In our historical past we have come to witness the imperialistic needs of greater‚ stronger societies. Few books accurately portray the idea of cultural takeover as well as Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart. The scenario has been repeated time and time again‚ where a new‚ influential‚ powerful force has destroyed and oppressed the culture of a native land. Not only does Things Fall Apart tell the story of Umuofia’s downfall‚ but it accurately portrays the devastation that occurs in the battle of
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Much has been written concerning shareholder activism and corporate governance during the past years; both alone and how they affect and work together. Shareholder activism is characterized by buying shares in companies in order to put pressure on the board or management of the company. Supporters of shareholder activism believe that‚ if done efficiently‚ it is a comparatively inexpensive way of gaining influence and therefore being able to reconstruct companies both from a financial and an economical
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in up-market. Now the company is at a point where it can see no opportunities for expansion using internal recourses. That is why the Corporate Strategy department is looking for suitable acquisition either in UK or overseas. Among their possible takeover targets are Coffee Ground plc‚ Starlight plc and Marrio Ferrino. II. The problem Bon Appetit plc chooses a company to acquire with growth potential in order to increase their own profits‚ enhance its image and spend reasonably the present management’s
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recent years. To take advantage of this‚ Panting Steel purchased a scrap metal processing company in South Korea called KSN International. This takeover provided Panting Steel with an Asian base without having to make substantial investments in new manufacturing sites and processing equipment. All KSN’s managers and employees were retained after the takeover‚ and Panting Steel sent over two senior US employees to oversee operations and make sales. A new way of doing business The US employees
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One of the duties that company directors need to comply with is fiduciary duties. This is so as company directors are said to be in a fiduciary relationship with the company. When directors are in a fiduciary relationship with the company‚ they are prohibited from doing any acts deemed prejudicial to the company. In other words‚ by applying the judgment in Hospital Products Ltd v United States Surgical Corpn‚ directors cannot and should not use his position to receive personal gains. The traditional
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squeeze” to acquire control over Volkswagen through option contracts‚ which lead to huge losses for short-selling hedge funds. And meanwhile in 2007‚ TCI and 3G‚ 2 UK-based hedge funds‚ violated SEC disclosure requirements by hiding their intentions to takeover CSX by entering into equity total return swaps with lots kind of investment banks. CSX was a one of the largest railroad and transport companies in Eastern US. This report argued the similarities and differences between the two parts of the case
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Table of content Preface………………………………………………………………….1 Chapter 1. Prerequisites of the agency problem and different approaches to solving it 1.1 How we detect an agency problem……………………………………..3 1.2 Remedies of agency problem…………………………………………….5 1.3 Different approach for different types of companies……………….10 Chapter 2. Practical examples of agency problem’s solution 2.1 Good intentions usually backfire……………………………………….13 2.2 Positive examples and new ideas………………………………….........17 2.3 Foregoing
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Business Strategy Yeo’s compete directly with one another at what is called the business level of strategic management. Competitors may be individual business units of a larger corporation or they may be stand- alone businesses. Because competition takes place at the business level‚ strategic management here is crucial to the overall success for Yeo’s . Accordingly‚ the concept of competitive advantage is both the focus of the three subsequent on strategy formulation. There is three parts that
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Session 1‚ 2013 FINS 3626 p International Corporate Governance Week 12 Case‐study & Final Examination Review Dr Gloria Y. Tian School of Banking & Finance y.tian@unsw.edu.au Satyam Computers Ltd. Satyam Computers Ltd.‚ the winner of Golden Case‐study: Governance Failure Satyam Computers Ltd. Peacock Award for Excellence in Corporate Governance‚ ironically became a black mark in the history of corporate governance in India‚ when Ramalinga Raju (f li j (founder‚ CEO and the chairman)
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Church and Dwight can attribute much of its success to the fact that it has concentrated on the production and sales of sodium bicarbonate. Strong family control has shielded management from the problems of defending the company from takeover attempts. The company has successfully taken a commodity chemical‚ branded it‚ and marketed it to the point where it dominates the market. It has subsequently capitalized on consumer recognition and loyalty to the ARM & HAMMER brand by introducing
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