Risk Taking: A Corporate Governance Perspective ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The genesis of this book lies in the teaching materials prepared for IFC’s Risk Governance Workshops conducted in 20 developing countries during the 2010–2012 time period by the book’s authors. The book and workshops also benefited from the contributions of Torben Andersen of Copenhagen Business School and Zur Shapira of New York University’s Stern School of Business. The contents of the book reflect this team’s years of risk
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Introduction In the late 1990’s and early 2000’s the food industry was struggling with weak sales and low inflation which caused waves of consolidation among some of the largest firms in the industry. In 1998 General Mills studied areas of potential growth and value creation for their company which lead to small acquisitions of other firms. Looking to further grow their company‚ in December 2000‚ management of General Mills made a recommendation to its shareholders that they authorize the creation
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University of Tirana Foreign Direct Investments in Albania (The service sector) Working Paper Academic Writing
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The Expansion of Jurisdiction by ICSID Tribunal: Approaches‚ Reasons and Damages CHEN Huiping( 1. Introduction In recent years‚ the investor-state dispute settlement mechanism (sometimes it is referred to as international investment arbitration) has received extensive critique from developing countries‚ scholars and civil society. Its legitimacy is challenged or questioned due to various reasons including the inconsistency of arbitral awards‚ lack of transparency‚ etc.[1] In my opinion
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Should all prisoners be given the right to vote or should it be limited only to some or to none at all? Provide a reasoned argument for your decision. Examination Code: R12630 Module Code: 6FFLK020 Date of Submission: 28/03/2013 T he majority of democratic societies recognise the right to vote as an essential human right. Despite this‚ there are a number of countries where leaders believe that the disenfranchisement of prisoners‚ merely as a result of their imprisonment‚ is a justified and prerequisite
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Dube v. Volcano Techonologies Fact: Mr Dube was recruited in September 1997 as the production manager for one of the plants of the company Volcano. In his contract‚ it was indicated that “votre emploie pourra etre termine en tout temps par la Societe pour cause or motif serieux‚ avec les preavis ou indemnités équivalents prevue sur la loi sur les normes du travail. ” He was laid off in December 1999 for financial
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Safety Science 41 (2003) 137–154 www.elsevier.com/locate/ssci Ergonomics in product design: safety factor ´ Jean-Claude Sagot*‚ Valerie Gouin‚ Samuel Gomes ´ Equipe de Recherche en ERgonomie et COnception (ERCO)‚ ´ ´liard‚ Belfort‚ Cedex 90010‚ France Universite de Technologie de Belfort-Montbe Abstract The aim of this paper is to give a number of methodological and theoretical indicators concerning the contribution of ergonomists to the execution of design projects of new products
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Seismic Conceptual Design of Buildings – Basic principles for engineers‚ architects‚ building owners‚ and authorities Hugo Bachmann Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Federal Department of the Environment‚ Transport‚ Energy and Communications (DETEC) Seismic Conceptual Design of Buildings – Basic principles for engineers‚ architects‚ building owners‚ and authorities Hugo Bachmann Impressum Editor: Quoting: Swiss Federal Office for Water and Geology Swiss Agency for Development
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BILINGUISME‚ POLITIQUES ET ATTITUDES LINGUISTIQUES AU CAMEROUN ET AU CANADA Jean-Guy Mboudjeke University of Regina (Canada) jeanguy.mboudjeke@gmail.com Résumé Comme le Canada‚ le Cameroun est un pays bilingue dans lequel le français et l anglais sont langues officielles. Mais contrairement au Canada‚ au Cameroun‚ la minorité statistique est anglophone tandis que la majorité est francophone. Le rapprochement des deux situations sociolinguistiques peut permettre de mieux comprendre la réalité
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and chocolate-flavored)‚ and UHT/Ready-to-Use All-Purpose Cream‚ which are all marketed under the Alaska brand name. In April 16‚ 2007‚ AMC acquired the Alpine‚ Liberty and Krem-Top brands‚ including all trademark properties‚ from global food giant Societe Des Produits Nestle S.A. Also included in the deal is a long-term licensing agreement for AMC to manufacture and sell the Carnation and Milkmaid brands for liquid canned milk products. All of the Company’s products are distributed and sold within
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