Question 1 (1) The maintenance of share capital principle is share capital. Share capital is the contribution made by shareholder by subscribing shares of the company. A company’s creditors can only look to the share capital for payment in the event of a winding up. A general rule known as the rule in Trevor v Whitworth was established in order to protect shareholders and creditors. It prohibits a company from reducing its share capital due to a reduction in capital would prejudice the rights of
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Failures A. Cedillo POS-355 Failures In this paper I will be discussing the issue of failures in a distributed system‚ and to understand the different failures I will write about four failures that occur in and affect a distributed system. Also‚ I will be discussing and writing about how to isolate and fix two out of the four failure that can occur in the distributed system. In a distributed system nothing is set in stone or perfect‚ so there are some issues that can arise‚ and the issues
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Good Governance in International Organisations By Ngaire Woods Final version published in Global Governance Volume 5‚ Number 1 (Jan-March 1999) (BACK to LIST) ABSTRACT Since the early 1990s many international institutions have been urging governments to conform to standards of `good governance ’. Yet the same institutions have been rather slow in applying equivalent standards to their own structures and decision-making processes. In this paper I examine what this would mean. I argue that principles
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NO. LE08-027 Models of Internet Governance Lawrence B. Solum University of Illinois – College of Law This paper can be downloaded free of charge from the Social Science Research Network at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1136825 978–0–19–956113–1 03-Bygrave-c02 OUP337-Bygrave (Typeset by SPi‚ Delhi) 48 of 91 September 3‚ 2008 17:23 2 Models of Internet governance Lawrence B. Solum 2.1. What is Internet Governance? Internet governance is a large‚ complex‚ and ambiguous
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THEORIES OF LEADERSHIP There are eight major leadership theories 1. "Great Man" Theories Assume that the capacity for leadership is inherent – that great leaders are born‚ not made. These theories often portray great leaders as heroic‚ mythic and destined to rise to leadership when needed. The term "Great Man" was used because‚ at the time‚ leadership was thought of primarily as a male quality‚ especially in terms of military leadership. 2. Trait Theories It assume that people inherit certain
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Danone Governance Structure Board of Directors dari Danone dipimpin oleh Franck Riboud yang juga menjabat sebagai Chief Executive Officer. Board of Directors terdiri dari 14 anggota‚ dengan delapan diantaranya merupakan anggota independen yang dipilih melalui rekomendasi dari Nomination and Compensation Committee. Di dalam Board of Directors termasuk diantaranya Audit Committee‚ Social Responsibility Committee‚ dan Nomination and Compensation Committee. Anggota dari Board of Directors per
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further evaluate its opportunities and threats. Critical analysis is then carried out of Nokia’s strategy with respect to corporate level‚ business level‚ functional level and the multi-domestic global strategy that it follows. The company’s structure and control is also evaluated. And finally the reasons for underperformance are analyzed which includes lack of leadership‚ failure to innovate‚ slow adaptability etc and the paper is concluded with recommendations. Table of Contents DESCRIPTION
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ACCG927 CURRENT ISSUES IN ACCOUNTING & Corporate Governance Week 1 Introduction and Overview of Accounting Theories 1 Introduction • • • • • • • • • • About the unit Teaching and learning strategy Assessments In-class essays Essay writing workshop Research essay Turnitin requirements Oral team presentation Required readings Importance of written answers each week 2 The Nature of Accounting & Corporate Governance Theory • What is a theory? Kerlinger‚ 1964: "A set of interrelated
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AUDIT FAILURE OF WORLDCOM Group 1 Background • WorldCom‚ first named LDDS (Long Distance Discount Services)‚ grew largely by aggressively acquiring other telecommunications companies in 1990s. • For a time‚ it was the United State’s second largest long distance phone company (after AT&T). Background However‚ the year 2002 comes… • In March‚ the SEC began to investigate WorldCom as it reported large profit while AT&T reported loss. • In May‚ Arthur Anderson was replaced by KPMG
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policy is still discussed extensively until now. In this proposal‚ I use a sample of companies from 33 countries around the world to shed light on the relationship among legal origin‚ insider holdings‚ corporate governance‚ and dividend payout policy. This idea mainly comes from Professor Shiu in corporate finance class at NCU. La Porta‚ Lopez-de-Silanes‚ Shleifer‚ and Vishny (1998‚ henceforth referred to as LLSV) examine laws differ around the world give investors limited bundle of rights. Countries
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