Corporate Misgovernance at the World Bank Ashwin Kaja Eric Werker Working Paper 09-108 Copyright © 2009 by Ashwin Kaja and Eric Werker Working papers are in draft form. This working paper is distributed for purposes of comment and discussion only. It may not be reproduced without permission of the copyright holder. Copies of working papers are available from the author. Corporate Misgovernance at the World Bank Ashwin Kaja Eric Werker* Abstract We test for evidence of corporate misgovernance
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EFFECT OF COUNTRY OF ORIGIN OF A PRODUCT ON CONSUMERS’ BUYING BEHAVIOR By FIREW KIFLE GUDERO Bachelor of Arts in Business Management Jimma University Jimma‚ Ethiopia July 2001 Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate College of the Oklahoma State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE May‚ 2009 COPY RIGHT BY FIREW KIFLE GUDERO MAY 2009 THE EFFECT OF COUNTRY OF ORIGIN OF A PRODUCT ON CONSUMERS’ BUYING BEHAVIOR Thesis Approved: Dr
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REPORT RE: RECENT ACCOUNTING AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE SCANDALS Contents INTRODUCTION: 3 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 5 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN IRELAND 5 RESPONSE FROM REGULATORS TO THE MOST RECENT SCANDALS IN BANKING SECTOR 7 US CORPORATE GOVERNANCE at a time of Tyco scandal 8 RESPONSE FROM THE REGULATORS -SARBANES-OXLEY ACT 2002 9 AUDIT 10 EXTERNAL AUDIT 10 INTERNAL AUDIT 11 INTRODUCTION TO ANGLO IRISH BANK 12 The Scandals 12 Loans to Sean Fitzpatrick 13 Irish Life and Permanent
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1.1 Introduction Corporate governance has been the subject of numerous theoretical and empirical studies especially after the fraudulent reporting scandals such as Enron‚ World.com‚ Adelphia‚ and Parmalat.it has come to mean many things. Traditionally and at fundamental level the concept refers to corporate decision making and control‚ particularly the structure of the board and its working procedures‚ Hermes (1994). Jenifer (2002) defines corporate governance as a set of interlocking riles by which
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Chapter 1 Introduction to Consumer Behaviour Consumer Behaviour Canadian Edition Schiffman/Kanuk/Das Copyright © 2006 Pearson Education Canada Inc. Consumer Behaviour The behaviour that consumers display in searching for‚ purchasing‚ using‚ evaluating‚ and disposing of products and services that they expect will satisfy their needs. Copyright © 2006 Pearson Education Canada Inc. 1-2 Personal Consumer The individual who buys goods and services for his or her own use‚ for household use‚ for
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Buck Learns How To Survive In The Call Of The Wild‚ Jack London‚ the author‚ focuses on the extreme changes that need to be made to survive in the wild. Buck‚ a St. Bernard and Scotch half-breed dog‚ is used to show the changes made and is removed from his home and placed in the wild. After living in the wild for quite awhile‚ Buck learns how to survive by watching other dogs‚ learning from his own experiences‚ and by being forced to learn. Even though Buck connects with his instincts‚ his ability
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Was The Reign Of Terror Justified? The French revolution was planned to overthrow the monarchy of France because the King was over taxing the poor‚ spending the tax money on himself‚ and didn’t seem to care about the starving people of France. It was not planned to kill large amounts of people every day because they were suspected to be against the revolution. Influences like Marat’s newspaper made Robespierre and the people think that the answer to keeping the revolution alive was blood. The Reign
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Introduction The main concept in the assignment is about corporate personality. First of all‚ we need to clarify the meaning and characteristics of company. In short‚ company means a body of persons combined for a common object. A company exist there must be a group of persons that more than 1 persons. In eyes of law‚ a company is a separate legal personality from its members. In Section 16(5) CA1965‚ it stated that a body corporate obligations and liabilities are its own‚ and not those of its
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To what extent do political parties promote democracy? (25 marks) Political parties have many functions‚ one of which is to uphold the principles of a democratic political system. A democratic political system is one which involves various features‚ such as a peaceful transition of power from one government to another‚ free and fair regular elections‚ people having open access to independent information‚ government accountability to the people and representative institutions and that the government
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To what extent was Bismarck’s domestic and foreign policy a success? In the period after German unification (1871-1890)‚ Otto Von Bismarck had to face lots of problems both on the domestic and foreign fronts that proved his political and practical skills. Many historians said when commenting Bismarck’s policies after his death that the ‘Iron Chancellor’- as he was also nicked-named - had many successes in both domestic and foreign policies but also had to face some failures‚ especially regarding
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