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Dietrich, David Roland. "An analysis of bank risk management and its relevance for the non-bank corporate sector." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002683.
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This thesis, entitled “An analysis of bank risk management and its relevance for the non-bank corporate sector”, investigates the extent to which financial risk management by the banking sector can be applied to the non-bank corporate sector. As banks’ risk management techniques are more sophisticated than those of the non-bank corporate sector we have endeavoured to ascertain the applicability of these established risk management methods to the non-bank corporate sector. The main objectives of this study were to analyse the banking sectors’ risks and management thereof, and compare them to the risks faced by the nonbank corporate sector. This analysis was then used to present a theoretical financial risk management model for the corporate sector. This analysis was conducted using qualitative research. The thesis engaged in an in-depth investigation of financial risk management through a documentary, literature and media analysis. It was elucidated that not all companies face the same financial risks and therefore each company requires its own unique financial risk management model. Furthermore, it was established that there are several risks that both banks and non-bank corporates are subjected to. However, the management of these risks is not necessarily the same for these two types of institutes. This thesis concludes by putting forward a financial risk management model which presents all the possible financial risks that non-bank corporates may face.
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Kase, Kimio. "The corporate centre in Japanese management : an analysis of its size from an information -processing perspective." Thesis, University of Manchester, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.629929.
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This thesis addresses the relationship between the size of the corporate centre, and the information-processing needs and capability resulting from vertical and horizontal information flows in Japanese firms. It is contended that the corporate centre discharges the functions of planning and allocation of resources, control of performance, and central service provision. Of these three, the corporate centre uses planning and control functions to manage the organisation. Planning and control functions are found to be closely related to the vertical information flow. A review of the literature on Japanese management demonstrates that Japanese firms are equipped with elements facilitating the creation of horizontal information flow. Linkages among divisions such as shared clients, production technology, etc., are discussed to determine the horizontal information flow. It is held that the horizontal information flow reflected in linkages is associated with the centralisation of administration. The propositions and hypotheses derived from the foregoing argument have been empirically tested on the basis of fifty-five valid responses to the mail questionnaire. These fifty-five Japanese firms represent eight manufacturing industries. The results obtained by multivariate analysis techniques, mainly, multiple regression analysis, indicate that vertical information, as measured in terms of planning and control influences, is not associated with the size of the corporate centre, -whereas horizontal information flow as measured in terms of linkages, is significantly associated with it. The total number of employees and the number of divisional and corporate functions are found to be associated with the size of the corporate centre, as well. Japanese firms are also found to exert both high planning and high control influences to lower management, irrespective of industries.
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Jugnandan, Shreeya. "'It's a long story…' - Impression Management in South African Corporate Reporting." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32455.
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Research in the field of impression management has presented evidence that suggests as a company's performance declines, the readability of its financial reports also declines in order to confound the user. In an attempt to determine whether similar impression management strategies are implemented amongst South African listed public companies, a mixed-effects linear regression model was applied to analyse data over the period 2016- 2018. Performance was regressed to the report readability measures over time, where readability was divided into the aspects of length (through the word count) and complexity (as quantified by the Gunning Fog Index). The findings indicate that as the financial performance of a South African company declines, the length of all its reports increases: including the annual financial statements, Integrated Report and the annual results market announcement. However, there is limited evidence of a relationship between complexity and performance. Therefore, when South African companies perform poorly, despite producing lengthier reports, the complexity therein is not impacted. These results thus caution users when faced with reports that are unusually lengthy in nature, because this trait could signal poor performance. Users are advised accordingly to critically analyse excessively lengthy reports in order to separate decision-useful information from the impression management related content elements. Lastly, this research contributes to the foundation of impression management research in the context of the South African capital market and puts forward several suggestions for important future research.
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Potash, Richard. "Corporate control and its effect on company performance." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9957.
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Bibliography: leaves 103-112.This study investigates the effects that various ownership structures have on company performance. It is assumed that the ownership structure of the firm dictates the manner in which the firm monitors its managers. It is further assumed that the objective of the firm is to maximise shareholder wealth. The study therefore analyses which ownership structure provides shareholders with the greatest returns. Such a system would add the most to an economy's efficiency. It was concluded that of the three systems identified, not one system provided shareholders with a return significantly different from the others. The study added to the current South African debate as to whether or not the concentration of economic power detracts from the country's economic efficiency. Statistical evidence proves that companies owned by any of the large South African groupings are no less productive than companies otherwise owned.
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Taketomi, Tametsugu. "Comparative analysis of corporate strategic planning." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/14271.
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Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1990.Title as it appears in the M.I.T. Graduate List, Feb. 1990: Comparative analysis of corporate planning.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 105-109).
by Tametsugu Taketomi.
