▪ Flexible- expectation that market discipline will weed out what is not working ▪ Principle aim- reduce agency costs of all sorts o Securities Law: Regulates capital markets that corporations use to obtain funding o Firm: A form of business relation that has a temporal dimension, a social identity, and a separate pool of dedicated assets Efficiency and Other Concepts • Efficiency is the primary objective of business law (fairness objectives
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HOW CAPITALISM WILL SAVE US Why Free People and Free Markets Are the Best Answer is Today's Economy S T E V E FORBES and E L I Z A B E T H A M E S HOW CAPITALISM WILL SAVE US HOW CAPITALISM WILL SAVE US W h y Free People and Free Markets A r e t h e Best A n s w e r i n Today's E c o n o m y Steve Forbes AND ELIZABETH AMES CROWN BUSINESS ALSO BY STEVE FORBES Power Ambition Glory (coauthored with John Prevas) Flat Tax Revolution A New Birth of Freedom
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McNutt (2005): Law, Economics and Antitrust and from books referenced in the E-book. There are indeed numerous references and secondary readings recommended in the E-book. These should be read as well. They will be fully referenced as we continue together to write this E-book on the web. Interesting books on related themes to read are Roberts (2004): The Modern Firm: Games, Strategies and Managers and Nalebuff and Dixit (2008): The Art of Strategy. For my MBA students you will be reading either Baye
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strikes, wars, etc. → adverse effect - Environmental treaties (Kyoto protocol) → negative impact Economic Factors - Interdependence between world economy and oil industry: economic growth → growing demand for oil; but also: continual supply of oil at reasonable prices → stable economy - Inelastic demand → positive effect - US dollar (and US economy) →significant impact - Exchange rates → impact on buyers and suppliers Socio-cultural Factors - Values and beliefs shape preferences for energies →
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(Stated in millions, except per share amounts) Year ended December 31 20 10 2009 2008 Revenue $ 27,447 $22,702 $ 27,163 Income from continuing operations $ 4,267 $ 3,156 $ 5,397 Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations $ 3.38 $ 2.61 $ Cash dividends declared per share $ 0.84 $ 0.84 Net debt $ 2,638 $ 4.42 $ 0.84 126 $ 1,129 20 10 2009 2008 Combined Lost Time Injury Frequency (CLTIF)—Industry
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Many experts in their fields have wracked their brains to come up with what they consider to be their concept of ‘culture’. Those working in the field of cultural anthropology, alone, for example, have come up with a long list of definitions of the concept, based on their analysis of ethnological, social, psychological and linguistic data. The attempt made by Bodley (1994) to summarize these (Table I.1) gives an idea of all the facets of culture that need to be taken into account from an anthropological
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Think Strategically This page intentionally left blank T H I N K STRATEGICALLY Xavier Gimbert Associate Professor, Business Policy Department, ESADE Business School © Xavier Gimbert 2011 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act
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(Zip Code) (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code): (907) 297-3000 Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Title of each class Common Stock, Par Value $.01 per Share Name of each exchange on which registered The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ¨ No x Indicate by check
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