IN YOUR OPINION DYOU THINK SHAREHOLDER ACTIVISM WORKS‚ WHY OR WHY NOT Shareholder Activism refers to a range of actions taken by a shareholder to influence corporate management and board. Actions range from threatening the sale of shares (“exit”)‚ letter writing‚ meetings management‚ to asking questions at shareholders meetings and the use of corporate voting rights. The common definition of a shareholder activist is a shareholder “who tries to change the status quo through the “voice”‚ without
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Corporate Governance in India: Disciplining the Dominant Shareholder Abstract The nascent debate on corporate governance in India has tended to draw heavily on the large Anglo-American literature on the subject. This paper argues however that the corporate governance problems in India are very different. The governance issue in the US or the UK is essentially that of disciplining the management who have ceased to be effectively accountable to the owners. The problem in the Indian corporate sector
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to generate profits for shareholders. The mispricing of risk and the employment of foolish and irresponsible lending practices all the way down the finance chain was the basic reason for the financial crisis of 2007-2009 and the problems connected to it. Failed to manage risk as the reason for the crisis is where some have focused on while others have identified a wider reason which are the short-termite pressure placed on directors as a result of the demands of shareholders forum sustainable ever-increasing
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business is to increase the profit for its shareholders – discuss ’. First I am going to explain the role of shareholders and how they affect the decision making of businesses. I will then discuss other stakeholders and the responsibilities that the business ‘owes’ to them. I also plan to look at examples of real life businesses that have made decisions based on the different stakeholder’s needs and wants and compare this in terms of ethical theories. Shareholders are just one form of stakeholders that
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developed since. There are three that best represent the key perspectives in this matter; Friedman’s Shareholder theory‚ Freeman’s Stakeholder theory and Heath’s Market Failure Model of business ethics (Heath). Each of them is the pillars of which many other theories are based on but have very different and opposite views. The Shareholder theory suggests that manager has fiduciary duties to the shareholders only and must maximize profits as long as the law permits. The Stakeholder theory on the other hand
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NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES DO SHAREHOLDERS OF ACQUIRING FIRMS GAIN FROM ACQUISITIONS? Sara B. Moeller Frederik P. Schlingemann René M. Stulz Working Paper 9523 http://www.nber.org/papers/w9523 NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge‚ MA 02138 February 2003 We are grateful to Harry DeAngelo and Ralph Walkling for useful comments. The views expressed herein are those of the author and not necessarily those of the National Bureau of Economic Research. ©2003 by Sara
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Finance & Accounting‚ 29(7) & (8)‚ Sept./Oct. 2002‚ 0306-686X Dividend Imputation and Shareholder Wealth: The Case of New Zealand Andrew Prevost‚ Ramesh P. Rao and John D. Wagster* 1. INTRODUCTION Effective from April 1‚ 1988‚ New Zealand changed its existing two-tier `classical ’ dividend taxation regime to full dividend imputation. Corporate income is now only taxed once rather than at both the corporate and shareholder level. Concurrently‚ the New Zealand tax code was revised‚ reducing the top personal
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Exercise 2.4 SHARE ISSUE‚ OPTIONS Prepare the journal entries in the records of Jordan Ltd in relation to the equity transactions in 2014. JORDAN LTD 25/3 Cash trust – shares Dr 750 000 Application – shares Cr 750 000 (Applications for shares) Cash trust – options Dr 10 000 Application – options Cr 10 000 (Applications for options) 2/4 Cash Dr 610 000 Cash trust – shares Cr 600 000 Cash trust – options Cr 10 000 (Transfer on issue of shares and options) Application – shares
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Do Mergers and Acquisitions Create Shareholder Wealth In The Pharmaceutical Industry? Mahmud Hassan‚ Dilip K. Patro‚ Howard Tuckman and Xiaoli Wang* Purpose: This paper analyzes mergers and acquisitions (M&A) focusing on the U.S. pharmaceutical industry in the period 1981-2004. This industry is chosen because it is global‚ engages intensively in M&A which it uses to both complement and substitute for early stage research‚ and because the potential abnormal returns to blockbuster drugs are
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General Meeting of Shareholders United Chemical Company URALCHEM‚ OJSC reports on the decisions taken by the shareholders at the Annual General Meeting held on 30th June‚ 2014. Moscow‚ Russia (July 2‚ 2014) -- United Chemical Company URALCHEM‚ OJSC reports on the decisions taken by the shareholders at the Annual General Meeting held on 30th June‚ 2014. The company’s shareholders approved URALCHEM’s annual report and annual financial statements for fiscal year 2013. The shareholders decided not to
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