Investment Lenders Government w w w .s tu d yi n te ra cti ve .o rg 2 CH AP TER 1 – I S S U ES I N COR POR ATE G OVER N AN CE w w w .s tu d yi n te ra cti ve .o rg 3 CH AP TER 1 – I S S U ES I N COR POR ATE G OVER N AN CE Corporate Governance Are the board effective? Are they making good decisions? Can we obtain assurance that they are? Are the board effective? Combined Code Board of Directors Chair CEO Execs Non-execs w w w .s tu d yi n te ra cti ve .o rg 4 CH
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wife and children‚ was a company created in 1998 by Enron ’s CFO‚ Andrew Fastow‚ to buy Enron ’s poorly performing stocks and stakes and bolster Enron ’s financial statements. Fastow proposed in October 1999 to Enron ’s finance Board the creation of LJM2 Co-Investment L.P. Fastow would act as general director of a much larger private equity fund that would be funded with $200 million of institutional funds. The question of Fastow’s dual role as Enron ’s CFO and LJM2 ’s general director was not viewed
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MINI-CASE A) Answer: Capital budgeting is the process of analyzing additions to fixed assets. Capital budgeting is important because‚ more than anything else‚ fixed asset investment decisions chart a company’s course for the future. Conceptually‚ the capital budgeting process is identical to the decision process used by individuals making investment decisions. These steps are involved: 1. Estimate‚ evaluate‚ & assess the riskiness of the cash flows 2. Determine the appropriate
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INTRODUCTION There has been considerable interest in recent years in the role of the audit committee as a key corporate governance mechanism. Corporate governance committees and regulators around the world have addressed the need for effective audit committees‚ with many requiring that listed companies must have a committee (European Union (EU) 8th Company Law Directive‚ 2006; Smith Report‚ 2003; United States (US) Congress‚ 2002). Recognising that the existence of a committee does not
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MINI CASE 4 I STARBUCKS: RE-CREATING ITS UNIQUENESS 1. How did Starbucks create its uniqueness in the first place? Starbucks create its uniqueness by offering premium coffee beans‚ thus creating an amazing image. Every store is a unique place with a wide range of products and a special homely ambience‚ emphasized by relaxing music and comfortable seating furniture. Other than that‚ customers can use the free wireless hotspot or just visit with friends. The high quality of the products
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CASE 3 Enron: Questionable Accounting Leads to Collapse Once upon a time‚ there was a gleaming headquarters office tower in Houston‚ with a giant Tilted ―E‖ in front‚ slowly revolving in the Texas sun. Enron‘s suggested to Chinese feng shui practitioner Meihwa Lin a model of instability‚ which was perhaps an omen of things to come. The Enron Corporation‚ which once ranked among the top Fortune 500 companies‚ collapsed in 2001 under a mountain of debt that had been concealed through a complex scheme
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DOES CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ENHANCE FIRM PERFORMANCE? BY: DR. RONALD IWU-EGWUONWU Introduction: Nations thrive on the performance of their economic units the major part of which are business firms that operate in their corporate jurisdictions. The quality of performance of these firms is of great interest to governments because by them a great amount of the degree of economic development seen in a country is achieved. Governments fund their annual budgets to a great extend by the amount of
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Do you believe these firms have truly resolved or conquered these trade-offs‚ or have they benefited from some other competitive advantage at this stage of their development? According to the OLI Paradigm‚ the a firm must first have some competitive advantage in their home market before going abroad‚ however these global challengers have been able to go overseas without perfecting these advantage in at their home base. The infusion of finance specific factors into the OLI framework‚ creates proactive
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Writing Assignment 2: Mini Case Analysis ECON 634 Bangalore‚ Dec/Jan 2009/10 100 Points Due Date: Tuesday Jan 5 at 1pm; 25 point penalty per day late This is a team-based writing assignment. My strongly preferred team size is four‚ but I will consider team sizes of three or five on a case-by-case basis. Your assignment is to Read the Harvard Business Review short case study “Class- or Mass”. Write an analysis of the case following this outline (submit one report for your entire team):
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AirBnB – Case background AirBnB is a website that was founded in 2007 by Joe Gebbia‚ Brian Chesky‚ and Nathan Blecharczyk. AirBnB’s story begins in the living room of Joe and Brian’s San Francisco loft in 2008. The name AirBnB stands for “Air bed and breakfast”. AirBnB is a community marketplace that allows property owners and travelers to connect with each other for the purpose of renting unique vacation spaces around the world. It is an alternative to a hotel giving the user a more fun‚ cheaper
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