a large amount of topics. Prior to the enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, there were several highly controversial and heavily scrutinized cases of corporate fraud that included the infamous Enron, Tyco, and WorldCom. These scandals cost investors billions of dollars when the share prices of these companies collapsed after the cases were filed. These cases of fraud indicated to both the public and the government that there was not enough regulation over financial statements of publically traded
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(consulting firms, educational, government and private agencies). b. Study of the accounting and financial management of a diverse collection of industries that involve indirectly, or directly, the healthcare of the population. c. Healthcare finance consists of two broad areas of specialization: Accounting and Financial Management d. A healthcare finance book is unique to a regular finance book. Healthcare finance book allows readers to obtain the knowledge that put them in a better
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International Journal of Accounting & Information Management The role of corporate governance in convergence with IFRS: evidence from China Yu Chen Zabihollah Rezaee Downloaded by UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH At 05:16 06 October 2015 (PT) Article information: To cite this document: Yu Chen Zabihollah Rezaee, (2012),"The role of corporate governance in convergence with IFRS: evidence from China", International Journal of Accounting & Information Management, Vol. 20 Iss 2 pp. 171 - 188 Permanent
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in India Franklin Allen Finance Department The Wharton School University of Pennsylvania allenf@wharton.upenn.edu Rajesh Chakrabarti Finance Area Indian School of Business Hyderabad 500 032, India rajesh_chakrabarti@isb.edu Jun “QJ” Qian Finance Department Carroll School of Management Boston College qianju@bc.edu Sankar De Centre for Analytical Finance Indian School of Business Hyderabad 500 032, India Sankar_De@isb.edu Meijun Qian Finance Department NUS Business School
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CORPORATE LEVEL STRATEGIES DEPARTMENT of MANAGEMENT STUDIES DEFINITION • Corporate level strategy is concerned with the strategic decisions a business makes that affect the entire organization. • Financial performance, mergers and acquisitions, human resource management and the allocation of resources are considered part of corporate level strategy. TYPES OF CORPORATE STRATEGY • Value-Creating Strategy • Value-Neutral Strategy • Value-Reducing Strategy VALUE-CREATING STRATEGY
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firms in the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange for the period 1995-2000. JEL classification: E44; G32; Keywords: asymmetric information; debt financing; equity financing; investment * An earlier version of this paper was presented at the 6th Malaysia Finance Association Symposium held in Langkawi on the 5-6th May 2004. We would like to thanks Ghon Rhee, Moureonen and Noor Azlan Ghazali for their valuable comments. 95 Gadjah Mada International
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History of Finance An eyewitness account. Merton H. Miller MERTON H. MILLER is Robert R. McCormick distinguished ser- vice professor emeritus at the University of Chicago (IL 60637). SUMMER 1999 * * * IT IS ILLEGAL TO REPRODUCE THIS ARTICLE IN ANY FORMAT * * *| t five years, the German Finance Association
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