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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If I had to pick one out of the many stories that we have read and say that it moved me the most‚ I would have to say that the story would have to be "Battle Royal". The reason that the story did move me so was because of the author’s keen use of symbolism‚ the author portrays a larger meaning than what is initially implied to the reader who does not thoroughly analyze the text. Initially‚ the story seems to be about one black boy’s struggle to get ahead in a predominately white society. He tries
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Human Communication. A Publication of the Pacific and Asian Communication Association. Vol. 11‚ No. 3‚ pp.303 – 312. Communication Competence: A Malaysian Perspective Lailawati Mohd Salleh‚ PhD Faculty of Economics and Management Universiti Putra Malaysia 43400 Serdang‚ Selangor Malaysia Email: lailawati_mohd_salleh@hotmail.com 304 Communication Competence Introduction Communication competence has been studied in a diverse array of scholarship such as human-computer interaction‚ marketing
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Charlemagne was born into a royal family which means he was destined to become royalty later on. He was born around 742 and was the son of Bertrada of Laon and Pepin the Short who became king in 751. Pepin divided the kingdom equally between him and his brother. After his brother died and it was passed on to his nephews‚ Charlemagne murdered them and seized their territories. As an adult‚ Charlemagne displayed a talent for languages and could speak Latin and understand Greek‚ among other languages
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No. 2005–57 ROYAL AHOLD: A FAILURE OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND AN ACCOUNTING SCANDAL By Abe de Jong‚ Douglas V. DeJong‚ Gerard Mertens‚ Peter Roosenboom March 2005 ISSN 0924-7815 Royal Ahold: A Failure of Corporate Governance and an Accounting Scandal Abe de Jong* Department of Financial Management Erasmus University Rotterdam a.jong@fbk.eur.nl Douglas V. DeJong Tippie College of Business University of Iowa douglas-dejong@uiowa.edu Gerard Mertens Department of Financial Management Erasmus
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and exercise of the royal prerogative give rise to serious constitutional questions concerning the rule of law in a democratic society.” Critically assess this statement. The first task of this essay is to say what the royal prerogative is. Then this essay will attempt to examine the scope and exercise of the said royal prerogative. Lastly this essay shall consider what issues regarding the rule of law are touched upon by the vexatious issue of the royal prerogative. The royal prerogative is a series
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COMPUTING AND BUSINESS APPLICATION MARKETING PLAN FOR MALAYSIAN AIRLINE SYSTEM BERHAD Prepared For : Datuk Mohamed Nor Yusof Prepared By : Amit Sharma and Prashant Thukur Report Date : 15th Dec 2003 CONTENTS 1.Executive Summary 2.Introduction 3.Situational analysis 4.Objective *Short Term ( 1 year) *Long Term ( 3 year) 5.Strategy 6.Tactics 7.Action Plan 8.Controls 9.Contribution of eMarketing 1.0 Executive summary In Malaysian airlines marketing plan‚ we have highlighted its key areas
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What makes me a Malaysian? Malaysia is a constitutional monarchy in south-east Asia consisting thirteen states‚ and three federal territories. The country is separated by South China Sea into two regions. There are Peninsular Malaysia and Malaysia Borneo (also know as east Malaysia).and also the former shares a border with Thailand to the north‚ with Singapore lying at its southern tip. Moreover‚ halfway up the peninsula on its eastern side is Kuala Lumpur‚ the nation ’s capital. Contingency
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Table of contents GRAPHICAL AND TABULAR REPRESENTATIONS Introduction There has been much debate on the role and the size of government interference in the macroeconomic outlook throughout countries. As a result‚ governments attempt to stimulate economic growth through different instruments. Public expenditure has traditionally been a component of fiscal policy which is an instrument of the State to influence economic growth. Several models of government investment and growth have been
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"I am proud to be a Malaysian because our country has been independent from British colonies.I also feel very lucky to live in Malaysia because the country was fortunate to secure and prosperous.I was fortunate to have Prime Minister because he has a fair and equitable.I am also proud that Malaysia has achieved the Independence National 55.For beloved to my country‚ I am willing to sacrifice for maintaining the security of Malaysia.I urge the people of Malaysia have the spirit of patriotism.I hope
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