Ontario K1N 6N5‚ and 1 HEC Montreal‚ 3000 Côte-Sainte-Catherine Road‚ Montreal‚ Quebec H3T 2A7‚ Canada Email: benamar@telfer.uottawa.ca‚ claude.francoeur@hec.ca‚ taieb.2.hafsi@hec.ca‚ real.labelle@hec.ca This study investigates the joint effect of corporate ownership and board of directors’ diversity configurations on the success of strategic merger and acquisition (M&A) decisions. Board diversity is defined as the extent to which its demographic diversity as measured by the culture‚ nationality‚ gender
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1.1 Introduction Corporate governance has been the subject of numerous theoretical and empirical studies especially after the fraudulent reporting scandals such as Enron‚ World.com‚ Adelphia‚ and Parmalat.it has come to mean many things. Traditionally and at fundamental level the concept refers to corporate decision making and control‚ particularly the structure of the board and its working procedures‚ Hermes (1994). Jenifer (2002) defines corporate governance as a set of interlocking riles by which
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Finance 100 Week 5 Homework 1 Chapter 9 P1 Find the future value one year from now of a $7000 investment at a 3 percent annual compound interest rate. Also calculate the future value if the investment is made for two years. P2 Find the future value of $10000 invested now after five years if the annual interest rate is 8 percent. a. What would be the future value if the interest rate is a simple interest rate? b. What would be the future value if the interest rate is a compound interest
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Corporate Governance Corporate Governance is the relationship between the shareholders‚ directors‚ and management of a company‚ as defined by the corporate character‚ bylaws‚ formal policies and rule laws. The corporate governance system was designed to help oversee the decisions and best interest of the shareholders. The system should works accordingly: The shareholders elect directors‚ who in turn hire management to make the daily executive decisions on the owner ’s behalf. The company ’s
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[pic] ADM 3350 M Winter 2010 CORPORATE FINANCE ANSWER KEY MIDTERM EXAMINATION – February 10th‚ 2010 Professor: Kaouthar LAJILI‚ PhD.‚ CGA Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes | | | | |INSTRUCTIONS | | |
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Corporate finance chapter 1 Concept questions: 1.Agency Problems Who owns a corporation? Describe the process whereby the owners control the firm’s management. What is the main reason that an agency relationship exists in the corporate form of organization? In this context‚ what kinds of problems can arise? 2.Not-for-Profit Firm Goals .Suppose you were the financial manager of a not-for-profit business (a not-for-profit hospital‚ perhaps). What kinds of goals do you think would be appropriate
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Lecture 1 （Chapter 1） Introduction to Corporate Finance McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright © 2010 by the McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc. All rights reserved. 会计循环 会计循环过程 原始凭证 记账凭证 记账 过账结算 试算平衡 报表编制 总账 分类账 明细账 基本原则：账证相符、账账相符、账表相符、账实相符 1-1 财务管理的基本框架 企业规模 理财环境 目标利润 筹资渠道 财务策略 财务预算 筹资方式 财务目标 短期投资 股利理论 总体分析 营运资金管理 股利政策 指标分析 成本控制 股利方式 综合分析 资金预测 资金筹集 资金投放 收益分配 财务分析 时间价值 资金成本 财务关系 风险分析 资金结构 实业投资 税务政策 分析方法 证券投资 发展规模 分析报告 财务关系 财务管理制度 1-2 财会管理的构架
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A short-term debt instrument issued by well-known corporations is called ________. 2) _______ A) corporate bonds B) municipal bonds C) commercial paper D) commercial mortgages 3) An example of economies of scale in the provision of financial services is ________. 3) _______
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TABLE OF CONTENTS GOOD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 2 • OBSERVANCE OF GOOD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 3 • FAILURES OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 5 CORRUPTION 5 • BENEFITS OF AVOIDING CORRUPT PRACTICES 6 CONCLUSION 8 REFERENCES 9 GOOD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Governance in the Oxford dictionary is defined as “control or influence”‚ while corporate is defined as “shared by all members of the group”. Therefore corporate governance refers to the structures and processes for the direction and control of members
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For the exclusive use of C. Portillo Cardenas‚ 2015 UV1201 Rev. Feb. 13‚ 2009 EMI GROUP PLC In this Internet age‚ the consumer is using music content more than ever before— whether that’s playlisting‚ podcasting‚ personalizing‚ sharing‚ downloading or just simply enjoying it. The digital revolution has caused a complete change to the culture‚ operations‚ and attitude of music companies everywhere. It hasn’t been easy‚ and we must certainly continue to fight piracy in all its forms. But there can
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