The Role of Boards of Directors in Corporate Governance: A Conceptual Framework & Survey∗ Ren´e B. Adams‚† Benjamin E. Hermalin‚‡ and Michael S. Weisbach§ e April ‚ Abstract This paper is a survey of the literature on boards of directors‚ with an emphasis on research done subsequent to the Hermalin and Weisbach (2003) survey. The two questions most asked about boards are what determines their makeup and what determines their actions? These questions are fundamentally intertwined‚ which
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INDIA’S NEIGHBOURHOOD Challenges in the Next Two Decades INDIA’S NEIGHBOURHOOD Challenges in the Next Two Decades Editors Rumel Dahiya Ashok K Behuria INSTITUTE FOR DEFENCE STUDIES & ANALYSES NEW DELHI First Published in 2012 ISBN 978-81-8274-687-9 Copyright © Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses‚ New Delhi All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced‚ stored in a retrieval system‚ or transmitted‚ in any form or by any means‚ electronic
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Liaquat Ali Khan as Prime Minister [1947-1951] Liaquat Ali Khan’s contributions to the struggle for independence were numerous. After independence‚ he was thus the natural choice for the premiership. Liaquat Ali Khan was appointed as the first Prime Minister of Pakistan. Being the first Prime Minister of the country‚ Liaquat Ali Khan had to deal with a number of difficulties that Pakistan faced in its early days. He helped Quaid-i-Azam in solving the riots and refugee problem and in setting
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Agency Theory and Its Consequences A study of the unintended effect of Agency Theory on Risk and Morality M.Sc. FSM Master Thesis: Agency Theory & Its Consequences Master Thesis at Copenhagen Business School Student: Thomas Rüdiger Smith Programme: M.Sc Finance & Strategic Management Advisor: Sven Junghagen‚ Department of Management Politics & Philosophy August‚ 2011 Total Pages: 78 (133 with appendix and summary) Characters: 181647 (246486 with appendix and summary) Thomas Rüdiger
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Pakistan in 2013 RESEARCH PAPER 12/76 6 December 2012 2013 will be another important year for Pakistan. Federal and provincial elections will be held during the first half of the year. If‚ as seems increasingly likely‚ the Pakistan People’s Party-led Government sees out its full term in office and hands over to a civilian successor‚ it will be the first time in Pakistan’s history that this has happened. But the political and economic situation remains highly volatile and unpredictable. In addition
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SAROSH ANSAR O’Level Islamiat Notes 1 Table of Contents • Preface Passages from the Holy Quran History and Importance of the Holy Quran Arabia Before Islam Biographical Account of the Lifef the Holy Prophet (PBUH) Early Life of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) From Call to Migration Foundation of the Republic of Madina Wars with the Quraish Expulsion of Jews frm Madina Treaty of Hudaybia Unification of Northern Arabia Letters of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) to different Rulers asking them to Embrace
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