...Economics and Finance Vol. 2, No. 4; November 2010 Measuring Post Merger and Acquisition Performance: An Investigation of Select Financial Sector Organizations in India Dr. Neena Sinha Associate Professor, University School of Management Studies Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Kashmere Gate, Delhi, India Tel: 91-98-1805-6810 E-mail: dr_neenasinha@yahoo.com Dr. K.P.Kaushik Professor, National Institute of Financial Management Sector-48, Pali Road, Faridabad-121001, India Tel: 91-93-1236-0874 E-mail: kp_kaushik@hotmail.com Ms. Timcy Chaudhary (Corresponding Author) Research Associate, University School of Management Studies Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Kashmere Gate, Delhi, India Tel: 91-98-1856-8903 Abstract E-mail: timcy9@gmail.com The present paper examines the impact of mergers and acquisitions on the financial efficiency of the selected financial institutions in India. The analysis consists of two stages. Firstly, by using the ratio analysis approach, we calculate the change in the position of the companies during the period 2000-2008. Secondly, we examine changes in the efficiency of the companies during the pre and post merger periods by using nonparametric Wilcoxon signed rank test. While we found a significant change in the earnings of the shareholders, there is no significant change in liquidity position of the firms. The result of the study indicate that M&A cases in India show a significant correlation between financial performance...
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...WILMINGTON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY SYLLABUS FACULTY MEMBER: Patrick Deely TERM: COURSE TITLE: IT Policy & Strategy COURSE NUMBER: IST.7100 TEXTBOOK: TITLE: IST 7100: IT Policy and Strategy, Wilmington University AUTHOR: Pearson Custom Library If you would like more precise information regarding the textbook(s) for this class, please visit the bookstore website at http://www.wilmcoll.edu/bookstore METHOD OF CONTACT: PREREQUISITE: IST7000, IST7020, IST7040, IST7060 All courses are open to students from all divisions. Only where a course is preceded by an introduction course is there a need to observe a prerequisite. However, students might benefit from prior knowledge on some of the courses, and this is given as the content found in your course catalogue by course code. I. COURSE DESCRIPTION The focus of this course includes: 1) The top management’s strategic perspective for aligning competitive strategy, core competencies, and information systems; 2) The development and implementation...
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...Joanne Lawrence BA(Hons) Education and Training EPD 303 Applied Research in Post Compulsory Education and Training Demie, F. (2005). Achievement of Black Caribbean pupils: good practice in Lambeth schools. British Educational Research Journal 31(4), 481-508. A Critique. This paper is a critique of F Demie’s ‘Achievement of Black Caribbean pupils: good practice in Lambeth schools’, which is an interpretive study by Feyisa Demie Jan McKenley, Chris Power, and Louise Ishani. The LEA provided the funding for this research project. The aim of the research according to Demie was to ‘Identify a number of significant common themes for success in raising the achievement of Caribbean heritage pupils’. In order to analyse these achievement rates, Researchers looked at good practise in Lambeth schools. Demie does not provide the reader with any clues in regard to the researchers’ backgrounds and qualifications. One cannot learn from the report under analysis whether Demie et al were LEA employees with a task to prepare a ground for future policy making. Demie et al chose to study 10 primary and 3 secondary schools in the Lambeth region, where the rates of Black Caribbean performance were reported to be above national and LEA (Local Education Authority) averages. The aim of the investigation was to identify the factors enabling pupils of Black Caribbean origin to achieve high standards in British schools, and to track ‘significant common themes for success in raising the achievement’...
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...MIDW113 – Jodie Sparke S00163149_assess2 b). Postnatal case study – Gina is a 34 year old G2 P2 woman, day 2 post caesarean section. You enter her room to find her teary and upset; she tells you she had planned on having a natural birth in a midwifery led model of care. However, she experienced an emergency caesarean section after her baby showed signs of fetal distress. Describe and discuss the role and responsibilities of the midwife in providing pre and post-operative care to a woman in Gina’s position. You are expected to demonstrate, plan and evaluate safe, holistic, woman centred evidence-based midwifery care. This paper considers a postnatal case study of Gina, a day two post-operative, 34 year old Gravida 2 Para 2 woman. She experienced an Emergency Caesarean Section (ECS) resulting from fetal distress. This essay will investigate why birth can become an emergency and the evidence-based indications involved in decision making. It will explore the roles and responsibilities of a midwife in both the pre and post-operative support of a woman; based on a safe, woman centred and holistic approach to maternal care. It will discuss the emotional effects an ECS can have on a woman and her family as a crucial aspect in this case. An integral part of the preparation for birth is a birth plan. This allows the woman to detail how she would like her labour/birth to progress. It often includes the expectation of a natural vaginal birth. However, due to a variety of physiological...
