describes where we are going. Environmental scanning: Types of strategies: Corporate strategy: describes a company’s overall direction in terms of its general attitude toward growth and the management of its various businesses and product lines. Corporate strategies typically fit within the three main categories of stability‚ growth‚ and retrenchment. Cadbury Schweppes‚ for example‚ was following a corporate strategy of retrenchment by selling its marginally profitable soft drink business
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Yahoo Corporate Governance and the Microsoft Takeover We are studying the potential buyout of Yahoo by Microsoft from the perspective of Yahoo’s Board of Directors. Yahoo! Inc. provides Internet services to users‚ advertisers‚ publishers and developers worldwide. It offers online properties and services to users; and marketing solutions and tools to advertisers and publishers. For example‚ Yahoo! Finance is a portal for information on general financial conditions and specific firm information
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A Comparison of Corporate Governance Systems in Four Countries Jüergen Schneider Ernst & Young Deutsche Allgemeine Treuhand AG Siu Y. Chan Hong Kong Baptist University A Comparison of Corporate Governance Systems in Four Countries Jüergen Schneider Ernst & Young Deutsche Allgemeine Treuhand AG‚ Heilbronn branch‚ Germany and Siu Y. Chan* Hong Kong Baptist University‚ Hong Kong * Address of Correspondence: Dr. Siu Y. Chan‚ Department of Accountancy and Law‚ Hong Kong Baptist University
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negative impact or prepare for imminent consequences is critical to any business. One of the first thoughts that crept into my mind was corporate espionage or insider trading. The largest external/environmental obstacle that most businesses will face is their competition‚ knowing where the competition plans to take their company can be critical in formulating an external business strategy. Unfortunately‚ this is illegal in most forms and people go to jail for it all the time. The next best thing is
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No 502‚ June 2002 Jurajda‚ S King‚ R.G. and Levine‚ R. “Finance and Growth: Schumpter Might be Right”‚ Quarterly Journal of Economics‚ 1993a‚ 108‚ pp717-738 Kirby‚ D.A Kocenda‚ E. and Svenjar‚ J. “The Impact of Czech Mass Privatisation on Corporate Governance”‚ MCB University Press‚ Journal of Economic Studies‚ Vol 30‚ No ¾‚ 2003‚ pp278293 Levine‚ Ross McKinnon‚ Ronald. Money and Capital in Economic Development‚ Chapter 7: Financial Repression and Inflation‚ Washington D.C.‚ The Brookings Institution
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DOES CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ENHANCE FIRM PERFORMANCE? BY: DR. RONALD IWU-EGWUONWU Introduction: Nations thrive on the performance of their economic units the major part of which are business firms that operate in their corporate jurisdictions. The quality of performance of these firms is of great interest to governments because by them a great amount of the degree of economic development seen in a country is achieved. Governments fund their annual budgets to a great extend by the amount of
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Corporate Governance and CSR: A Tool for Financial Manager Presented by: Nelson Monis INTRODUCTION “Good governance is integral to the very existence of a company. It inspires and strengthens investor’s confidence by ensuring company’s commitment to higher growth and profits. Corporate governance is nothing more than how a corporation is administered or controlled. Corporate governance takes into consideration company stakeholders as governmental participants‚ the principle participants being shareholders
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Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Audit 1.2 nature of auditor independence 1.3 principle of auditor independence 2.0 The concept of auditor rotation 3.0 The history and current debates concerning auditor rotation 4.0 Different countries regimen should be considered 5.0 Conclusion 6.0 List of references 7.0 Appendices 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Audit Auditing is the analysis of the financial accounts or records‚ by a qualified accountant‚ and
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Corporate governance broadly refers to the mechanisms‚ processes and relations by which corporations are controlled and directed.[1] Governance structures identify the distribution of rights and responsibilities among different participants in the corporation (such as the board of directors‚ managers‚ shareholders‚ creditors‚ auditors‚ regulators‚ and otherstakeholders) and includes the rules and procedures for making decisions in corporate affairs. Corporate governance includes the processes through
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IMPACT OF INFORMATION TEHNOLOGY ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND FINANCIAL REPORTING 1.0 INTRODUCTION The introduction of the computer and advent of the Internet has changed the way we live in the modern world. This spans across every aspect of human life. Modern innovations have led to the description of the age in which we live as “the Information age”. Information technology and management therefore plays a vital role to the extent that timely access to Information could save a life while improper
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