legal scholarship developed a distinction between the two processes of accretion and avulsion in order to mediate problems over a shifting river boundaries (2). Although there are references to the issues surrounding the topics contained within this report that date back to ancient civilizations, analysis will begin with English common law. Under English common law, title to all real property vested with the Crown. However, distinction was made between title and control. Control over both land
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interplay of these two trans-Atlantic differences led to the divergent results in GE/Honeywell. The EU’s Conglomerate Case A key driver of the proposed merger was the desire of GE and Honeywell to combine their complementary product lines in the civil aerospace industry.2 GE makes, sells, and services large aircraft engines. Honeywell, itself the result of a 1999 merger between Allied Signal and Honeywell, makes small aircraft engines, various avionics components, and other “non-avionics” components
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corporate governance practices in Egypt. Acknowledgements: The Research & Markets Development Department at CASE is very pleased to present its first series of research papers that addresses an issue of both local and international importance, which is broadly examined by experts and researchers in both practice and academia. The author would like first to thank Dr. Sameh El Torgoman, Chairman of CASE, for his great support and encouragement. Dr. El Torgoman insisted that corporate governance becomes the
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NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND POLITICS GUIDE TO FOREIGN AND INTERNATIONAL LEGAL CITATIONS FIRST EDITION ● 2006 © Copyright 2006 by New York University Contents FORWARD AND GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS................................................................................................. xiii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .....................................................................................................................................
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Revised version forthcoming in the Journal of International Economic Law WTO Dispute Settlement and the Missing Developing Country Cases: Engaging the Private Sector Chad P. Bown† Brandeis University & The Brookings Institution May 2005 Abstract The poorest WTO member countries almost universally fail to engage as either complainants or interested third parties in formal dispute settlement activity related to their market access interests. This paper focuses on costs of the WTO’s extended litigation
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Entry and Exit Entrants threaten incumbents in two ways: First, they take market share away from incumbents. Second, entry often intensifies competition, leading to lower prices. This is a natural consequence of the Cournot and differentiated Bertrand models in which more firms imply lower prices. Some Facts about Entry and Exit There are three important implications for strategy: 1. When planning for the future, the managers must account for entry. 2. Managers should expect
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A bank is a financial institution licensed by a government. Its primary activities include providing financial services to customers while enriching its investors. Many financial activities were allowed over time. For example banks are important players in financial markets and offer financial services such as investment funds. In some countries such as Germany, banks have historically owned major stakes in industrial corporations while in other countries such as the United States banks are prohibited
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Table of Content Title Page Background Introduction Rational Objectives Methodology Literature Review Limitations Analysis Recommendation Conclusion Reference Appendix Profile Unique Consulting Company Consulting Services (1994) Website-www.uniqueCC.org.com Address: 119 Street West Kill Road Kingston 10 Unique Consulting Company is a Jamaican management consulting firm that focuses on solving issues of concern to senior management. Unique
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Selling 7 1.3. ANALYSIS OF TERM IN CONTRACT 8 1.3.1. Condition 8 1.3.2. Warranty 8 1.3.3. Innominate term 9 1.3.4. Express 9 1.3.5. Implied 10 1.3.6. Exclusion Clauses 10 2.1. APPLICATION OF ELEMENTS OF CONTRACT IN 1ST SCENARIO 10 2.1.1. Agreement. 10 2.1.2. Consideration 11 2.1.3. Intention to create legal relations 11 2.2. APPLICATION OF ELEMENTS OF CONTRACT IN 1ST SCENARIO 11 2.2.1. The law on terms in the case study 1. 11 2.2.2. The law on terms in the case study 2. 13
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assessment of shareholder activism but empirical findings give a checkered history of the efficacy of such institutional investor activism thereby casting a shadow of doubt on the role of institutional investors in corporate governance. The analysis of divergent theories on the incentives and disincentives governing the behaviour of institutional investors in this regard becomes pertinent. The questions that are sought to be addressed in this paper are as follows - a. What are the various
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