Policy-makers and many employers are convinced that employee ownership is necessary to obtain commitment to employees’ work and to their organisations. Assess the evidence for this proposition and explain why you agree or disagree with it. In October 2011‚ anti-capitalism activists held a demonstration outside London’s St. Pauls Cathedral that caused a political debate regarding the future of big business. Marisa Cassoni‚ previous financial director at John Lewis Partnership‚ believes that organisations
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THE EFFECTS OF OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE AND BOARD EFFECTIVENESS ON FIRM PERFORMANCE: NEW EVIDENCE FROM KENYA Vincent O. Ongore‚ PhD Assistant Commissioner Kenya Revenue Authority P.O. Box 48240-00100‚ GPO Phone: + 254 (20) 310900 Mobile: +254 723854796 Nairobi. Email: Vincent.ongore@kra.go.ke Abstract Research on corporate governance is very thin on the role of owners on corporate performance‚ especially how risk-taking orientation of owners comes to bear on decision making processes of
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The Impact of Ownership Structure on the Dividend Policy of Japanese Firms with Free Cash Flow Problem Aristotelis Stouraitis Lingling Wu Department of Economics and Finance City University of Hong Kong September 16‚ 2004 * Contact information: Aristotelis Stouraitis (the author who will attend the conference and present the paper)‚ Tel: (852) 2788 8450‚ Fax: (852)2788 8806‚ Email: efstoura@cityu.edu.hk. Lingling Wu‚ Tel: (852)2788 7393‚ Email: 50004340@student.cityu.edu.hk. Address : Department
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Ritmo Latino Dear parents and club members‚ Ritmo Latino is a club at Newark Memorial High School. Ritmo Latino will help students learn about their Latin roots. This clubs provides a safe and fun environment where students can dance and make new friends. This movement is dedicated to helping students become more school involved and enjoy their high school years. It strives to inspire them and to enrich their lives towards the day they graduate. Rules * Students need at least a 3.0 GPA to
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view that the separation of ownership from control in large firms inevitably causes diseconomies of scale In this essay I plan to show what consequences there are from a separation of ownership from control and what effects could occur as a result. I will be arguing whether managers are worth the cost of hiring‚ to the business as a whole‚ giving examples of problems that may arise in these types of situations and what impact they can cause. The separation of ownership in large firms is when the
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THE EFFECTS OF OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE‚ BOARD EFFECTIVENESS AND MANAGERIAL DISCRETION ON PERFORMANCE OF LISTED COMPANIES IN KENYA ONGORE‚ VINCENT OKOTH Thesis submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph D) in Business Administration‚ School of Business‚ University of Nairobi‚ Kenya. 2008. DECLARATION I declare that this thesis is my original work and‚ to the best of my knowledge‚ has not been submitted to any university for a degree
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Ownership of Bodily Fluids and Organs: Do we have the right to sell Organs and Fluids? The advancement of modern technology and our continual progress in medical sciences have made it necessary to debate this topic. There are many cases where it is unclear as to whom has the property rights of bodily fluids‚ cells‚ or organs. These questions of ownership tend to surface in cases where these products are no longer located within a person’s body. The necessity to delegate ownership
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Introduction This paper examines how the emergence of media globalisation has fuelled debates that have arisen on the weakening of the nation state and the deregulation of government in media ownership. We will address how the tensions between political influence and media globalization create issues that include economic interests‚ resistance to cultural imperialism and promotion of national identity. Such issues create impacts on the role on governments‚ agencies and corporations making decisions
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If a firm uses a minority share ownership plan‚ external shareholders own it with a minority of employee owners‚ usually no more than 5% of the firm. Management or the board of directors exercises control of the firm and there is limited employee participation. While a significant number of employees may own shares in the firms they work for‚ almost all of this stock is in firms that are only minority employee-owned. In this essay I intend to explore the causes and consequences of firms choosing
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Evaluate the view that the separation of ownership from control in large firms inevitably leads to diseconomies of scale. The separation of ownership from control can be defined as the situation in which the shareholders of a firm do not manage or control it. The shareholders of large publicly owned have no controlling interest and hence the managers and directors run the organisation. Diseconomies of scale can be described as the increase in the long term average cost of production as the scale
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