Research 43: 309–335‚ 2004 309 The structural context of recent transitions to democracy RENSKE DOORENSPLEET Leiden University‚ The Netherlands Abstract. In general‚ the literature on democratic transitions has focused on political processes and choices of actors in explaining regime change‚ thereby failing to investigate whether structural factors affect the recent rise in transitions to democracy. An analysis of the influence of these structural factors is however important‚ and it has
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ENRON The Enron scandal was a financial scandal that was revealed in late 2001. After a series of discoveries involving irregular accounting procedures which could be turned in as fraud‚ went on throughout the 1990s‚ involving Enron and its accounting firm Arthur Andersen. Enron stood at the verge of falling into the largest bankruptcy in history by mid-November 2001. An attempt by a smaller energy company‚ Dynegy‚ was not feasible. Enron filed for bankruptcy on December 2‚ 2001. As the scandal
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Enron: What Caused the Ethical Collapse? Andrew Rumsey Post University Enron: What Caused the Ethical Collapse? Enron‚ a Texas based energy company‚ has improved the way that electricity and natural gas is purchased ever since its inception in 1985 when its owner‚ Kenneth Lay‚ merged his original company called InterNorth with Houston Natural Gas Company. In addition to this‚ Enron’s growth was attributed to not only the U.S. congress deregulating the sale of natural gas but its selling of electricity
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Angelica Winton Business 100 02/17/13 Enron: One of the Largest Scandals of the Twentieth Century Would you defraud millions of people and steal billions of dollars from them? The very idea likely makes your skin crawl. And yet‚ that is exactly what Enron‚ a massive power company did for many years. We shall see how their insatiable greed and lust for power was the cause of their downfall and ultimate ruin. Enron prided themselves on being ’’the smartest guys in the room.’’ The company
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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 307 684 AUTHOR TITLE PUB DATE NOTE PUB TYPE EDRS PRICE DESCRIPTORS IDENTIFIERS EA 020 980 Grissom‚ James B.; Shepard‚ Lorrie A. Structural Equation Modeling of Retention and Overage Effects on Dropping Out of School. Mar 89 22p.; Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (San Francisco‚ CA‚ March 27-31‚ 1989). Speecheg/Conference Papers (150) -- Reports Research /Technical (143) MF01/PC01 Plus Postage. Academic
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9/26/2013 International Relations When discussing classical realism and structural realism‚ there is always a debate about what distinguishes the two. There are similarities between the two realisms but to really understand each‚ one must understand the differences. Mearsheimer uses a great phrase to differentiate the two realisms. Mearsheimer states‚ “For classical realist‚ power is an end in itself‚ for structural realists‚ power is a means to an end and the ultimate end is survival (Mearsheimer
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different explanations are offered for the collapse of Enron‚ the nation ’s seventh largest corporation‚ yet it ’s leadership was an obvious factor that contributed to Enron ’s demise. It will be completely erroneous‚ however‚ to think that the leaders of Enron were anything but superb. From 1997-2001‚ the leaders of this company transformed Enron into a "corporation of the new millennium" and a favorite of investors and analysts. Most leaders of Enron like Chairman Kenneth Lay‚ Chief Executive Officer
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IN DEPENDENCE OF AUDITOR – ENRON AND ARTHUR ANDERSEN CASE Introduction The world economy in recent years has got some significant growth but also had quite serious scandals. They caused the shakes for many‚ both citizens and authorities. Therefore‚ it is a challenging time and it is the time for change. An absolutely necessity is to enhance the true reliable financial information because the success on the capital market depends on it. The key factor is to assure that auditors must take a completely
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The collapse of Enron is perhaps one of this century’s biggest and memorable scandals of this century so far. Created in 1985 through the merger of two natural gas companies‚ the Houston-based company was considered one of the most successful and powerful companies throughout the 90s. In 2001‚ Enron’s world came crashing down as the company was forced to reveal that it had defrauded people out of millions of dollars. Those hurt mostly by the collapse of Enron were the workers‚ whose loyalty and hard
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