the management‚ Board of Directors‚ controlling shareholders‚ minority shareholders
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