(1) What is the goal of the firm? What are some of the problems involved in the use of profit maximization as the goal of the firm? How does the goal of maximization of shareholder wealth deal with those problems? Maximizing shareholder wealth just means modifying the goal of profit maximization to address the complexities of the operating environment. Shareholder wealth maximization is the best choice for the main goal of a business because the effects of all financial decisions are included
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corporate governance‚ specifically in the chaebol firms as one of the main drives behind the collapse of Korean economy (Chang‚ 2006‚ Lee‚ 2002‚ Nam‚ 2001‚ Kim‚ 2004)‚ some even set it as case study of how corporate governance could relate to firm values and company performance (Black‚ Jang and Kim‚ 2005‚ Baek‚ Kang and Park‚ 2002); and more specifically‚ the impact of having outside directors on board (as an aspect of corporate governance) on firm performance (Choi‚ Park and Yoo‚ 2007). Given the
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of corporate cash holdings during the recent crisis. I create two categories of firms; one with financially constraint and unconstraint firms classified on their size and one with financially constraint and unconstraint firms based on the de size of their dividend payments. Unconstraint firms do not manage their cash holdings in normal conditions‚ but when conditions deteriorated during the crisis also unconstraint firms had to decrease their cash holdings to absorb the negative macro economical shock
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Towards Sustainable Household Consumption? What is Consumption? What is Sustainable Consumption? Why is household consumption important? Environmental pressures from consumption will intensify Driving forces behind consumption patterns What is the role of government in promoting sustainable consumption? Policies to promote sustainable consumption General policy framework on sustainable consumption Broad policy guidelines to promote sustainable household consumption Some Unresolved Policy Questions
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As U.S. automobile firms rebuild their brand image‚ distribution networks and workforce from the massive government-sponsored corporate restructuring in recent years‚ and Japanese firms continue to struggle with under-capacity due to the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami‚ Korean-based firms have flourished (Ramsey & Takahashi‚ 2011). In particular‚ Hyundai has experienced rapid market growth in the U.S. market due in part to the recent struggles of its main competitors. Their success‚ however‚ is also
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capital Flows: ForEign DirEct invEstmEnt anD portFolio invEstmEnt Private capital flows have become an increasingly significant source of investment in developing countries‚ indicating the high degree to which developing countries have become integrated into the global economy and thus how exposed they are to any financial shock. Photo: Eskinder Debebe/UN Haiti Private Capital Flows: Foreign Direct Investment and Portfolio Investment Introduction Since the late 1990s‚ private capital flows (PCF)
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Chapter - I Introduction of the study 1.1 Introduction The management of any firm is interested in knowing the strengths and weakness of the firms. They would like to spot out the financial weakness of the firm to take suitable corrective actions. The future plans of the firms should be laid down in view of the firm should be laid down in view of the firm’s financial analysis is the starting point for making plans before using any sophisticated forecasting and planning procedures. The
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NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES THE CAPITAL STRUCTURE DECISIONS OF NEW FIRMS Alicia M. Robb David T. Robinson Working Paper 16272 http://www.nber.org/papers/w16272 NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge‚ MA 02138 August 2010 The authors are grateful to the Kauffman Foundation for generous financial support. Malcolm Baker‚ Thomas Hellmann‚ Antoinette Schoar‚ Ivo Welch‚ and seminar participants at the Kauffman/Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank Entrepreneurial Finance
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Knowledge management in projects - a study of small consulting firms Gustav Pilsmo Luleå University of Technology Bachelor thesis Computer and systems science Department of Business Administration and Social Sciences Division of Information Systems Sciences 2010:261 - ISSN: 1402-1773 - ISRN: LTU-CUPP--10/261--SE Abstract Title: Knowledge management in projects- A study of small consulting firms Author: Gustav Pilsmo Background: Knowledge management and how organizations capture the experiences gained
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Strategic Management Journal Strat. Mgmt. J.‚ 24: 587–614 (2003) Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI: 10.1002/smj.330 INCREASING FIRM VALUE THROUGH DETECTION AND PREVENTION OF WHITE-COLLAR CRIME KAREN SCHNATTERLY* Carlson School of Management‚ University of Minnesota‚ Minneapolis‚ Minnesota‚ U.S.A. White-collar crime can cost a company from 1 percent to 6 percent of annual sales‚ yet little is known about the organizational conditions that can reduce this cost
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