CORPORATE CONTROL AND FIRM PERFORMANCE: DOES THE TYPE OF OWNERS MATTER? Muhammad Agung Prabowo* Universitas Sebelas Maret‚ Surakarta‚ Indonesia Abstract: The paper extends the ownership study by examining the different types of large shareholders in relation to its impact on organizational outcome in Indonesia using a dataset consisting of 190 non-financial companies listed in Jakarta Stock Exchange in 2002. The study investigates the effect of family ownership‚ foreign blockholder‚ domestic institutional
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primary school pupils says it is wrong to link bad behaviour to TV viewing. Although researchers found a small correlation between the two‚ they say other influences‚ such as parenting styles‚ most probably explain the link. But they still say "limit screen time". This cautionary advice is because spending lots of time in front of the TV every day might reduce how much time a child spends doing other important activities such as playing with friends and doing homework‚ they say. US research suggests
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only d. I‚ II‚ and IV only e. I‚ II‚ III‚ and IV 4. Which one of the following best describes the primary intent of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002? A. Increase the costs of going public B. Increase protection against corporate fraud C. Limit secondary issues of corporate securities D. Decrease the number of publicly traded firms E. Increase the number of firms that "go dark" 5. Which of the following are included in the market value of a firm but not in the book value? I. technical
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Remittance And Foreign Exchange Operation Of NCC Bank Ltd. 1.1. Introduction: Remittances to Bangladesh have been growing steadily over the last decade. Since its independence in 1971‚ more than 3 million Bangladeshis have left the country in search of employment. The central bank estimates their cumulative remittances during 1976-2003 at round US$22 billion (Azad‚ 2005). Recognizing their economic importance‚ the government for years has had legislation‚ policies‚ and an institutional structure
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Impact of Foreign Direct Investment and Trade on Economic Growth Shiva S. Makki The World Bank Agapi Somwaru Economic Research Service‚ USDA Contact Author: Shiva S. Makki Room MC 2-509‚ DECRS 1818 H Street‚ N.W. Washington‚ DC 20433 Phone: 202 458-8521; Fax: 202 522-0087 Email: smakk@worldbank.org ABSTRACT Foreign direct investment (FDI) and trade are often seen as important catalysts for economic growth in the developing countries. FDI is an important vehicle of technology transfer from
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world with the excitement of professional basketball games throughout the United States and even in foreign countries. The NBA is famous for signing the greatest basketball players who graduate from college or come straight out of high school. Fortunately‚ the NBA has changed its policy as of June 26th 2005 by enforcing a new age limit rule‚ which has brought the NBA into the limelight. The new age limit rule will prohibit players from being able to jump directly into the NBA draft‚ straight out of high
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Construction Management and Economics (2001) 19‚ 789-798 Foreign workers and labour segmentation in Malaysia ’s construction industry ABDUL-RASHID ABDUL-AZIZ School of Housing Building and Planning‚ Universiti Sains Malaysia‚ Minden 11800‚ Penang‚ Malaysia Received 1 September 2000; accepted 24 May 2001 One of the profound changes to have taken place over the last two decades in the construction industry in Malaysia is the emergence of foreign site operatives as an indispensable component of the
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The second movie I will go over is “Without Limits”. This movie is about long distance running the movie’s main character is Steve Prefontaine. The description of the movie is he was “reowned distance runner who held every record from 2‚000 through 10‚000 metes”. The movie shows him running away from kids when he was little‚ and this is the reason why he started running. Steve has been a great long distance runner sense he was in high school. He could out run anybody at his age. The movie starts
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CA Assignment on Foreign Direct Investment Introduction: Over the past twenty years Ireland has taken policy steps to encourage foreign direct investment to Ireland. The aim has been to help promote economic growth and employment creation in particular. In this paper I will first outline the key policy measures taken. I will then discuss how successful they have been. Finally I will consider the threats to achieving Ireland’s policy objectives in this area in the future. It is important
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disputes begin to arise. The debate between Peter Singer and James Shikwati over foreign aid and the distribution of aid to nations facing famine‚ shows a dichotomy in opinion with each man holding views on either side of this social political spectrum. While Singer and Shikwati both make great points in regards to their beliefs‚ there has to be something that can be done without arriving at either extremity. Foreign aid to countries in need should be limited‚ while making sure is is used for the
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