two companies of my choice. I decided to choose firms from the leisure industry and then compare them. I analysed the business environment and ethical factors that affect the leisure industries as a whole. In my report I will distinguish between the impacts on the different political‚ economical‚ sociological and technological factors and will then draw conclusions based on my analytical report. To prepare a PEST analysis report on my chosen firms‚ I had to research and analyse the leisure industry
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The Theory of the Firm as Governance Structure: From Choice to Contract Oliver E. Williamson Oliver E. Williamson is Edgar F. Kaiser Professor of Business Administration‚ Professor of Economics‚ and Professor of Law at the University of California‚ Berkeley‚ California. His email address is . The helpful advice of Timothy Taylor and Michael Waldman for revising this manuscript is gratefully acknowledged. January 2002 2 The propositions that organization matters and is susceptible to
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#2 Is this client the right fit for your firm? Summary: This article talks about how the CPA firms can avoid the problem clients before they cause troubles. The article demonstrates some basic steps for all clients’ engagement‚ then tells us how to deal with higher-risk engagement‚ and finally talks about how the CPA firms can formalize the engagement process. Firstly‚ the main points of basic steps for all clients and engagements are CPA firms should evaluate prospective client integrity
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Finance Working capital management in heavy engineering firms — A case study Dr. D. Mukhopadhyay An investigation into the effectiveness of working capital management of an organization with particular reference to its short term liquidity and solvency and impact on commercial operations of the organization. I ntroduction : The importance of working capital in any industry needs no special emphasis. Working capital is considered to be life-giving force to an economic entity. Management
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Corporate Social Responsibility Practices in Firms and Corporate Image Abstract Corporate Social responsibility is one of the ways for firms to show that they care about their environment‚ employees and customers. Why is this important for companies to show that they care about their environment? Competition is fierce in the telecommunication market having companies like ‘Alice’ an American telecommunication company that entered the German market providing telecommunication services like Internet
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4. Firm Strategy‚ Structure and Rivalry Closing the circle of the factors that determine the existence of a competitive advantage‚ it is necessary to take into account the context in which firms are created‚ organized and managed and the nature of domestic competition. Goals‚ strategies‚ and ways of organizing companies in the industry are widely influenced by national conditions. Achieving national interest depends on the extent to which these options according to the source of competitive advantage
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Rivalry Among Existing Firms The coffee industry is a highly competitive industry in that coffee is served at almost every restaurant‚ diner‚ and convenient store in the nation. Most homes brew their own coffee as a more convenient and less expensive way of getting their daily coffee fix. Thirty years ago people who wanted a premium cup of coffee would head to their local coffee houses or their corner cafes in order to obtain the highest quality of coffee. Today with the onslaught of corporate
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mechanisms‚ such as contracts‚ organizational designs and legislation. This is often limited to the question of improving financial performance‚ for example‚ how the corporate owners can secure/motivate that the corporate managers will deliver a competitive rate of return. (Mathiesen‚ 2002). Another definition is "Corporate Governance is concerned with holding the balance between economic and social goals and between individual and communal goals. The corporate governance framework is there to encourage the
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NO1‚ JUNE 2007: pages 1 of 13 A STAKEHOLDER VIEW OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT IN CHINESE FIRMS Dr Xueli Huang1 Dr Scott Gardner2 Despite the fact that China has emerged as a driving force of the world economy over the last decade‚ little research has been undertaken into how Chinese firms strategically manage their businesses. This paper develops a theoretical framework of strategic management in the Chinese firms through reviewing and synthesising five strategic perspectives that are relevant to the
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International Research Journal of Finance and Economics ISSN 1450-2887 Issue 7 (2007) © EuroJournals Publishing‚ Inc. 2007 http://www.eurojournals.com/finance.htm Empirical Evidence on Retail Firms’ Equity Valuation Models Anastasia Vardavaki 13 Epidavrou str.‚ Halandri‚ 152 33 Athens‚ Greece E-mail: anastasia_vardavaki@yahoo.gr John Mylonakis 10 Nikiforou str.‚ Glyfada‚ 166 75 Athens‚ Greece E-mail: imylonakis@panafonet.r Abstract This paper presents the theoretical framework for the process
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