Cairo & Alexandria Stock Exchanges Working Paper Series Dr. Shahira Abdel Shahid September 2001 Corporate Governance is becoming a global pursuit: what could be done in Egypt? 1 Corporate Governance is becoming a global pursuit: what could be done in Egypt? Abstract: The paper defines corporate governance and explains the reasons for its becoming an important issue pursued by many countries in the last decade. Following, the various codes of corporate governance, used as a guidance
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Copyright and the Internet Hector L MacQueen*(* LLB (Hons), PhD, FRSE, Professor of Private Law, University of Edinburgh, email hector.macqueen@ed.ac.uk. This is a substantially revised, updated and rewritten version of the chapter which appeared under the same title in L Edwards and C Waelde (eds), Law and the Internet: Regulating Cyberspace (1997). I am grateful to those who commented upon that earlier version, to those who sent me information about developments on the Internet (especially Dr
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robin blackburn THE SUBPRIME CRISIS I n the summer of 2007 many leading banks in the us and Europe were hit by a collapse in the value of mortgage-backed securities which they had themselves been responsible for packaging.* To the surprise of many, the poisonous securities turned out to constitute a major portion of their ultimate asset base. The defaults fostered a credit crunch as all financial institutions hoarded cash and required ever widening premiums before lending to one another.
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CPA PROGRAM – PROFESSIONAL LEVEL GLOBAL STRATEGY AND LEADERSHIP CASE ANALYSIS: NOTTING FOODS PTY LTD WEBINAR 2014 CASE STUDY 2 AUTHORS: SAMANTHA WINTER AND DELYTH SAMUEL Published by Deakin University on behalf of CPA Australia Ltd, ABN 64 008 392 452 © CPA Australia Ltd 2014 (Edition 14a) The contents and any information contained in this document (Information) are for general information only. They are not intended as professional advice. For any professional advice, please consult a
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It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the ones most responsive to change. (Charles Darwin) Introduction In this chapter, we turn our focus to how organizations sustain advantage. We do this through exploring strategic change, while, to complement this in Chapter 12, we examine strategic innovation and corporate entrepreneurship. Strategic change is about ensuring that the organization is consistently relevant in its market arenas and, as the opening
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forefront of the transition of a firm to a globally coordinated and managed organization is information technology. Information technology can drive the change, be harnessed to it, or rise up as a severe impediment. The chief executive of a major corporation has suggested that "globalization is no longer an objective but an imperative, as markets and geographical barriers become increasingly blurred and even irrelevant." 1 This paper explores how the application of information technology to the transition
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of the choice problem. Unnecessary details are stripped away, and the most important elements of the problem are highlighted. 4. A quantitative analysis is expressed in numerical terms. A qualitative analysis focuses on the factors in a decision problem that cannot be expressed effectively in numerical terms. 5. The result of a quantitative analysis is that one alternative is preferred over the next-best alternative by some numerical amount, such as profit. The amount by which the best
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November 27, 2012 Business 100, AB Investors University of the Fraser Valley SD College Sector 32C, Chandigarh Dear Business 100 – XYZ Investors, We have responded to your request regarding an analysis of the Canadian Tire Corporation and in this report you will find the information about the Company and their recent corporate activity. We have identified various points that will be useful in your decision to invest in this company. We have included information regarding Canadian Tire’s history
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CHAPTER 7: DEDUCTIONS AND LOSSES: CERTAIN BUSINESS EXPENSES AND LOSSES 1. James is in the business of debt collection. He purchased a $20,000 account receivable from Green Corporation for $15,000. During the year, James collected $17,000 in final settlement of the account. James can take a $2,000 bad debt deduction in the current year. a. True b. False ANSWER: False RATIONALE: James has a basis of $15,000 in the account receivable and hence, he has income of $2,000.
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International Journal of Manpower Emerald Article: Brain drain from Turkey: the case of professionals abroad Nil Demet Güngör, Aysit Tansel Article information: To cite this document: Nil Demet Güngör, Aysit Tansel, (2008),"Brain drain from Turkey: the case of professionals abroad", International Journal of Manpower, Vol. 29 Iss: 4 pp. 323 - 347 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01437720810884746 Downloaded on: 12-05-2012 References: This document contains references
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