THE JOURNAL OF FINANCE • VOL. LXVII‚ NO. 1 • FEBRUARY 2012 Information Disclosure and Corporate Governance BENJAMIN E. HERMALIN and MICHAEL S. WEISBACH∗ ABSTRACT Public policy discussions typically favor greater corporate disclosure as a way to reduce firms’ agency problems. This argument is incomplete because it overlooks that better disclosure regimes can also aggravate agency problems and related costs‚ including executive compensation. Consequently‚ a point can exist beyond which additional
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amongst the financial analysts‚ the rating agencies and the banks (as creditors‚ brokers‚ dealers‚ etc.)‚ allowed Callisto Tanzi‚ the founder and the chairman of the group‚ and the other managers to perpetrate the fraud which eventually resulted in Corporate Collapse of Parmalat. The paper will not discuss on those areas. 1. INTRODUCTION Parmalat was the largest Italian food company and the fourth largest in Europe‚ controlling 50% of the Italian market in milk and milk-derivative products. Suddenly
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Corporate Governance & Board of Directors The Corporate Governance of any business is the relationship among the board of directors‚ management and shareholders to help in determining the path and performance of the corporation (Hunger & Wheelen‚ 2007‚ p. 18). Although laws and standards vary‚ the board of directors is: · Those who set the overall path‚ vision and mission within the business. · Those who make the decisions to hire and‚ or fire any top management member (Hunger & Wheelen‚ 2007
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Tyco International- Corporate Malfeasance Case Summary Tyco began in 1960 when it was founded by Arthur Rosenberg and started as an investment holding firm. In 1973 Joseph Gaziano took over for Rosenberg as CEO and pursued many hostile acquisitions. He was successful and was able to grow the company to a net worth of $140 million before he passed away in 1982. The CEO who took his place was John Fort who came in with the basic strategy of maximizing shareholder wealth through dramatically
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Corporate Finance: An Introduction (Welch) Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 The Goal of Finance: Relative Valuation 1) Which of the following statements is true? A) In finance‚ it is important to determine an asset ’s absolute value. B) The relative value of any asset is‚ at best‚ a lucky guess. C) The true value of an asset is unaffected by externalities such as interest rate levels‚ the state of the economy‚ etc. D) Valuation is not an exact science
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THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE MELBOURNE LAW SCHOOL CORPORATE LAW BLAW20001 2013 Subject Coordinator: Associate Professor Helen Anderson |A. WELCOME TO CORPORATE LAW | |B. INTRODUCTORY MATTERS | |C. LECTURE OUTLINE‚ READING GUIDE and TUTORIAL PROGRAM | |D. SKILLS ASSIGNMENT |
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scandals and causing social problems. Nowadays‚ business companies are not just the one to blame for‚ but also‚ at the same time‚ those companies can be the saviors for the global regulation and public goods problems. (Scherer and Palazzo‚ 2008) Corporate Social Responsibility is not a new issue in business. Over the years‚ we can see that companies have been engaged with global problems such as poverty‚ pollutions‚ climate change and human rights. Companies have been asking to play a positive role
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The memo is to address the accounting maneuver of Lehman’s Repo 105 (or 108) from perspectives of accounting and corporate governance. The memo will illustrate the role of repo transaction in Lehman’s business model‚ analyze the accounting irregularities regarding repo by Lehman‚ observe auditors’ role in these irregularities‚ and discuss the corresponding accounting and corporate governance issues. In addition‚ the memo will provide recommendations on how to prevent financial institutions from
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Contents Executive Summary i 1. Introduction 1 2. Corporate governance and Business Ethics 1 3. ASX Principles Relating to Business Ethics 2 3.1 Principle 2: Structure the Board to Add Value 2 3.2 Principle 4: Safeguard Integrity in Financial Reporting 3 4. Lend Lease’ Corporate Governance Statement 3 4.1 Structure the Board to Add Value 4 4.2
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Games Directors play While analysing the Reality of Boardroom we say many games and tactics often employed by directors so that they don’t lose power. Some such games were alliance‚ coalition‚ lobbying‚ scaremongering‚ log rolling etc. Here also majority of BOD were near and dear ones of Bright so everybody chose to stay quiet about what is going on. Under-reserving Like we say in the HLL case under-reserving is a tactic used by firms but in the long run it cant stop companies from collapsing
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