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Strategies in Financial Services, the Shareholders and the System Is Bigger and Broader Better?

Walter, Ingo - 2002

, however measured, and the range of activities conducted by them. Is size positively related to total returns to shareholders …? If so, does this involve gains in efficiency or transfers of wealth to shareholders from other constituencies, or maybe … shareholders and customers, or can it work against their interests in ways that may ultimately impede shareholder value as well …

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Japan's Economy: The Idiosyncratic Recovery Continues

Patrick, Hugh - 2007

challenges that involve divestitures, mergers, and acquisitions. Activist shareholders are playing an increasingly important yet …

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Privatisation in Australia and the western economies in the 1990's: Distributional and political effects of accounting and financial reporting

Gowland, D; Aiken, M - 2009

This article captures the effects of 1990's privatization two decades later and challenges whether the expected outcomes of Government debt reduction, a change in share ownership, reduced union and government intervention, and improved efficiency have been achieved. It also addresses whether the...

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15.997 Advanced Corporate Risk Management, Spring 2007

Parsons, John E.; Obizhaeva, Anna - 2007

Opportunity for group study by graduate students on current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum. From the course home page: Course Description This is a course on how corporations make use of the insights and tools of risk management. Most courses on derivatives,...

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The significance of host country incentives in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI)

Sello, Rethabile - 2007

ENGLISH SUMMARY: With diminishing sources of capital over the past two decades, developing countries have increasingly regarded the flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) as their main source of capital for development. In response to this, countries have also liberalised their policies, making...

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The adoption of the Eurepgap Standard by Mango Exporters in Piura, Peru

Kleinwechter, Ulrich; Grethe, Harald - 2006

The significance of standards in international agricultural trade is continuously rising. Due to their complexity …

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AN AGENDA FOR THE DESIGN AND STUDY OF INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS

Batabyal, Amitrajeet A. - 1996

The combination of a general greening of international political debate, and the events of 1992 at the Rio Earth summit … have led to great interest in the question of global environmental protection. While it is recognized that international …

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The effect of multinationality on management earnings forecasts

Smith, L. Murphy (contributor) - 2003

This study examines the relationship between a firm??s degree of multinationalityand its managers?? earnings forecasts. Firms with a high degree of multinationality aresubject to greater uncertainty regarding earnings forecasts due to the additional riskresulting from the more complex...

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Danone Branding Strategy in China

Melewar, T C; Badal, E; Small, J - 2005

This paper analyses the branding strategy of a leading French food producer in the fast growing Chinese market. The company, Danone Group (DG), has long been operating internationally with success. However, like several multinational enterprises, its initial entry into China was a failure....

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Settling for second best?: Reflections after the tenth anniversary of Wal-Mart's entry to the United Kingdom

Sparks, Leigh - 2011

Purpose - This paper evaluates the comparative progress of Asda in the UK since its surprise takeover by Wal-Mart in … implications include the rebalancing of considerations of organisational competence and market environment factors on international … strategic directions is also indicted as a key factor.Practical Implications - Implications for national and international …

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