CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND FIRM PERFORMANCE: THE INFLUENCE OF STRUCTURES‚ PROCESSES‚ AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY by Douglas A Peebles A Dissertation Presented in Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy Capella University February 2007 UMI Number: 3253618 Copyright 2007 by Peebles‚ Douglas A. All rights reserved. UMI Microform 3253618 Copyright 2007 by ProQuest Information and Learning Company. All rights reserved. This microform edition is protected
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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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Companies have a social responsibility to perform and behave in particular ways. A company has a responsibility to ensure that any stakeholder’s needs are being met. The Toyota Corporations history and goals are as follows; “Toyota Motors is a Japanese automobile manufacturer founded in 1933. Toyota accounts for 78 percent of all the hybrid gas/electric cars sold in the United States. They are working to become the largest car-seller in the world‚ and in the first quarter of fiscal year 2007‚ for
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Sauder School of Business University of British Columbia Corporate Social Responsibility BASM 580B – Period 5 Instructor: Office: Phone: Email: Office Hours: Angela Kelleher HA 563 (604) 454-2243 Angela.Kelleher@sauder.ubc.ca Wednesdays 5:00-6:00pm‚ or by appointment Overview This course is designed to engage students in a discussion of Corporate Social Responsibility through a series of interactive learning activities. The course will begin with preparing the students to discuss and debate
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wonderful destination that everyone should come once time in their life " Ha Long " . Ha Long is one of seven nature wonders of the world. Visiting Ha Long bay‚ you can experience the diversity of natural views‚ from sandy beaches to thousand year old rocky mountains. Why should you choose Ha Long bay to visit ? The word Ha Long in Vietnamese means the dragon descends into the sea and he legend says that the island of Ha Long was created by a great dragon who lived in the mountain‚ it sounds very
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INTRODUCTION KLCC Property Holding Bhd KLCC property Holding Bhd (KLCCP) is a public listed company since year 2004. The primary businesses of KLCCP are managing‚ controlling and developing the property in area around the KL twin town. It has two wholly-owned companies namely KLCC Urusharta Sdn Bhd and KLCC Parking Management Sdn Bhd which are providing facilities and car parking respectively. In order to achieve the concept of “city within the city” which was proposed by former Prime Minister
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A CASE STUDY ON ENRON CORPORATE FRAUD (2001) Submitted by: AMIT SHARMA PGDM (016)/09-11 What is FRAUD? In the broadest sense‚ a fraud is an intentional deception made for personal gain or to damage another individual. The specific legal definition varies by legal jurisdiction. Fraud is a crime‚ and is also a civil law violation. Many hoaxes are fraudulent‚ although those not made for personal gain are not technically frauds. Defrauding people of money is presumably the most common type
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Corporate-level strategy is focused mainly on the decisions over the scope of the firm ’s activities‚ mainly: product scope‚ geographical scope‚ and vertical scope. One of the myths of corporate-level strategy is that strategy formulation can be separated from implementationthat strategy is constructed first‚ then the appropriate management and organizational structure is selected afterwards. Unfortunately‚ this will result in a poorly designed strategy since it does not take into account the
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2108WC_20112 December 8‚ 2011 Verizon Communications Inc. Corporate Analysis Verizon Communications Inc. Company Perspectives: Driven by our belief in the power of networks‚ the value of customer connections‚ and the magic of a unified brand‚ Verizon is becoming one of the world’s leading communications companies. With jour unparalleled national scale in landline and wireless networks and a significant global presence‚ Verizon delivers the benefits of communications- voice‚ high-speed internet
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about their families‚ their parents their brothers and sisters. Among those boys one of them was Ha’penny.he was about 12 yrs old and came from Bloemfontein and was biggest talker of them all. He said his mother worked in a white person’s house and has two brothers and 2 sisters. (Richard and Dickie‚ Anna and Mina) when they returned to reformatory‚ Author sent for Ha’pennys papers. There it was written plainly that he was waif with no relatives at all. He was naughty & uncontrollable and eventually
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