Vol. 14 Nº 27 Ben Tran: Green Management: The reality of Being Green in Business 21 GREEN MANAGEMENT: THE REALITY OF BEING GREEN IN BUSINESS GESTIÓN VERDE: LA REALIDAD DE LA SOSTENIBILIDAD ECOLÓGICA EN LA GESTIÓN GERENCIAL Ben Tran1 ABSTRACT Green management and going green are not as clear cut and easy as hyped by the general media. While going ecologically green is indeed beneficial and appropriate, the process and procedure of becoming green is anything but easy. Firstly, turning green is
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The case study by Moberg and Romar (2003) points out WorldCom’s experience with fraudulent accounting to hide the true costs emerging in future quarters after an acquisition. WorldCom Corporation was known as the second largest telecommunications company in the world. It handled approximately 50 percent of Internet traffic in the United States and 50 percent of data communications worldwide (Obringer, n.d.). The growth strategy that was utilized by the corporation was the acquisition of other
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attention in future courses based on your career competencies and goals? Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment. 2- Read Case Application 1, “Lessons from Lehman Brothers: Will We Ever Learn?” at the end of Ch. 5 of Management. Discuss the scenario with your team. Discuss the second, third, and fifth discussion questions at the end of the case with your team. Answer each question based on your team’s discussion in no more than 350 words per question. Click the Assignment Files
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/Function (Consulting to Operations) /Market change (USA to India). Q: Briefly share the role you were playing in your erstwhile organization prior to joining PGP at ISB. Fin-Tech Consultant responsible to provide innovative technology-based solution to business problems with an objective to improve business process by increasing revenue, reducing cost and/or improve return on assets. Q: Which B-schools did you apply for and why did you select ISB? I applied only Indian School of Business
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Taxes Abstract In this study, we extend Miller’s (1977) capital structure analysis by adding potentially high personal taxes on dividends and share repurchases, and by focusing on mature firms with at least some pre-existing equity. We demonstrate that personal taxes on equity distributions push new equity financing to an inferior corner, but they do not push internal equity (i.e., reinvested free cash flows) to a corner. Therefore an interior capital structure solution remains, in which firms are
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INTERVIEW PREPARATION Introduction The interview is one of the most important phases of the job search process. Your resume and cover letter are simply tools to get you to the interviewing stage of the process. Keep in mind that employers don’t tend to interview candidates they don’t feel are qualified for the job. Therefore, once you have made it past the initial screening, it’s your opportunity to convince an employer, using your powers of persuasion and communication skills, that you are the
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Human Resources 3 Finance and Accounting 3 Terms 3 Information vs Data 3 Digital Manufacturing 3 DELMIA 3 POS 3 Inventory Management System 3 Mapping Technology 3 Electronic Business / E-Business 3 Electronic Commerce / E-Commerce 3 E-Government 3 Problem Solving 3 Critical Thinking 3 Steps 3 1. Problem Identification 3 Dimensions of Business Problems 3 Organizations 3 Technology 3 People 3 Examples 3 2. Solution Design 3 3. Solution Evaluation and Choice
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Subject Outline Subject Name: Managing Entrepreneurial Enterprises Code: LB5207:03 Study Period: SP21, 2014 Study Mode: Internal Campus: Brisbane Subject Coordinator: Dr. Boaz Bernstein Pre-requisites: If pre-requisites apply to your subject, provide link to subject in Studyfinder <https://secure.jcu.edu.au/app/studyfinder/index.cfm> e.g., For prerequisites for EV3010, see https://secure.jcu.edu.au/app/studyfinder/index.cfm?subject=EV3010&year=2013&transform=subjectwebview
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ISLAMIC FINANCE: CAN IT BE A REMEDY FOR FINANCIAL CRISES? I. INTRODUCTION The financial system is at the heart of the modern economy. When this system works well, it enables to allocate resources that maximize the productivity of the economy. On the contrary when it does not work properly, the whole economy starts to decline. Because financial system must be considered as an in-built part of real economy in terms of credit mechanism. The recent global financial crisis began in August 2007 and
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and Ownership Structure Michael C. Jensen Harvard Business School MJensen@hbs.edu And William H. Meckling University of Rochester Abstract This paper integrates elements from the theory of agency, the theory of property rights and the theory of finance to develop a theory of the ownership structure of the firm. We define the concept of agency costs, show its relationship to the ‘separation and control’ issue, investigate the nature of the agency costs generated by the existence of debt and outside
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