Impact of SOX on industry. Chang‚ H.‚ Choy‚ H.‚ & Wan‚ K. (2012). Effect of the Sarbanes-Oxley act on CEOs ’ stock ownership and pay-performance sensitivity. Review Of Quantitative Finance & Accounting‚ 38(2)‚ 177-207. doi:10.1007/s11156-011-0226-3 This article is based on authors research on the Effects of the SOX Act on CEO’s stock ownership and pay- performance sensitivity. The authors are trying to find out if the effects on the SOX Act on the stockownership and on CEO’s wealth. The authors summarize
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2 Competitive Forces in the Tourism Industry Page 4 Conclusion Page 6 References Page 6 Introduction: This paper will be dynamically examining the tourism industry during the 2000s. It will begin by using the PESTEL framework to analyse the macro environment and determine which factors drive the competitive forces within the industry. Following this‚ Porter’s Five Forces model will be used to analyse the actual competitive forces at work within the industry and determine the relative importance
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| Fossil Fuel: Natural Gas | Renewable resource: Wind Power | Describe this resource | Natural Gas in a Hydrocarbon gas that is naturally occurring. It consists of mostly methane and is used as fuel for some vehicles and heating the home. | Wind power is one of the cleanest sources of electricity. It usually involves a fan that spins‚ and the energy is transported to a generator. | Advantages of this resource (include at least two) | 1. Very abundant underground.2. Is cleaner than most other
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Fall 2008 “Importance of Tourism industry in Destinations around the world.” An introduction to tourism: The subject of tourism: In historical terms‚ tourism activity is a relatively new development and only recently has it been considered worthy of serious business Endeavour or academic study. However‚ the tourism industry is of sufficient economies importance and its impact upon economies‚ environments and societies is significant enough for the subject of tourism to deserve academic consideration
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Wellness tourism can be defined as travelling for the purpose of promoting health and well-being of oneself through physical‚ psychological‚ or spiritual activities. While wellness tourism is often called medical tourism because health being the main motivating factor for the traveler‚ wellness tourists are proactive in seeking to improve or maintain health and quality of life‚ often focusing on prevention‚ while medical tourists generally travel reactively to receive treatment for a diagnosed disease
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Impact of Cost-benefit analysis on industry decision making: Transportation Cost-benefit analysis (CBA)‚ in essence‚ is a tool for decision making. It can be applied to almost any kind of decision in any kind of field. In its most pure form‚ a CBA will aggregate the pros and cons (positive and negative effects) of a proposal‚ and‚ if the pros (benefits) outweigh the cons (costs)‚ the proposal is viable. Usually‚ the analyst will assign monetary values to each of the costs and benefits‚ hence making
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of staff members of Sri Lanka tourism development authority‚ who have helped us to obtain information of past situations‚ present position and future estimation of tourism industry in Sri Lanka. Executive summary The purpose of this report is to develop comprehensive strategic plan to re-engineer tourism industry in Sri Lanka and to earn foreign exchange to the country. The development of the plan was carried out by considering thorough analysis of the industry by carrying out environmental
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Great Impact of Rising Fuel Price Fuel is another transportation system component. Rising of fuel price is one of the major issues facing the transportation industry in Malaysia. Fuel may be gasoline‚ natural gas‚ diesel fuel‚ ethanol‚ methanol‚ coal‚ etc. The costs and efficiency of transportation fuels are considerable interest. (Joseph Sussman; Introduction to Transportation Systems; Transportation System Components; 2000). Fuel price volatility along with overall price increases has been an
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Introduction & Case Study As the biggest country in the world‚ Russia plays an important role in the world. Whether its their culture‚ literature‚ military‚ or economy‚ this country stands apart from the rest. Its features make it unlike any other other part of the world. Russia‚ located in the north of the Eurasia‚ crossing Europe and Asia‚ is the biggest country in the world. Its area is about 17‚102‚300 square kilometers. The population is around 1‚431‚000‚000 and includes 193 various nationalities
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Introduction According to World Travel and Tourism Council 1997‚ “Tourism Industry is the world’s prominent industries contributing $3.6 trillion to the global gross domestic product (GDP) and employing 255 million people”. (Apostolopoulos‚ Sonmez &Tarlow 1999). It is also considered one of the most exciting and progressive industries which has a big impact on all other industries. Although tourism industry has shown tremendous growth in recent years providing incredible experiences
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