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...Multiple Choice Questions 1. Which term below refers to a study involving the manipulation of one or more variables to determine the effect on another variable? A) ex post facto B) experiment C) monitoring study D) communication study E) descriptive study Answer: B Level: easy 2. Which variable in an experiment is manipulated by the researcher? A) dependent variable B) extraneous variable C) moderating variable D) independent variable E) mediating variable Answer: D Level: moderate 3. Which variable in an experiment is the variable expected to be affected by the manipulation? A) dependent variable B) extraneous variable C) moderating variable D) independent variable E) mediating variable Answer: A Level: easy 4. All of the following are terms used to refer to an independent variable except _____. A) predictor B) explanatory C) criterion D) all of the above refer to an independent variable E) none of the above refer to an independent variable Answer: C Level: easy Use the following to answer questions 5-9: In the study of bystanders and thieves presented in the text, participants are invited to a store where they see someone steal the purse of another customer. The accosted shopper and the thief are really acting their parts to set the stage for the experiment. Participants view the robbery alone or with another participant. The study sought to determine whether participants were more likely to report...
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...October 2013, At: 12:41 Publisher: Routledge Informa Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: Mortimer House, 37-41 Mortimer Street, London W1T 3JH, UK Aging & Mental Health Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/camh20 Life-review therapy with computer supplements for depression in the elderly: A randomized controlled trial Barbara Preschl , Andreas Maercker , Birgit Wagner , Simon Forstmeier , Rosa M. Baños a c d a a b a , Mariano Alcañiz , Diana Castilla & Cristina Botella e f d f Department of Psychopathology and Clinical Intervention , University of Zurich , Zurich , Switzerland b Clinic for Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig , Germany c Departamento Personalidad, Evaluación y Tratamientos Psicológicos , Universidad de Valencia , Valencia , Spain d e f CIBER Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CB06/03), Instituto Carlos III , Spain LabHuman , Universidad Politécnica de Valencia , Valencia , Spain Departamento de Psicología Básica , Clinica y Psicobiología, Universitat Jaume I , Castellón , Spain Published online: 13 Jul 2012. To cite this article: Barbara Preschl , Andreas Maercker , Birgit Wagner , Simon Forstmeier , Rosa M. Baños , Mariano Alcañiz , Diana Castilla & Cristina Botella (2012) Life-review therapy with computer supplements for depression in the elderly: A randomized...
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...Overview: The Galveston Obstetrics and Gynecology clerkship consists of 1 week Labor and Delivery Days, 1 week of Labor and Delivery Nights, I week of Antepartum, 1 week of Post-partum 1 week of Gynecology, and 1 week of Out-patient clinic. However, the structure of the course is often changed in response to student feedback, so please refer to your syllabus for details! The obstetrics portion focuses on labor and delivery, antepartum, and postpartum aspects of patient care. The weeks that you spend in gynecology vary widely and can range from community clinics to gynecologic surgery. This clerkship is highly dependent on how much effort you put into it, as evaluations from residents and faculty make up a significant portion of your grade. The clerkship is generally VERY organized, which you will learn to appreciate as you go through other clerkships. Didactics: There are lectures one day per week, which are mandatory. You will be excused from all clinical duties on your didactic day. Apart from the lectures, you will have quizzes over certain topics in Ob-Gyn (refer to syllabus for schedule). The course textbook (Beckman) is an excellent study guide for these quizzes, but make sure you have the latest edition! Other helpful study resources are the online APGO quizzes, Blue Prints, First Aid and Case Files. You are allowed to wear casual clothes on didactic days. Small Groups: The small group sessions are where you will present your H&P and discuss your patient...
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...CheckPoint: Eligibility and Elimination in Sport SPM 220 Week 6 Assignment: Exploitation in Sport SPM 220 Week 6 CheckPoint: Commercialized Sport SPM 220 Week 7 CheckPoint: Ergogenic Aids in Sport SPM 220 Week 8 Assignment: Advantages and Disadvantages of Sport Technology SPM 220 Week 8 CheckPoint: Technology in Sport ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPM 220 Week 1 CheckPoint: Moral and Nonmoral Values(UOP) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Tutorial Purchased: 2 Times, Rating: A+ Select one of the three scenarios presented on p. 18 of the text. Describe the moral values, nonmoral values, and ethical dilemma in your chosen scenario. Post a 200- to 300-word response to the Assignments Link forum by Week One Day 7 to the following questions: How you would resolve the dilemma without violating an ethical principle? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPM 220 Week 2 Assignment: Principles and Exceptions(UOP) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Tutorial Purchased: 2 Times, Rating: A+ Write four moral principles with which you want to or are trying to live your life. Write an exception to each principle. Explain your choices. Address the following: How difficult was this task for you? Explain your answer. Write four moral principles, along with exceptions, for the...
