Coates IV, J., Subramanian, G., (2002): The Powerful Antitakeover Force of Staggered Boards: Theory, Evidence, and Policy, Stanford Law Review 54, 887-951 (the “Article”), the authors supported the notion towards the declassification of board of directors. There is a movement towards eliminating staggered board in favor of unitary board based on researches that staggered board was harmful to the shareholders and the company. It was initially believed that the combination of poison pill and an effective
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2. Corporate Nature and Classification. It is decided that the organizational form for this firm should provide limited liability for the owners. The owners will include John, Mary, Paul, and some members of their respective families. One of the features of the corporate form is limited liability. Ordinarily, however, corporate income is taxed at both the corporate level and the shareholder level. Which corporate form could the firm use to avoid this double taxation? An organization like
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|Q1a) |Advantages / Disadvantages of Sole Trader, Partnership, Limited Company | | | | |Ans.: | | |Advantages Partnership or sole proprietorship |Disadvantages of Limited Company
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Running Head: Business Law Business Law Oweya Vincent Makaya University of Nairobi THE COMPANY AS A JURISTIC PERSON VERSUS RESPONSIBILITY FOF THE DIRECTOR’S ACTIONS. Introduction: For a very long time a company has been treated as a corporate entity or a juristic person. In fact the concept of limited liability stems from this premise. Despite being an artificial person a company is wholly a creature of human beings, by human beings and for human beings. It solely
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Duties of promoter The promoters take possession of important position and responsibility towards the incorporation of a company. Promoters stand in fiduciary relationship with the company they are promoting. The fiduciary obligations of a promoter will arise automatically once he or she becomes the promoter of the company. There are some major duties of the promoter imposed by the court. First of all is acting bona fine. ‘Bona fide’ is originally a Latin word which means doing and presenting
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Business Ethics John A. Goodman was a real estate salesman in the state of Washington. Goodman sold to Darden, Doman & Stafford Associates (DDS), a general partnership, an apartment building that needed extensive renovation. Goodman represented that he personally had experience in renovation work. During the course of negotiations on a renovation contract, Goodman informed the managing partner of DDS that he would be forming a corporation to do the work. A contract was executed in August between
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1.0 INTRODUCTION Corporate governance generally refers to the set of mechanisms that influence the decisions made by managers when there is a separation of ownership and control.[1] It therefore refers to the manner in which the power of a corporation is exercised in the stewardship of the corporation’s total portfolio of assets and resources with the objective of maintaining and increasing shareholders value and satisfaction of other stakeholders in the context of its corporate mission.[2] It
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E-Sonic Compensation Paper Todd Lipscomb, Belma Alic, and Teresa Halpin Davenport University Strategic Analysis Outline: 1. Strategic Analysis A. E-Sonic NAICS falls into two different codes 334614 and 512220. The first code 334614 definition is, “Providing mass duplication of recorded products; Software and other Prerecorded Compact Disc, Tape, and Record Reproducing” (). This code is given in reference to E-Sonic’s producing of music on to various forms of products. The second
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University of Phoenix Material Week Three EthicsGame Simulation Worksheet Student Name: _________________________ Facilitator: _________________________ Complete the interactive EthicsGame simulation located on the University of Phoenix student website for Week Three. Note. You can only go through the simulation once, so please use this worksheet to take notes. The simulation uses the following decision model with the indicated critical decision points. Take notes about your decisions
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Australian School of Business School of Taxation and Business Law LEGT 2741 BUSINESS ENTITIES TUTORIAL GUIDE SESSION ONE 2012 1 LEGT 2741 BUSINESS ENTITIES Tutorial Guide TUTORIALS PURPOSE The purpose of the questions in the tutorial guide is to help interpret and apply the lecture material. Additionally, the tutorial problems and questions also allow you to practice for the final exam which will consist of similar questions. Note: there will be no answers given out to the tutorial
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