2000, compared to a 20 percent increase and a 10 percent decline for the index during the same years. By December 31, 2000, Enron’s stock was priced at $83.13, and its market capitalization exceeded $60 billion, 70 times earnings and six times book value, an indication of the stock market’s high expectations about its future prospects. Enron was rated the most innovative large company in America in Fortune magazine’s survey of Most Admired Companies. Yet within a year, Enron’s image was in tatters
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Internship Report Impact of Credit Rating on Corporate and Banking Sectors of Bangladesh A Study based on Ratings of Credit Rating Agency of Bangladesh Limited (CRAB) Exam Roll: 091127 Internship Report on Impact of Credit Rating on Corporate and Banking Sector of Bangladesh A Study based on Ratings of Credit Rating Agency of Bangladesh Ltd. (CRAB) Prepared For: Chairman Internship Placement Committee Prepared by: Exam Roll Number: 019927 Class ID:
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com, taihoonn@empal.com Abstract The Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act is a United States federal law enacted on July 30, 2002 in response to a number of major corporate and accounting scandals including those affecting Enron, Tyco International, Adelphia, Peregrine Systems and WorldCom. This paper discusses the effects of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act on corporate information security governance practices. The resultant regulatory intervention forces a company to revisit its internal control structures and asses
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Disclosures About CSR Practices: A Literature Review Kavitha W * and Anita P ** Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is now prominent and evident more than ever due to the emphasis laid on businesses regarding environmental, social and ethical issues. The level of CSR activities of the firms is made known to public only through the disclosures. This paper reviews the literature on CSR disclosures and the effect of these disclosures. There are various factors which determine the extent of disclosures
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Corporate Social Responsibility & the Law Assessment 1: Individual Essay Introduction Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is defined by Ferrell et al (2011) as “an organisation’s obligation to maximize its positive impact on stakeholders and minimize its negative impact”. CSR can therefore be viewed as a corporation's agreement with the world. CSR is most commonly used alongside the “ethics” term but they actually differ as ethics are the guidelines to be used for business decision
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weaknesses of Fujitsu LTD., and what opportunities and threats is the company facing. The research investigates 3 organisational goals that are planned to be reached in future and cascades the through the various business departments and levels-finance, marketing, human resources and operations. In this report we examine three different plans that Fujitsu has implemented over the past five years. From the research we observed that Fujitsu uses its own management philosophy, called Fujitsu way
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faster and straight forward than any other factors, but it also takes all other factors into account. The main question is “how product life cycle affects the strategic orientation of a enterprise”. This study began by defining strategic orientation, product life cycle, and their analysis. The study is focused on how the product life cycle has been influenced by innovation capabilities and how it sequentially affects strategic orientation. Every enterprise has different types of innovation capabilities
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Research Journal of Finance and Accounting ISSN 2222-1697 (Paper) ISSN 2222-2847 (Online) Vol.4, No.18, 2013 www.iiste.org Problem with Human Resource Accounting and A Possible Solution Md. Mustafizur Rahaman1* Md. Amzad Hossain2 Tabassum Akter3 1. Lecturer, Department of Accounting, Bangladesh University of Business & Technology (BUBT), Mirpur-2, Dhaka-1216, Bangladesh 2. Lecturer, Department of Business Administration, East West University, Plot No-A/2, Jahurul Islam City, Aftabnagar Main Rd
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Journal of International Business and Cultural Studies Human resource accounting and international developments: implications for measurement of human capital Maria L. Bullen Clayton State University Kel-Ann Eyler Wesleyan College Abstract Human Resource Accounting (HRA) involves accounting for expenditures related to human resources as assets as opposed to traditional accounting which treats these costs as expenses that reduce profit. Interest and contributions to growth in HRA have been evident
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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN BANGLADESH: PRACTICE AND PERPETUITY Promoting Safety, Enforcing Rights Corporate Social Responsibility in Bangladesh: Practice and Perpetuity Supported by Published by Promoting Safety, Enforcing Rights Corporate Social Responsibility in Bangladesh: Practice and Perpetuity Researcher Rumana Sobhan Porag Safety and Rights Society Published by Safety and Rights Society 14/23 Babor Road (4th floor) Block B, Mohamadput Dhaka 1207
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