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Steenkamp, Pieter. "Fidentia : a strategic and corporate governance analysis." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/802.
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Thesis (MBA (Business Management))--University of Stellenbosch, 2007.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Fidentia became an active player in the South African financial services industry in 2005, only a few years since its inception. This was achieved through aggressive take-overs and a favourable public image boosted by employing known sports personalities and sponsorships of various sports teams, charities and other events. The Fidentia group seemed to go from strength to strength under the leadership of Mr. Arthur Brown assisted by his senior management team of which none more prominent than Mr. Graham Maddock. The group’s main business is Fidentia Asset Management (FAM) which, during 2003 and 2004, secured two of the biggest clients in Fidentia’s history. In 2003 the Transport Education Training Authority (TETA) invested R200,3 million and R1,2 billion of the Mineworkers Provident Fund was placed under its’ management in 2004. The Fidentia group was placed under final curatorship on 27 March 2007, based on reports by the then provisional curators and the Financial Services Board which claimed that their inspectors could not trace R680 million of almost R2 billion under the management of FAM. The analysis of the unfolding Fidentia case will show that without proper strategic planning and management, as well as adherence to suggestions on good corporate governance stakeholders’ risk exposure can be increased. NOTE: The information available till end August was analysed.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Fidentia was teen 2005 ‘n aktiewe speler in die Suid-Afrikaanse finansiële dienste industrie, slegs ‘n paar jaar nadat dit gestig is. Dit is bereik deur aggresiewe oornames en ‘n publieke beeld wat versterk is deur bekende sportpersoonlikhede aan te stel en verskeie sportspanne, liefdadigheidsorganisasies en ander gebeurlikhede te borg. Die Fidentia groep het skynbaar van krag tot krag gegaan onder die leierskap van Mnr. Arthur Brown, ondersteun deur sy senior bestuurspan waarvan niemand meer prominent as Mnr. Graham Maddock. Die groep se hoofbesigheid is Fidentia Asset Management (FAM) wat gedurende 2003 tot 2004 twee van die grootste kliënte in Fidentia se geskiedenis verseker het. Gedurende 2003 het die “Transport Education Training Authority (TETA)” R200,3 miljoen by FAM belê en R1,2 biljoen van die “Mineworkers Provident Fund” is in 2004 onder FAM se bestuur geplaas. Die Fidentia group is op 27 Maart 2007 onder finale kuratorskap geplaas gebasseer op verslae deur die destydse voorlopige kurators en die Finansiële Dienste Raad wat beweer het dat hul inspekteure nie R680 miljoen van die amper R2 biljoen onder FAM se bestuur kon opspoor nie. Die analise van die Fidentia saak soos dit ontvou, sal wys dat sonder behoorlike strategiese beplanning en bestuur, asook die voldoening aan voorstelle van goeie korporatiewe bestuur belanghebbendes se blootstelling aan risiko kan verhoog. NOTA: Die inligting beskikbaar tot einde Augustus 2007 is ontleed.
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Stepanov, Roman. "Institutional change in Russian corporate governance : an analysis of corporate disputes." Thesis, Northumbria University, 2009. http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/1063/.
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Russia has been lagging behind most of the developed countries and some of the transition economies in terms of the corporate governance infrastructure (Woodruff, 2004). However, the challenge to develop strategic assets, particularly in the form of oil and gas reserves, produced the need to attract foreign capital and expertise. This in turn has led to a mounting pressure to improve fundamental characteristics of corporate governance such as the regulatory environment, enforcement mechanisms, corporate structure and transparency (Preobragenskaya, 2004). Since strategic assets are at the very heart of the still undiversified Russian economy, it is easy to see how corporate governance has become one of the top priorities on the agenda of national reforms (EU-Russia Roundtable on Corporate Governance, 2006). This study attempts to register the perceived change in the institutional context in Russia through analysing reported corporate disputes. Thematic template analysis is applied to the data on corporate conflicts taken from the English language Russian press. The results of the study suggest a positive change in perception about the role of formal institutions with reference to private entities and a negative change in terms of perception in relation to state entities. This conclusion is based on the comparison of corporate disputes and enforcement practices employed by the parties to corporate disputes reported in 1998 and 2006. On an academic level this study addresses a call in the literature to give more consideration to the particularities of the management environment and the fragility of its social systems in Russia (Kuznetsov & Kuznetsova, 2001) as well as complement understanding of Russian corporate governance by concentrating on the in-depth analysis of company behaviour (Iwasaki, 2007).
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Estevez, Benjamin (Estevez de Cominges) 1974. "A framework for corporate social responsibility analysis." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/17856.
