elsevier.com/locate/jaccpubpol Investor relations‚ reputational bonding‚ and corporate governance: The case of Royal Ahold Abe de Jong a‚ Douglas V. DeJong b‚*‚ Gerard Mertens a‚ Peter Roosenboom a b a Department of Financial Management‚ RSM Erasmus University‚ Netherlands Tippie College of Business‚ University of Iowa‚ Iowa City‚ IA 52242‚ United States Abstract Royal Ahold (Koninklijke Ahold NV) was one of the major success stories in the 1990s and is one of the major failures‚
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Shell Company background and history: The Royal Dutch Shell Group was created in February 1907 through the amalgamation of two rival companies: Royal Dutch Petroleum Company and the "Shell" Transport and Trading Company Ltd of the United Kingdom. It was a move largely driven by the need to compete globally with Standard Oil. Royal Dutch Petroleum Company was a Dutch company founded in 1890 to develop an oilfield in Sumatra.]For various reasons‚ the new firm operated as a dual-listed company‚ whereby
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The Royal Selangor Pewter: STP Strategy and Marketing Mix. (Written by: Wong Eu Jun of DIA201204.) Founded by a man named Yong Koon in 1885‚ Royal Selangor Pewter is a Malaysian pewter manufacturer-retailer which has since become the largest global brand leader in the line of pewter objects manufacturing and a prominent one in the metal craft industry. It is also recognized as a very highly celebrated Malaysian brand icon because of the success that it has gained throughout more than a century of
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The Legal System and ADR Analysis Tasha G. Duckett LAW/531 June 8‚ 2015 Marlene Wilhite Memorandum To: Ms. Marlene Wilhite From: Ms. Tasha G. Duckett Subject: The Legal System and ADR Analysis Date: June 8‚ 2015 Introduction When opposing parties are looking at the choices that are presented to them when handling business differences‚ it would be favorable for both the parties to resolve the issue in the most beneficial way possible. Most state-level legal matters can be decided in the court
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2.1 Royal Ambassadors of Nigeria. 2.2 Royal Ambassadors and social vices. 2.3 Biblical review: Daniel as an agent of transformation. CHAPTER 3 3.0 Research Methodology 3.1 The study area: Lagos East Baptist Conference Royal Ambassadors. 3.2 Population‚ sample size and sample procedure. 3.3 Data source (questionnaire) 3.4 Data analysis 1.0 Introduction. 1.1 Background to the study. The 21st century ambassador as an agent of transformation remains a core vision of the royal ambassadors
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION There are several methods available for resolving disputes between two parties. The first and most important method is through the courts. When a dispute arises between two parties belonging to the same country‚ there is an established forum available for the resolution of the same. The parties can get the said dispute resolved through the courts established by law in that country. Generally‚ this has been the most common method employed by the citizens of a country
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3.4 Observation Method 14 3.5 Survey Research 15 4.0 Data Analysis 16 5.0 Conclusion 18 6.0 Appendix 19 7.0 References 20 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Background Royal Selangor was founded in Malaysia in 1885 by Yong Koon; the Royal Selangor pewter factory is based in Setapak‚ Kuala Lumpur with a workforce of more than 300 skilled craftspeople. During Yong Koon’s time‚ items made were mainly for ceremonial used“such as joss sticks holders‚
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In 1937 the Arbitration (Protocol and Convention) Act 1937 was enacted to give effect to the Geneva Protocol on Arbitration Clauses 1923 and the convention on the execution of foreign Arbitral awards 1927 enabling them to become operative in India. The Geneva Convention Awards is incorporated under the 1996 Act in s. 53; section 57 lays down the conditions for enforcement of award. Accordingly a foreign award may be enforceable under Chapter II Part II of the Act‚ if it satisfies the following conditions:
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Battle Royal The native Africans ’ heritage and way of life were forever altered by the white slave drivers who took them into captivity in the 18th century. Along with their freedom‚ slaves were also robbed of their culture and consequently their identities. They became property instead of people‚ leaving them at the hands of merciless slave owners. Their quest to reclaim their stolen identities was a long and difficult struggle‚ especially in the years following the Civil War and the subsequent
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The excerpt Battle Royal is from the book Invisible Man‚ by Ralph Ellison. The subject matter of the entire book is pretty evident from the first chapter. This excerpt just so happens to be the first chapter. When reading this excerpt‚ you can instantly tell what time period the book takes place. To show how degrading society was during these times‚ Ellison employs the use of narrative voice and characterization in Battle Royal. When Ellison is telling this story‚ he uses the pronoun “I” so he
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