(1) What is the goal of the firm? What are some of the problems involved in the use of profit maximization as the goal of the firm? How does the goal of maximization of shareholder wealth deal with those problems? Maximizing shareholder wealth just means modifying the goal of profit maximization to address the complexities of the operating environment. Shareholder wealth maximization is the best choice for the main goal of a business because the effects of all financial decisions are included
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Committee‚ 1992). The mishaps caused by the weak corporate governance structure have caused chaos in the corporate world around the globe. Corporate governance is represented by general set of customs‚ regulations‚ habits‚ and laws that determine how a firm should be run as to maximize the wealth of its stockholders. So‚ in broader sense‚ corporate governance is maximizing the shareholder’s value by ensuring practices which are fair with regard to all stakeholders‚ customers‚ employees‚ investors‚ vendors
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corporate governance‚ specifically in the chaebol firms as one of the main drives behind the collapse of Korean economy (Chang‚ 2006‚ Lee‚ 2002‚ Nam‚ 2001‚ Kim‚ 2004)‚ some even set it as case study of how corporate governance could relate to firm values and company performance (Black‚ Jang and Kim‚ 2005‚ Baek‚ Kang and Park‚ 2002); and more specifically‚ the impact of having outside directors on board (as an aspect of corporate governance) on firm performance (Choi‚ Park and Yoo‚ 2007). Given the
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of corporate cash holdings during the recent crisis. I create two categories of firms; one with financially constraint and unconstraint firms classified on their size and one with financially constraint and unconstraint firms based on the de size of their dividend payments. Unconstraint firms do not manage their cash holdings in normal conditions‚ but when conditions deteriorated during the crisis also unconstraint firms had to decrease their cash holdings to absorb the negative macro economical shock
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As U.S. automobile firms rebuild their brand image‚ distribution networks and workforce from the massive government-sponsored corporate restructuring in recent years‚ and Japanese firms continue to struggle with under-capacity due to the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami‚ Korean-based firms have flourished (Ramsey & Takahashi‚ 2011). In particular‚ Hyundai has experienced rapid market growth in the U.S. market due in part to the recent struggles of its main competitors. Their success‚ however‚ is also
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Asian Family firm. The Wang Group exhibits many characteristics of a typical Asian family firm. Their kinship relationship‚ succession plan‚ business continuity and family members hire are all similar. The Wang Group is first and foremost a family-owned business group‚ which has been active for four generations who carried the business tradition to the next generation. Therefore‚ the management of the Wang Group is cultured by the family dominance. The internal network of the firm consists of family
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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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INTRODUCTION One of the most significant governance issues currently facing the managers‚ directors‚ and shareholders of the modern corporation is the gender‚ racial‚ and cultural composition of the board of directors. The issue has taken on a high public profile as a result of reports in the popular press‚ shareholder proposals from advocacy groups‚ and policy statements from major institutional investors. This is simply stated as Board of diversity which means different things to different people
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Impact of Competitive Advantage on Firms Growth Abstract Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to measure the Impact of Competitive Advantage on Firms Growth and firm’s performance. Methodology: Data were collected from 2 organizations using Questionnaires. The questionnaire consists of eighteen items that includes four items for demographic‚ four items for measuring training‚ five items for competitive advantage‚ three items for organization performance and two items for organization growth
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University Section I: Article Summary In the article ‘Do Gay-Friendly Corporate Policies Enhance Firm Performance?’ the potential outcomes of a firm adopting gay-friendly policies‚ such as anti-discrimination policies and the extension of benefits to couples‚ are studied. When the results of the study were assessed‚ it was found that the adoption of gay-friendly policies had improved the studied firms in multiple ways. It was observed that more employees were being recruited‚ employees were staying
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