Working Paper May 2008 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND THE TIMELINESS OF FINANCIAL REPORTING: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA Robert W. McGee‚ Florida International University Xiaoli Yuan‚ California State University‚ East Bay ABSTRACT Timeliness of financial reporting is one of the attributes of good corporate governance identified by the OECD and World Bank. Shareholders and other stakeholders need information while it is still fresh and the more time that passes between year-end
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Are Constitutional Conventions Necessary Are Constitutional Conventions Necessary To Preserve The Legal Structure Of Government? Illustrate By Example Introduction A constitutional convention is an informal and uncodified procedural agreement that is followed by the institutions of a state. The Constitution of a country comprises both written rules enforced by courts‚ and "unwritten" rules or principles necessary for constitutional government. Written rules mandate that they be followed
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documentary which featured the problems of overpopulation in The Third World countries. After watching the programme‚ I realise that it is everybody ’s essential responsibility to confront and address the problems of an expanding world population. This is necessary because we live on the same planet and share the same resources‚ both renewable and non-renewable. Population control is defined as the systematic regulating of the number of people in any given country to redress the problems of overpopulation
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attention and interest of an audience‚ or gives pleasure and delight. It can be an idea or a task‚ but is more likely to be one of the activities or events that have developed over thousands of years specifically for the purpose of keeping an audience’s attention.[1] Although people’s attention is held by different things‚ because individuals have different preferences in entertainment‚ most forms are recognisable and familiar. Storytelling‚ music‚ drama‚ dance‚ and different kinds of performance exist
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Essay Question In the Catholic tradition why is baptism considered necessary for salvation? (In this essay you will need to explain the doctrine of original sin and how baptism is the sole way of overcoming the effects of original sin.) Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life‚ the gateway to life in the Spirit‚ and the door‚ which gives access to the other sacraments. Through Baptism we are freed from sin and reborn as sons of God; we become members of Christ‚ are incorporated
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Women: A Necessary Evil Shane Ali-Kanhai Daniel Mcclarnon CLT 3378-08 The origin of mankind has been one of the most controversial issues among different cultures throughout history. Themes such as the creation of Earth‚ the first appearance of man‚ and the meddling of the gods have sparked debates among scholars for centuries. Among these arguments‚ the creation of women has played a big role in the facade of the world today. In several cultures one woman fueled the debacle of man’s
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testing is a necessary and useful way to test and discover new products‚ but I believe it is not. Millions of animals are dying or being injured just so scientists can experiment to find new substances and products for humans to use‚ which does not justify for the many lives being lost. Some experiments done on the animals include measuring eye tissue damage‚ the level of skin irritancy‚ and even the toxicity levels of substances used in products‚ such as facewash. Another test that animals have to go
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Are newspapers necessary nowadays? Can you imagine world without any newspapers? As far as I am concerned‚ they are the main source of information in our daily life. They educate readers on current event of our life. For this reason people became aware of global and local issue. So can be no doubt of newspapers necessity. In the first place‚ newspapers are very important in our society‚ due to the fact that they supply us the latest news and keeps us informed about the changing events of the
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Cultural Competence: Is it necessary? What is Cultural Competence? Many different definitions of cultural competence are out there‚ but probably the most widely accepted is the following: “Cultural and linguistic competence is a set of congruent behaviors‚ knowledge‚ attitudes‚ and policies that come together in a system‚ organization‚ or among professionals that enables effective work in cross-cultural situations. “Culture” refers to integrated patterns of human behavior that include the
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chains are connected by two inter-chain disulfide bridges (Beta Cell Biology Consortium‚ 2014). For insulin from other animals‚ the structure is almost the same as human insulin‚ the only difference is the sequence of amino acids (Walsh‚ 2007). 3. Why was Lispro prescribed to the patient immediately? Lispro is a man-made version of human insulin. Lispro can be prescribed to the patient immediately for immediate treatment of
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