The Corporate Governance Role of the Media Alexander Dyck* Harvard Business School And Luigi Zingales University of Chicago May 2002 Abstract Do media play any role in corporate governance? In this paper we argue that media pressure corporate managers and directors to behave in ways that are “socially acceptable”. Sometimes this coincides with shareholders’ value maximization, others not. We provide both anecdotal and systematic evidence that media affect companies’ policy toward the environment
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Creating a kid-friendly Internet for Malaysia Five-point-two million child surfers will be riding the Internet’s waves in Malaysia by 2017. A reality of an increasingly digitalized world to be embraced or a critical cause for concern? The learning resources that an Internet connection offers young minds are not to be underestimated, but on the same token, how are kids kept from stumbling into the Web’s darker corners? “Malaysians are actively working out a solution to this. DiGi and our global
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of the business. It gives the student an opportunity to learn the connection between comparison & execution to test & verify application of theories & help in the comparison of management theories and practice. The study gives a chance to know about the profitability and financial position of the firm. I have chosen General Electrics which is a $14.2 Billion Global company in Information Technology Services, R&D Services, and Business Process Outsourcing. This report contains the analysis of the
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company’s financial and non-financial (including environmental, social, governance and intangibles) information. Integrated reporting offers the opportunity to centre business reporting on strategy and value creation, to demonstrate how the business uses capital and the extent to which they should continue to be invested in business. Integrated reporting is a journey. Organizations are unlikely to achieve perfection in the first year. In the absence of a generally accepted framework, companies
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United States Environmental Protection Agency Solid Waste and Emergency Response (5302W) Policy, Economics & Innovation (1807T) EPA100-R-03-005 October 2003 www.epa.gov/ innovation/lean.htm Lean Manufacturing and the Environment: Research on Advanced Manufacturing Systems and the Environment and Recommendations for Leveraging Better Environmental Performance ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This report was prepared for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Solid Waste and Emergency
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SUPPLY CHAIN UPPLY HAIN MANAGEMENT ANAGEMENT Report produced for the EC funded project INNOREGIO: dissemination of innovation and knowledge management techniques Sotiris Zigiaris, MSc, BPR engineer by BPR HELLAS SA J ANUARY 2000 1 SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT Contents 1 Description 1.1 1.1.1 1.1.2 1.1.3 1.1.4 What is the Supply Chain Management (SCM) What is the importance of Supply Chain Management Supply Chain Management Today Supply Chain Management
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FROM “(R)EVOLUTION” TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: CURRENT FEATURES AND PERSPECTIVES ABSTRACT This article aims to address the issue of Sustainable Development (SD) in an evolutionary perspective within its multidisciplinary scope. The complexity of developments for sustainability has frequently proven difficult in its implementation, evaluation and effective communication.It was our intention to provide an outline of the diverse views on the subject, focusing on globalization as a change of attitude
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MBA Program Course: Financial Analysis and Decision Making MBA730 Instructor: Marlena L. Akhbari Wright State University Finance and Financial Services McGraw-Hill/Irwin =>? McGraw−Hill Primis ISBN: 0−390−42334−3 Text: Case Studies in Finance: Managing for Corporate Value Creation, 4/e Bruner This book was printed on recycled paper. MBA Program http://www.mhhe.com/primis/online/ Copyright ©2003 by The McGraw−Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States
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2. Oil and gas sector This chapter begins with an overview of the oil and gas industry in Malaysia. Description of the value chain of the industry is given in section 2.2, followed by the industry’s economic performance in section 2.3. Section 2.4 focuses on the scope of the inquiry regarding issues in the oil and gas industry. 2.1 Oil and gas industry in Malaysia This section provides an overview of the oil and gas industry in Malaysia. 2.1.1 History Oil and gas production have
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Reliance About the Company: 1991, Reliance industries set up a new subsidiary, Reliance Refineries Private Ltd. The subsidiary later changed its name to Reliance Petroleum Limited, and in 1993 launched a public offering, which at that time was India's largest ever IPO. Reliance continued to pioneer financing channels in India. In 1993, for example, the company became the first Indian company to raise capital on the foreign market, through a Global Depositary Receipt(GDR) issue in Luxembtheirg
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