The case Satyam fraud was an eye opener for everyone who has a part to play in the business chain – the promoters‚ employees‚ auditors (both internal and external)‚ customers‚ shareholders‚ board-members‚ executives‚ creditors‚ institutional banks‚ regulatory bodies and even the Government. Just because regulators and Government were not directly linked to the functioning of the company they cannot deny that they were faultless or knew nothing or were not supposed to know anything. Satyam case especially
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possible to analyze the Satyam case under two main different perspectives. The first addresses the conditions that made possible‚ and eventually stimulated‚ the existence of the accounting fraud perpetrated from the company top management. The second one is about the issue of gaps in the company’s control framework‚ which failed miserably in identify and properly address the problems in company financial statements. Analyzing the first aspect listed above‚ seems that Satyam scandal originated‚ in
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Issues December 16‚ 2008: Satyam board approved a 51% stake acquisition of Maytas Infra‚ a listed company in the Bombay Stock Exchange for US$1.3 billion and 100% stake in unlisted firm Maytas Properties for US$300 million. Both of these firms were in the construction and real estate business and Satyam’s chairman‚ Ramalinga Raju family held a 36% stake in Mayta’s Infra and 35% stake in Maytas Properties. Implication: The deal was seen as a way of diverting cash from Satyam’s shareholder to Satyam’s
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Introduction to Satyam Computers Limited Satyam computers limited established as a private limited company by two brothers B. Rama Raju and B. Ramalinga Raju in 1987. It was converted to a public limited company in August 1991. By 2008‚ Satyam was established as a fourth largest Indian IT Company in India and US. It had grown upto 53000 employees‚ 600 plus customers including 185 fortune 500 companies. The company had annual revenues over $2 billion. The company was operated in more than 66 countries
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Satyam was the fourth largest information technology group in Indian and won various award pertained to innovation‚ governance and corporate accountability. However‚ Satyam was involved into a massive accounting fraud. As mentioned in the case‚ corporate governance at Satyam is unsuccessful due to the lack of obligation of the company interest to serve the stakeholders. Given that the shareholders have the right to obtain key information regarding to acquisition‚ request transparency of managing
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Case 1a: Satyam Accounting Scandal Mahindra Satyam is an IT company in India that recently perpetrated a large accounting scandal. To complete this assignment‚ you should first conduct research using the Internet to better understand Satyam and its fraud. Second‚ use the Internet and your understanding of class material to answer the following questions. Questions: 1. (a) In general‚ what is the role of information asymmetry in accounting scandals? Information asymmetry generally
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SATYAM SCANDAL I. Analyze the case and respond to the following questions: (a) Discuss the earnings management techniques employed by the management of Satyam. In this case of Satyam‚ I can conclude that the obvious technique employed by the said management are: 1. “Big Bet on The Future”. When an acquisition occurs‚ the company acquiring the other is said to have made a big bet on the future. As refer to this case‚ Ramalingam Raju the Chairman of Satyam Computer Services Ltd
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Satyam scam Satyam Computers services limited was a consulting and an Information Technology (IT) services company founded by Mr. Ramalingam Raju in 1988. The company offers information technology (IT) services spanning various sectors‚ and is listed on NSE‚ BSE‚ the New York Stock Exchange and Euronext. It was India’s fourth largest company in India’s IT industry‚ offering a variety of IT services to many types of businesses. Its’ networks spanned from 46 countries‚ across 6 continents and employing
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Corporate Governance at SATYAM | | Submitted to-Prof. Rajan Mani | Submitted by- Khushbu Gumber | Shivi Singh | Siddharth Talokar Vikrant Shinde | 9/26/2011 | | Table of Contents Content | Pg. No. | Company Background
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Andhra High Court Ledalla Ravichandar And Another vs M/S Satyam Computer Services ... on 7 February‚ 2011 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.R.L. NAGESWARA RAO CITY CIVIL COURT APPEAL No. 259 OF 2002 07-02-2011 Ledalla Ravichandar and another M/s Satyam Computer Services Limited‚ A Public Limited Company‚ represented by Authorised Signatory Counsel for the Appellants: Ledalla Ravichandar and another Counsel for the Respondent: M/s Satyam Computer Services Limited‚ a Public Limited Company Rep
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