Bilingualism: Language and Cognition 12 (2)‚ 2009‚ 213–237 C 2009 Cambridge University Press doi:10.1017/S1366728909004015 Bilingual first-language development: Dominant language takeover‚ threatened minority language take-up∗ 213 V I R G I N I A C . M U E L L E R G AT H E R C O L E ˆ ENLLI MON THOMAS Bangor University‚ Wales This study explores the extent to which bilingual speakers in stable bilingual communities become fully bilingual in their two community languages. Growing
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Does the closure of Volvo’s Uddevalla manufacturing plant‚ together with the takeover of the company by Ford‚ indicate that Taylorism is indeed the ‘one best way’? ‘Taylorism’ or ‘Scientific Management’ has been a prevalent idea in business theory since Frederick Winslow Taylor produced his “Principles of Scientific Management’ in 1911. The book was written in response to then President Theodore Roosevelt’s challenge to the American people to introduce new methods to create greater efficiency
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acquisitions add to shareholder wealth – both from an acquirer and target perspective. We find that the time period over which shareholder wealth is measured‚ the payment form and the nature of the bid all have an effect on the findings. A case study of the ABN AMRO acquisition by RBS is examined to validate the findings from the literature review. Introduction The aim of this paper is to analyse whether or not M&A (Merger & Acquisition) activity generates shareholder wealth. The paper will also focus on
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Novartis‚ a large multinational pharmaceutical company‚ recently diversified by buying Alcon‚ in a £24.8bn deal. Alcon is a producer of eye care products such as contact lenses. Google has diversified by investing £124m in a wind power business. To what extent is diversification the best strategy to achieve profitable growth? Justify your answer with reference to Novartis‚ Google and/ or other organisations that you know. (40 marks) Diversification - Practice under which a firm enters an industry
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behavior in global banking and business can mean the crash of an economy worldwide as it happened in 2008 with the collapse of Lehman Brothers. 2. What was the case about? (Summary of the Case) After the Royal Bank of Scotland Group acquired ABN Amro in October 2007‚ both banks started posting massive losses‚ revealing lower
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shares‚ so this case is clearly a complete acquisition. The merger of Roche is clearly a horizontal takeover. Both firms focus on pharmaceutical research‚ where Roche is mainly focused on pharmaceuticals and mdedical diagnoses. Genentech is primarily focused on devevloping products based on gene splicing or recombinant DNA for diseases such as cancer and aids. The reason for a complete takeover could be that Roche is looking for the benefits of economies of scale‚ which is mentioned in Berk & DeMarzo
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ABN AMRO History Department ABN AMRO‚ 1990-pReseNt The merger‚ 1990-1991 On 22 September 1991‚ the two largest general banks in the Netherlands‚ Algemene Bank Nederland (ABN) and Amsterdam-Rotterdam Bank (Amro)‚ merged. The resulting company adopted the name ABN AMRO. The two principal motives for the merger were to concentrate strengths and to scale up business internationally. The South American operations of ABN AMRO’s subsidiary Hollandsche Bank-Unie were combined with those of Banco Real
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No. 2005–57 ROYAL AHOLD: A FAILURE OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND AN ACCOUNTING SCANDAL By Abe de Jong‚ Douglas V. DeJong‚ Gerard Mertens‚ Peter Roosenboom March 2005 ISSN 0924-7815 Royal Ahold: A Failure of Corporate Governance and an Accounting Scandal Abe de Jong* Department of Financial Management Erasmus University Rotterdam a.jong@fbk.eur.nl Douglas V. DeJong Tippie College of Business University of Iowa douglas-dejong@uiowa.edu Gerard Mertens Department of Financial Management Erasmus
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Disco. Het Financieele Dagblad‚ October 8‚ 2002c. Beleggers nemen Ahold onder vuur. Het Financieele Dagblad‚ February 26‚ 2003a. De val van het solide volksaandeel Ahold. Het Financieele Dagblad‚ March 31‚ 2003b. Ahold-topman fors in het krijt bij ABN Amro. Hirshleifer‚ D.‚ Teoh‚ S.‚ 2003. Limited attention‚ information disclosure‚ and financial reporting. Hong‚ H.‚ Huang‚ M.‚ 2005. Talking up liquidity: Insider trading and investor relations. Journal of Financial Intermediation 14‚ 1–31. HSBC James
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Ltd‚ ABN AMRO Ltd‚ Transfield Services Limited and Transfield Holding Ltd. The consortium won the project contract from the state government which was then in charge of the design‚ construction‚ funding and operation for the Lane Cove Tunnel. 3. Project Structure The Lane Cove Tunnel project was in charge by the Lane Cove Tunnel Consortium which consists of several companies which have different role in the project. The consortium comprises of Thiess Pty Ltd‚ John Holland Pty Ltd‚ ABN AMRO Pty
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