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...INTRODUCTION Background of the Case Study of the UNITES STATES POSTAL SERVICE The evolution of the United States Postal Service is interlaced with the history of our federal government. Today, the Postal Service is the second largest civilian employer in the United States. It has over 700,000 employees, affects an economy that employs 9 million people and represents 8% of the United States gross domestic product in a $900 billion mailing industry (United States Postal Service [USPS], 2002b). This organization reaches every United States household and its operations are often perceived as an indication of the efficiency of the entire federal government as a whole. After the historic gridlock of the Chicago Post Office in 1966, Postmaster General Lawrence O’Brien sought the political support of President Johnson for systemic change in the organization. President Johnson formed a “blue ribbon” commission of well-known business leaders and academia’s to study the Post Office Department. Their mission was to recommend how to change the Post Office Department and to also describe the best governmental organization model for its function. The President’s Commission on Postal Organization (Commonly called the Kappel Commission after its Chairman) presented the President with a plan in 1968, which lead to congressional testimony, but legislative action did not soon follow. Various factions, including the strong postal unions representing 740,000 votes, opposed the government corporation...
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...marketing concept? b) How can the study of consumer behaviour assist marketers in segmenting markets and positioning products? 2. Contrast the major characteristics of the following personality theories: a) Freudian theory, b) Jungian theory, c) Neo-Freudian theory, and d) Trait theory. In your answer, illustrate how each theory is applied to the understanding of consumer’s behaviour. 3. a) Discuss the differences between the absolute threshold and the differential threshold. b) What is consumer reality? 4. How is perceptual mapping used in consumer research? Why marketers are sometimes forced to reposition their product or services? Illustrate your answer with examples. 5. Distinguish between beliefs, values, and customs. Illustrate how the clothing a person wears at different times or for different occasions is influenced by customs. Assignment – B Three Analytical Questions Marks – 10 1 A marketer of health foods is attempting to segment its market on the basis of consumer self image. Describe the four types of consumer self-image and discuss which one(s) would be most effective for the stated purpose. 2 Which theory of learning (i.e., classical conditioning instrumental conditioning or cognitive learning) best explains the following consumption behaviour : a) buying a pack of chewing gum, b) preferring to fly on particular airline, c) buying a personal computer for the first time, and d) buying a new car? Explain your choice. ...
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...Page 50 1. a. What are the most prudent decisions she can make about her responsibilities to herself and others? This is an ethical decision the manager has to make. She can either use this information to her advantage or turn it in to the airlines. It does not matter whether or not AutoCorp hired a new ethicist who in turn changed ethical guidelines within the company, what matters is that turning in the information is the right thing to do. The information the manager found on the plane should have not been available to the public. Ethics are moral standards which help individuals make the right decisions. According to Cooper, D. R., & Schindler, P. S. (2011), “Ethics are norms or standards of behavior that guide moral choices about our behavior and our relationships with others” (p. 32). The manager has to decide how the decision will affect her, the company she works for, and the competing company. Her decision will have major impact on one or more of the parties. If the manager decides to take the documents and use them to her advantage, she will behave unethically and against her company’s policy. She has an obligation to return the documents to the airlines, so they can forward them to the owning company. There are many different ways people can perceive ethical behavior. Some might say that, since the information is only the draft stage it is okay to take them and use the information, whereas others say it is unethical to take the information. According to her company’s...
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...death penalty. In conference rooms they discuss issues such as costs, wrongful convictions and what they could do with the additional revenues. Even though some people see the death penalty as a crime deterrent, in this economy individual states have to rethink the financial costs involved. Many people do not realize the additional costs associated with a death penalty case. People who are in support of the death penalty believe that it is cheaper to execute a criminal than to leave them in a jail cell paid for with the money individual's pay to the government in taxes. California is second to Texas in regard to juries and county prosecutors condemning people with a death sentence. (Tempest, 2005) What they do not realize is that at times it can take more than two decades for a death sentence to come to the conclusion of an execution. The trial alone in a death penalty case can cost millions more to prosecute. A study in Maryland estimates that the average cost to taxpayers for reaching a single death sentence is $3 million - $1.9 million more than the cost of a non-death penalty case. (Roman, J., Chalfin, A., Sundquist, A., Knight, C., and Darmenov, A. ,2008) These costs can come from the cost of public defenders, specialty testing, and expert witnesses. The additional burden to individual states comes from the costs associated with incarceration until a death warrant is sent down with an execution date. Several states that believed in the death penalty...
