The Ethics of Advertising: Do advertisers go too far? Introduction: Advertising is any paid form of non-personal communication about an organization‚ good‚ service or idea by an identified sponsor (Berkowitz‚ Crane‚ Kerin‚ Hartley‚ & Rudelius‚ 494). Advertisements are displayed through various means to a large audience. They can be found on the Internet‚ in a magazine‚ or even on the highway. Advertisements are everywhere! Their main goal is to grab the consumer’s attention about a specific
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In Christine Lee’s “A Trend Taken Too Far：The Reality of Real TV‚” she goes on the note that Survivor has opened a new page of reality television. It succeeds in attracting and keeping viewer’s attention and interest. Christine explains that the reality shows which were developed after Survivor are dull. In order to pull the viewer into the show and meet people’s curiosity and gossip‚ some reality shows utilize sensationalism‚ such as sex‚ horror‚ and violence‚ others use a large cash
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Vol. 19‚ No. 3‚ pp. 239–253‚ 2001 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved Printed in Great Britain S0263-2373(01)00021-4 0263-2373/01 $20.00 + 0.00 HR Issues and Activities in Mergers and Acquisitions RANDALL SCHULER‚ Rutgers University‚ New Jersey SUSAN JACKSON‚ Rutgers University‚ New Jersey Mergers and acquisitions are increasingly being used by firms to strengthen and maintain their position in the market place. They are seen by many as a relatively fast and efficient way to expand
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Plastic Surgery: Has It Finally Gone Too Far? Shivani Rami The relative mainstreaming of the sex industry along with popular culture and its objectification of women in many forms‚ such as in advertisements‚ have led to a perpetually increased sense of pressure among many women to obtain seamlessly sexualized and almost airbrushed bodies. The movement towards this idealized physique began with the now socially approved breast augmentations‚ liposuctions‚ rhinoplasties‚ and so on. Yet the road
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Mergers & Acquisitions (M & A) is a general term used to refer to the consolidation of companies. Merger is the corporate action where two companies decide to combine their operations. Both the companies involved in the merger cease to exist resulting into a combined new company. On the other hand Acquisition is a corporate action where one company overtakes the operations of other company. The acquired company thus becomes a part of the acquiring company. Acquisition may at some times be without
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Anatomy of a merger: behavior of organizational factors and processes throughout the pre- duringpost-stages (part 1) Steven H. Appelbaum Concordia University‚ Montreal‚ Quebec‚ Canada Joy Gandell Concordia University‚ Montreal‚ Quebec‚ Canada Harry Yortis Hydro-Quebec‚ Montreal‚ Quebec‚ Canada Shay Proper Montreal Stock Exchange‚ Montreal‚ Quebec‚ Canada Francois Jobin Kruger‚ Inc.‚ Trois-Rivie Âres‚ Quebec‚ Canada Keywords Mergers and acquisitions‚ Organizational behaviour‚ Process
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Merger: Valuation Process and Evaluation of Financial Performance in case of United Insurance Company and Shama Plc By: Jemaneh Bayou January 2008 Advisor: Abebe Yitayew (Asst. Professor.) A PROJECT PAPER SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES OF ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENTS OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY SCHOOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES Faculty of Business & Economics Department of
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MERGER OR ACQUISITION There are several critical success factors in a solid transition and integration plan. Utilizing the elements of a recent client success as a blueprint for developing a solid integration plan‚ the following key points achieved the intended results: 1. Clarify the business model - surprisingly‚ many of the 80% of mergers and acquisitions that fail to achieve the intended results do not clarify their business model upfront and stick to it. This is a critical success factor
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Research Vol.1 Issue 9‚ September 2012‚ ISSN 2277 3622 MERGERS IN INDIAN BANKS: A STUDY ON MERGERS OF HDFC BANK LTD AND CENTURION BANK OF PUNJAB LTD. DEVARAJAPPA S.* *Assistant Professor in Commerce‚ University College of Arts‚ Tumkur University. ABSTRACT The purpose of the present paper is to explore various motives of merger in Indian banking industry. This includes various aspects of bank mergers. It also compares pre and post merger financial performance of merged banks with the helps
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Mergers and Acquisitions in Global Scenario By Shahwar Gul In the post- liberalization era‚ the demand for intense growth and development in business has paved the way for the companies to undergo the process of amalgamation‚ takeover‚ reconstruction and re-organization. Mergers and acquisitions have become imperative tools in structuring a new generation of organizations with the clout and resources to withstand and compete on a global basis. The field of M&A has undergone drastic and dramatic
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