201 Corporate Governance: An International Review‚ 2013‚ 21(3): 201–224 Does “Good” Corporate Governance Help in a Crisis? The Impact of Country- and Firm-Level Governance Mechanisms in the European Financial Crisis Marc van Essen*‚ Peter-Jan Engelen‚ and Michael Carney ABSTRACT Manuscript Type: Empirical Research Question/Issue: We examine the effects of firm- and country-level “good” corporate governance prescriptions on firm performance before and during the recent financial crisis
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knowledge. I. Study Summary The objective of this paper is to examine the relationship between corporate governance on dividends payout in Canada to better understand "why companies pay dividends". In the light of agency theory‚ Adjaoud and Ben-Amar tested two competing hypothesis‚ which are outcome and substitution hypothesis. They chose Canada to examine the relationship between corporate governance and corporate dividend payments for two reasons; first‚ the comparability between Canada and USA from
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Qantas Limited 30 Assessment Model for World Vision Australia 34 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The corporate governance of five organisations (China Mobile Limited‚ Daimler AG‚ Samsung Electronics Corporation Limited‚ Qantas Airways Limited and World Vision Australia) is evaluated using a specially developed model which focuses on six corporate governance related factors that will enhance corporate governance quality. These factors are: * Whether the company’s board is structured to add value‚ * Whether
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Interests in corporate governance‚ specifically in business accountability‚ emerged in 2001-2002 in response to the financial collapses that large companies faced such as Enron in the United States‚ Parmalat in Italy‚ Ahold in Netherlands etc... . Governments and agencies‚ tried to prevent these scandals by issuing laws and regulations such as the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002‚ United States federal law‚ however‚ shortly the interests in good corporate governance was renewed and emphasized after the
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The article “IT Governance and Its Mechanisms” basically explains IT governance and the relationship of IT Governance with enterprise governance. IT governance basically refers to organisational and leadership structures‚ relationship and process mechanisms and how these aspects are used to ensure the organisation IT strategy supports and maintains the underlying business strategy of the organisation. To better understand IT governance the governance framework can be used. This framework contains
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Does Google have any core competencies? Explain. Core Competency is a company’s unique ability acquired from its founders that cannot be easily imitated. The core competencies are what give a company competitive advantage by creating value and delivering it to the customers. Google Inc. (Google) is global technology company focused on improving the ways people connect with information. The company generates revenue primarily by delivering online advertising. As stated in the case‚ Google Inc
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Introduction o Definition of Governance o Definition of Good Governance o Its conceptual framework (based on lessons learned from history‚ freedom of thought and freedom of speech). • Elements of Good Governance o Participatory o Consensus oriented o Accountable o Transparent o Responsive o Effective and efficient o Equitable and inclusive o Follows rule of law‚ Justice o Subsidiary o Sustainability o Predictability • Measures that test Good Governance o The popular perception o
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algorithmic search technology. Google’s business model included paid listings and related paid listings‚ which gave Google an advantage in selling advertising. Sergey Brin‚ Larry Page‚ and Eric Schmidt were the management triangle that brought Google to the lead of the web search industry. Their powerful business sense‚ groundbreaking ideas‚ and engineering and business experience have made Google the dominant company that it is today. They were able to enter the market and successfully achieve a well thought-out
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Enterprise Governance Enterprise Governance involves both corporate governance and the business managements inside an organization. There are huge challenges and opportunities under enterprise governance that it actually links with the performance of good corporate governance that move the business forward. Enterprise governance considers the big picture that guides good management to align with good strategic goals‚ more about achievement at the end. Same as corporate governance‚ enterprise governance
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“GOOGLE RESEARCH” A research paper in Comscie 1 Presented to Prof. January D. Febro Department of computer Science Mindanao State University Presented by: DIMARONSING‚ RAINIDAH P. MARCH 2014 TOPIC: GOOGLE THESIS STATEMENT: Google Inc. is an American multinational corporation specializing in Internet-related services and products. These include search‚ cloud computing‚ software and online advertising technologies. I- INTRODUCTION II- EARLY HISTORY OF GOOGLE
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