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...International American University Shaping tomorrow’s leaders today! General Course Policies supplement this syllabus and are available through IAU Online as a digital soft copy. Please make sure that you review the General Course Policies so that you can be successful in this course. 4201 Wilshire Blvd., Suite #610 ♦ Los Angeles, CA 90010, CA, U.S.A. ♦ T: (323) 938-4428 ♦ F: (323) 938-4-4429 ♦ E: www.iau.la MGT 620a Operations Management & Supply Chain Syllabus Class Details Name: Email: Phone: Room: Method: Steve B. Young, Ph.D. (A.B.D.) syoung18@verizon.net (818) 360-6115 LA-Classroom C Hybrid Term/Year: Days: Time: Start Date: End Date: Spring Session 1 / 2015 Wednesdays 6:00pm-10:00pm January 05, 2015 February 27, 2015 Instructor’s Biography Steve Young graduated from Western Michigan University with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering and Business. He spent time as an HR director and consultant with many Aerospace firms. Steve has worked in numerous management positions for Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Eco Polymers, Hughes, and PM-10 Consultants specializing in the area of Human resource, business management, and business operations. Steve received his MBA from West Coast University with an emphasis in management and is looking to receive his PhD from Walden University in Applied Management and Decision Making with specializations in Organizational Change and Leadership in 2008. Steve is a senior faculty member and has been teaching for the University of Phoenix...
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...INTRODUCTION Every year more and more ships are lost through fire and collision. Shipboard fire alone, however, results in more total losses of ships than any other form of casualty. The most common causes of shipboard fire are: maintenance, burning and welding are responsible for nearly 40 percent of all outbreaks. Smoking leads to countless fires that break out when no one expects. Lack of attention, spontaneous combustion and electrical faults are the major causes. The engine room is at special risk from flashbacks in oilfired boilers, leaky pipings carrying oil, overheated bearings and even the accumulation of rubbish (oil rags, dirty oil, tins of oil, etc.). According to Mikhail Grigorevich Stavitskii 1983, if most shipboard fires can be prevented, then who is responsible for preventing them? The answer is that fire prevention is the shared duty of each and every member of the crew. No fire prevention effort or program can be successful unless it involves everyone aboard ship. We have noted that every crewmember is responsible for the fire aboard ship. Similarly, every crewmember has a role in the ship's fire prevention program. Because attitude is so much a part of the fire prevention, it is also the most important part of the fire prevention program. So as with the Fire Figthing, if there is a fire aboard ship, everyone aboard ship must form the emergency response team. According to Lobo Gruppe, Oslo 1987, the emergency response team are consist of the following...
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...SUMMARY…………………………………………………………………..3 INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………………4 CASE STUDY 1: OFFER AND ACCEPTANCE…………………………………………5 CASE STUDY 2: CONSIDERATION……………………………………………………..6 CASE STUDY 3: INTENTION TO CREATE LEGAL RELATION……………………..7 CASE STUDY 4: contractual terms……………………………………………...……7-8 CASE STUDY 5: exclusion clause……………………………………………………8-9 CASE STUDY 6: Tort of negligence …...……………………………………………9-11 CASE STUDY 7: vicarious liability……………………………………………………12. REFERENCE LIST………………………………………………………………………..13 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CASE STUDY 1: OFFER AND ACCEPTANCE This case involves term such as: offer, acceptance offer, difference between offer and treat, invitation of treat and acceptance of an offer by post. CASE STUDY 2: CONSIDERATION This case of study involves terms such as: part payment, principle of promissory estoppel Pinnels case (1602) and foakes beer (1884). CASE STUDY 3: INTENTION TO CREATE LEGAL RELATION This case of study involves terms such as: intention to create legal relation, domestic contract, social contract and commercial contracts. CASE STUDY 4: contractual terms This case of study involves terms such as: meaning of contractual terms, representation, types of contractual terms. CASE STUDY 5: exclusion clause This case of study involves terms such as: meaning of exclusion clause and legal rules governing the legality of the exclusion clause. CASE STUDY 6: Tort of negligence This case of study involves terms such as: Hedley Byne and Co ltd Heller...
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