Research Question: In the “CEO personality‚ strategic flexibility‚ and firm performance” article‚ Nadkarni and Herrmann (2010) are trying to answer the question of how CEO personality affects firm performance through influencing the firm’s adaptability to rapid‚ impactful‚ and unexpected changes. The main aim of the study is to extend previous literature that has studied the relationship between CEOs characteristics and firm strategic choices and performance by studying the underlying relationship
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DECLARATION I hereby declare that this project work was personally carried out by the researcher for the award of Higher National Diploma in Accountancy Studies. I declare that this is a genuine work that has never been published in whole or in part for any certificate. ……………………………….. ………………………………… AMPONSAH KWAME DATE (STUDENT) CERTIFICATION I hereby
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Key points There are five key questions to consider in analyzing a company’s own particular competitive circumstances and its competitive position vis-à-vis key rivals: 1. How well is the present strategy working? This involves evaluating the strategy from a qualitative standpoint (completeness‚ internal consistency‚ rationale‚ and suitability to the situation) and also from a quantitative standpoint (the strategic and financial results the strategy is producing). The stronger a company’s current
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Audit Quality and Audit Firm Size: Revisited by Dan A. Simunic The University of British Columbia December‚ 2003 Background: 1. Audit quality is an important element of corporate governance – although it’s unclear whether audit quality and other aspects of corporate governance (e.g. director knowledge and independence) are fundamentally complements or substitutes. 2. Notion that audit quality varies systematically across classes of audit firms (now Big 4 vs. non-Big 4) has been
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Effects of working capital management on the profitability of Portuguese manufacturing firms Sónia Silva* sonia@eeg.uminho.pt Florinda Silva** fsilva@eeg.uminho.pt July 2012 Abstract This study provides empirical evidence about the effects of working capital management on the profitability of Portuguese manufacturing firms. A database covering the period 1996-2006‚ collected from Portuguese Statistical Office‚ is analyzed under panel data methodology. In line with previous research
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Auction: Only way of allocating natural resources to private firms? Auction: Only way of allocating natural resources to private firms? “Is Auction the right way of allocating natural resources?” Time and again this question has come into limelight. Many scams still make us debate on this. Whether it is the 2G spectrum allocation scam or allotment of oil or Coalgate scam? Before getting into this debate lets first try to understand the rationality behind the allocation of natural resources
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THE MARKETING MIX IS AN OLD TOOL. NEW TENDENCIES AND THEORIES WORK BETTER NOWADAYS Many firms use a variety of methods to make strategic marketing decisions in order to grow‚ compete‚ be first-positioned or just high-positioned‚ or to maintain themselves in the market. But there is one method‚ which is very applied by companies to make relevant decisions. It is usually called the marketing mix of the four P’s. A variety of testimonies and opinions to show that the four P’s‚ according to my opinion
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There are four basic ways a divisionally structured firm could be organized. What are these four ways? Give an example of each. The four basic ways a divisionally structured firm could be organized are 1) by geographic area. An example of this would be any organization with similar branch facilities located in widely dispersed areas; 2) by product or service. Huffy is an example of divisional structure by product; 3) by customer. Book publishing companies often organize their activities around
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shareholders value or maximization of shareholders wealth. This is also a typical answer to questions such as “what is the best and primary objective of a company in a competitive market”. But should it be the only and most important objective in a firm? Must it be fulfilled first and foremost‚ or is there the possibility of generating more wealth for company‚ shareholders and stakeholders with other‚ different approaches? It has to be kept in mind that there are multiple strategies to running a business
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This paper integrates elements from the theory of agency‚ the theory of property rights and the theory of finance to develop a theory of the ownership structure of the firm. We focus in this paper on the behavioral implications of the property rights specified in the contracts between the owners and managers of the firm. The possibility of monitoring the behavior of the company by means of review of controls has stayed aside in this analysis. In the activity they can use resources for changing
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