www.elsevier.com/locate/jaccpubpol Investor relations‚ reputational bonding‚ and corporate governance: The case of Royal Ahold Abe de Jong a‚ Douglas V. DeJong b‚*‚ Gerard Mertens a‚ Peter Roosenboom a b a Department of Financial Management‚ RSM Erasmus University‚ Netherlands Tippie College of Business‚ University of Iowa‚ Iowa City‚ IA 52242‚ United States Abstract Royal Ahold (Koninklijke Ahold NV) was one of the major success stories in the 1990s and is one of the major failures
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The DSM 5 The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is almost like a bible to the likes of clinicians‚ researchers‚ insurance companies and many more. Ever since the very first edition back in 1952‚ there have been many debates and controversies surrounding the book. When the first edition came out‚ it contained 106 mental disorders in its pages which almost doubled by the time the 4th edition came by in 1994 with 297 disorders. Here we are at
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the last few decades there have been a number of cases of high profile corporate collapses and fraud scandals. In essence‚ the unethical behaviour of corporations affects us all‚ such as shareholders’ lost financial investments‚ employees who lost their jobs‚ other companies that provided goods and services to the company‚ as well as the economic impact on domestic and international communities. In this paper I will focus on the case study of Royal Ahold and the large accounting fraud that took place
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DSM-IV-TR vs. DSM-5 Debate on the Changes in Autism Diagnosis I. Introduction A. What is the DSM? According to the American Psychiatric Association the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is the standard classification of mental disorders used by mental health professionals in the United States. The DSM consists of three major components: 1. The diagnostic classification is the list of the mental disorders that are officially part of the DSM system. 2. A set of
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The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) includes criteria for diagnosing disorders and its clinical presentation. The continual evolvement of the DSM in its subsequent editions has provided clinicians an approach for diagnosing 400 mental disorders. In addition‚ the DSM is the most popular classification system used in the United States (Comer‚ p. 85). While the tools used to diagnose abnormal behavior have showed great advancement in the last two centuries‚ this comes with
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Group members: Eltaj‚ Sadraddin‚ Dilsad‚ Renata‚ Vugar‚ Jaheed‚ Senan CASE STUDY #2 INTRODUCTION High Street Global Advisors‚ a global investment management organization is trying to understand the opportunities presented by the Royal Dutch/Shell pricing discrepancy. This case analyzes the benefits of shares of two twin companies Royal Dutch and Shell. Royal Dutch trades are more actively in the Netherlands and U.S. markets‚ whereas Shell trades are more actively in the United States. They are
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ROYAL DUTCH SHELL Royal Dutch Shell (Shell) is a worldwide group of oil‚ gas and petrochemical companies that explores for‚ produces and trades in a range of energy resources. Royal Dutch Shell also has a broad portfolio of hydrogen‚ biofuels‚ wind and solar power interests‚ and also provides consultancy and technical services as well as research and development expertise to the energy industry. Royal Dutch Shell is active in more than 130 countries and territories‚ and employs 108‚000 people worldwide
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Royal Caribbean Cruises‚ LTD: A Case Study 1. Using the Information Systems Triangle as a framework‚ evaluate the alignment of RCCL’s business strategy‚ organizational strategy‚ and information systems strategy before Tom Murphy became CIO and then after Tom Murphy took over as CIO (up to 9/11/2001). Prior to Tom Murphy’s tenure as CIO‚ Royal Caribbean Cruises Line’s (RCCL’s) business strategies were not fully aligned with the organizational and IT strategies. Tom Murphy was instrumental in bringing
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Highlights of Changes from DSM-IV-TR to DSM-5 Changes made to the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria and texts are outlined in this chapter in the same order in which they appear in the DSM-5 classification. This is not an exhaustive guide; minor changes in text or wording made for clarity are not described here. It should also be noted that Section I of DSM-5 contains a description of changes pertaining to the chapter organization in DSM-5‚ the multiaxial system‚ and the introduction of dimensional
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I DSM-IV Evaluation Valerie Lopez Axia of University of Phoenix DSM-IV Evaluation Case 1 – Schizoid Personality Disorder The first case study was matched with Schizoid personality disorder; the symptoms matched Josephine’s inability to be social and her emotional coldness. Genetic and environmental factors are common causes in Schizoid personality disorder as well as chromosomal and nervous system disorder. Some treatments that are available are psychotherapy‚ cognitive behavior
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