elsevier.com/locate/jaccpubpol Investor relations‚ reputational bonding‚ and corporate governance: The case of Royal Ahold Abe de Jong a‚ Douglas V. DeJong b‚*‚ Gerard Mertens a‚ Peter Roosenboom a b a Department of Financial Management‚ RSM Erasmus University‚ Netherlands Tippie College of Business‚ University of Iowa‚ Iowa City‚ IA 52242‚ United States Abstract Royal Ahold (Koninklijke Ahold NV) was one of the major success stories in the 1990s and is one of the major failures‚
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If I had to pick one out of the many stories that we have read and say that it moved me the most‚ I would have to say that the story would have to be "Battle Royal". The reason that the story did move me so was because of the author’s keen use of symbolism‚ the author portrays a larger meaning than what is initially implied to the reader who does not thoroughly analyze the text. Initially‚ the story seems to be about one black boy’s struggle to get ahead in a predominately white society. He tries
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Charlemagne was born into a royal family which means he was destined to become royalty later on. He was born around 742 and was the son of Bertrada of Laon and Pepin the Short who became king in 751. Pepin divided the kingdom equally between him and his brother. After his brother died and it was passed on to his nephews‚ Charlemagne murdered them and seized their territories. As an adult‚ Charlemagne displayed a talent for languages and could speak Latin and understand Greek‚ among other languages
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knowing their father. Kennedy administrations have long been wracked with scandal. Despite all of this‚ the Kennedy’s have long been thought of as America’s “royal family”. What is it about the many misdeeds and tragedies of this particular family that has drawn America towards them? Why it is that America has been fascinated by the royal status of the Kennedy‚ and just what is it about this beleaguered dynasty that has mesmerized generations? The patriarch of the Kennedy political dynasty‚
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No. 2005–57 ROYAL AHOLD: A FAILURE OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND AN ACCOUNTING SCANDAL By Abe de Jong‚ Douglas V. DeJong‚ Gerard Mertens‚ Peter Roosenboom March 2005 ISSN 0924-7815 Royal Ahold: A Failure of Corporate Governance and an Accounting Scandal Abe de Jong* Department of Financial Management Erasmus University Rotterdam a.jong@fbk.eur.nl Douglas V. DeJong Tippie College of Business University of Iowa douglas-dejong@uiowa.edu Gerard Mertens Department of Financial Management Erasmus
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immigrants as US citizens without careful screening and processing. It is‚ understandably‚ very difficult to put into place a cookie-cutter system that will work in every case. This is clearly demonstrated in the novel “Ask Me No Questions‚” written by Marina Budhos‚ which features the story of a Bangladeshi family trying to make their way in America and the struggles they overcome along the way. When comparing their (fictional)
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During the in class critique of the DSM case‚ our group introduced several viewpoints that were not included in the presentation of the case or mentioned only briefly by the presenting group. Overall‚ we agreed with the presentation team that the knowledge and ability to quickly disentangle the IT from one company and smoothly integrate it with another company would be a strategic advantage. This would be especially true for a company like DSM whose primary strategy was diversification and growth
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Gold is a soft metal that is largely unreactive. Gold jewellery can lie underground for thousands of years and emerge shiny after that lengthy exposure to air‚ water‚ and other chemicals in the environment. Gold does dissolve in some solvents as indicated below and does react with halogens. The most common oxidation states of gold are Au(I) and Au(III) but there are a few examples of Au(V) (various anions [AuF6]- and [Au2F10]). The Au(III) ion has the d8configuration which gives rise to many square
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ONLINE APPLICATION QUESTIONNAIRE FOR AGPCSE First Name: Mohammad Middle Name: Hani Last Name: Mohammad Date Of Birth: 5 April 1982 Marital Status: Single Nationality: Jordanian Present Location: Jordan Direct Mobile Number: 00962790848359 Education Qualifications: Bachelor- Engineer Name of Present Employer: Arab world Group Position Applying For: Previous Duties & Responsibilities: Business development‚ project manager‚ marketing & sales Why Do You
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Royal Mail was established by King Charles the first in 1635 as a way for the public to cover his own cost of mail. Over the next 370 years‚ Royal Mail has provide the UK public with its postal services‚ while at the same time providing innovations in the ways of postal delivery that will help shape the way we communicate. With the ever evolving world of technology and the digital medium‚ Royal Mail‚ over the past decade and a half‚ have had to adapt to these new forms of communication by increasing
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