Reputation Concerns of Independent Directors: Evidence from Individual Director Voting1 Wei Jiang2 Columbia Business School Hualin Wan3 Shanghai Lixin University of Commerce Shan Zhao4 Shanghai University of Finance and Economics This Draft: July 2012 1 The authors benefit from discussions with seminar and conference participants at ESCP Europe‚ EM Lyon‚ Grenoble School of Management‚ Reims Management School‚ the
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dogs‚ most people often perceive them to be vicious killers. This judgement is unfair because people do not understand why they bite. The general public needs to be better educated about pit bulls‚ such as why they have a bad reputation‚ what we can do to fix their reputation‚ and why they are great dogs to have as family pets. When it comes down to how these dogs are known‚ pit bulls often get the wrong end of the stick. Rebecca Skloot‚ an experienced veterinary
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4. Martha Stewart’s Lost Reputation Discussion of ethical issues 1. What was the basis of Martha Stewart’s reputation? 2. Why did MSO’s stock price decline due to Martha Stewart’s loss of reputation? 3. Who is Martha Stewart’s target market? 4. What qualities were associated with the Martha Stewart brand‚ before the controversy? Which of these were affected by the accusations of insider trading‚ and how? How would you find out for sure? 5. What level of sales and profits would MSO have
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face of her company and the voice of her brand. When her personal misconduct occurred‚ she made her company vulnerable and risky as well. This case study examines how Martha Stewart managed her corporate communication when her public image and reputation were tarnished on trial for alleged insider trading scandal. The trial not only led her to prison but also hurt her brand equity. The study shows that Stewart’s early response to her crisis demonstrated lack of situation awareness. In the beginning
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witch hunting but instead human and societal flaws of the villagers through Reverend Parris and his concern about his reputation‚ Abigail and the lies she spreads‚ and Danforth for his unwillingness to change the hanging charges. Reverend Parris illustrates that the play isn’t about witch hunting but rather human and societal flaws because his is more concerned about his reputation in town compared to the welfare of the girls. At the beginning of the play when Parris is praying for his daughter to
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word play‚ Lolita was and still remains a landmark book with undisputable prominence. With such a serious topic written in the midst of a highly conservative era‚ both Lolita and Nabokov received disturbed reactions from offended audiences. The reputation of Lolita most notably is due to the misinterpretation of the character
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April 2008 Vol. 4 No. MARKETING MIX & BRAND RESEARCH MARKETING MIX AND THE BRAND REPUTATION OF NOKIA SYED EHTESHAM ALI College of Management Sciences PAF-Karachi Institute of Economics and Technology E-mail: s_ehtesham_ali@hotmail.com Abstract Pakistan’s mobile phone market is growing very fast. The most selling brand in the market is Nokia. A hypothesis was developed that the reputation of a brand is a source of demand and the competitively superior quality image justifies a premium
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“My lord is not my lord‚ nor should I know him were he in favor as in humor altered” (3‚ 4‚ 119-120) Throughout Shakespeare’s play ‘Othello’ we observe Othello’s identity and reputation fall to pieces‚ the way Othello sees himself and the way others perceive him is transformed completely. His qualities of a decisive‚ dignified and proud man at the beginning of the play are later overtaken by jealousy‚ rage and irrational thinking. His life and himself as he knows it is destroyed by love and jealousy
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Jiang Zhenghui Past Development of Yum!Bands In 1997‚ with KFC‚ Pizza Hut‚ Taco Bell three famous brands of food systems (This system is a business unit of PepsiCo‚ PepsiCo’s three main business is soft drinks‚ snack foods‚ fast food.)‚ Yum!Bands separated from PepsiCo and listed on the New York Stock Exchange. From then‚ the world’s largest restaurant group - Yum global food Group has been formally established. All shareholders and members of the company may not have thought of that just used
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The Effects of Reputation and Ethics on Budgetary Slack This paper conducts an experimental study to test the effects on budgetary slack of two potential controls for opportunistic self-interest – reputation and ethics. In the experimental study the level of information asymmetry between the subordinate and the superior regarding productive capability is manipulated and the subordinate’s reputation and ethical concerns regarding budgetary slack are measured. The paper examines how information asymmetry
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