Essays in Accounting Theory: Corporate Earnings Management in a Dynamic Setting and Public Disclosure in the Financial Services Industry A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Yale University in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy by Kai Du Dissertation Director: Shyam Sunder December 2012 c 2012 by Kai Du All rights reserved. Abstract Essays in Accounting Theory: Corporate Earnings Management in a Dynamic Setting and Public Disclosure
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Dominican University Wayne Koprowski Dominican University Peter Alonzi Dominican University Robert Irons Dominican University Abstract The recent financial crisis offers instructors rich material for business programs regarding the relations between accounting, business law, economics, and finance, as well as ethical issues. This paper offers a concrete approach to developing a business capstone course built around the financial crisis and the lessons it offers business students. Complete pedagogical
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are striving to achieve has been ambitious. The rural banking sector is no exception. Profitability of banks has improved tremendously. Current trends show that banking is more profitable through the use of technology. The rural banking concept was introduced to bridge the rural urban gap of financial transaction (Addo 1998). Since their inception the rural banks have been at the fore front of developing proper innovative financial product and modifying their operations to suit the specific
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capstone course for seniors covering the concepts of strategic management and developing perspective, judgment and facility in problem solving in interrelated areas of distribution, personnel, finance, control and the social aspects of business. COURSE OBJECTIVES: 1. To develop a holistic perspective of an organization which integrates the concepts, skills, and principles learned in previous functional area courses (e.g. Marketing, Finance, Accounting) 2. To develop an appreciation and understanding
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1. Primary objective of the corporation Management has one basic, overriding goal – to create value for stockholders. Stockholders own the firm - it legally belongs to them. That ownership position gives stockholders the right to elect the directors, who then hire the executives who actually run the company. The directors, as representatives of the stockholders, determine managers’ compensation, presumably rewarding them if performance is superior or replacing them if performance is poor.
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Boston, Massachusetts 2 Copyright © 1997 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College All rights reserved The Library of Congress has catalogued the hardcover edition of this title as follows: Christensen, Clayton M. The innovator’s dilemma : when new technologies cause great firms to fail / Clayton M. Christensen. p. cm. — (The management of innovation and change series) Includes index. ISBN 0-87584-585-1 (alk. paper) 1. Creative ability in business. 2. Industrial management
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the basic question ‘what is strategy anyway?’. Four basic conceptions of strategy are introduced which all have different implications for how to go about ‘doing strategy’. Each perspective has its own view of strategy and how it matters for managerial practice. The Classical approach gives the textbook answers. - Classicists broadly see strategy as a rational process of long-term planning, vital to securing the future. - Evolutionists usually regard the future as too volatile and unpredictable
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Chapter 1 emphasizes the internationalization of business and economic activity that has occurred since the end of World War II. Although international business activities have existed for centuries, primarily in the form of exporting and importing, it is only in the postwar period that multinational firms have become preeminent. The distinguishing characteristic of the MNC is its emphasis on global, rather than affiliate, performance. Specifically, MNCs ask, "Where in
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Performance evaluation and ratio analysis of Pharmaceutical Company in Bangladesh Faruk Hossan Md Ahsan Habib Supervisor: José Ferraz Nunes Examiner: Bengt Kjellén Master‟s thesis in international Business 15 ECTS Department of Economic and Informatics University West Spring term 2010 0 ABSTRACT The thesis applies performance evaluation of pharmaceutical company in Bangladesh. It means evaluate how well the company performs. The main aim is achieved through ratio analysis of two
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Performance evaluation and ratio analysis of Pharmaceutical Company in Bangladesh Faruk Hossan Md Ahsan Habib Supervisor: José Ferraz Nunes Examiner: Bengt Kjellén Master‟s thesis in international Business 15 ECTS Department of Economic and Informatics University West Spring term 2010 0 ABSTRACT The thesis applies performance evaluation of pharmaceutical company in Bangladesh. It means evaluate how well the company performs. The main aim is achieved through ratio analysis of two
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