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Thesis (S.M.M.O.T.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Management of Technology Program, 2004.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 84-87).
The purpose of this thesis is to provide a new and practical framework for corporate social responsibility analysis. The increasing importance that this subject is acquiring in our current society can be observed from many perspectives. First, changes have been introduced in corporate governance in the last few years. Second, the number of courses related with social issues in the most important business schools and finally, the increase amount of scientific papers related to this topic. At the same time, being able to have a quick snapshot of the possible issues that any company can face in this subject can be extremely useful. The different stakeholders and the complex relationships and trade-offs are analyzed in this thesis.
by Benjamin Estevez.
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Wood, John Michael. "Corporate rescue : a critical analysis of its fundamentals and existence." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2013. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/4963/.
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The current financial climate has created an unsympathetic environment for companies to trade. The economic shift has highlighted the fragility in which companies are financed, operate, and how they identify, analyse and attempt to neutralise financial distress. Given that the potential options available to a company are dependent on the conclusions drawn from the examination of the distress it has become imperative to determine at what point a company is in trouble. In conjunction with satisfying this point, effort must also be placed on defining “financial distress” and considering how this has had a bearing on the implementation of a rescue strategy. The array of problems that companies face do not all need to be fatal, and hence not all companies that have problems have to be liquidated. Corporate rescue is a variable term. How it is applied depends on a number of factors that range from the identity of the company to the philosophy and character of the insolvency practitioner. Currently corporate rescue follows a formal mechanism known as administration. This process is increasingly coming under challenge from an alternative model that addresses the fact that administration can be a lengthy and expensive process. This alternative model known as prepacked administration (“pre-packs”) offers to conduct “rescue proceedings” in secret and often result in selling the company to members of the existing management. How the prepack model operates and conflicts with many of the UK’s traditional principles such as transparency and fairness highlights the tension within the profession as well as a lack of legislative guidance on the matter. This thesis aims to consider a number of issues: to assess the characteristics evident within the UK’s corporate rescue model and determine whether they comply with the theoretical principles of rescue; to examine the relationship between corporate rescue theory and government policy and how this has developed within the current economic environment; to determine whether the UK’s rescue model, when evaluated in light of the efficiency rule, can be classed as a true rescue model; and to ascertain whether prepacks offer a viable and legitimate solution to the inadequacies of the current law governing corporate rescue. Chapter One will introduce the corporate rescue concept and set out the research questions and aims that will be examined in this thesis. The second chapter will take a closer look at the fundamental principles and characteristics that are essential to the UK’s corporate rescue model and help shed light onto how the rescue regime came to being endorsed. Chapter Three is constituted by two parts. The first part sets out to examine how rescue is implemented in practice, taking a look at the different philosophical divides in corporate rescue and the influence of the Cork report. The second part focuses on the role and duties of the insolvency practitioner, in particular the wide discretion afforded to them and how they may use this to their advantage. Chapter Four explores the theoretical concepts of efficiency and the relationship that this has with the UK’s administration process. The penultimate Chapter introduces the alternative “rescue” measure which this thesis will class at the pragmatic response to the inadequacies of the current corporate insolvency legislation. Finally Chapter Six reflects on the research questions and aims set out in Chapter One and highlights any areas that would benefit from further research.
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Kaffman, Jacob, and Joseph Kaffman. "ANALYSIS OF THE INFORMATION FLOW AT ABB CORPORATE RESEARCH." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för innovation, design och teknik, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-24484.
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ABB Corporation is a swedish-swiss international company, specializing in power and automation technologies. The company is a joint-venture between ASEA and Brown Bouveri, merging into one company in 1988. ABB has five business unit, where the products and services mainly comes from research and development work within the company. Each business unit performs R&D initiatives and investments within respective area of reach, in order to achieve competitive products and services. ABB Corporate Research is responsible for research and development within the company where R&D initiative takes place. During autumn 2013 ABB Corporate Research will launch an improvement study, which will be the basis for subsequent major project. Information is a key factor within ABB Corporate Research, where each stakeholder in a specific project has access for specific information. The question is, how accessible/searchable is the information, and also how user-friendly is the current information system within the unit. The mission of the conducted study is to examine what the employees of ABB Corporate Research think about the existing information distribution system for technical reports and publications, also propose overview improvements within the particular area. Delimitation has been established to conduct the study within the department of Software Architecture & Usability (SARU) in Västerås, which is a part of Automation Technology (AT) department, in order to deliver on the required time frame. Theories regarding Innovation management, Lean thinking, Change management, Information distribution, Integration of information system and Ishikawa was studied thoroughly within the project. A qualitative research methodology was used, based on performing interviews with key personnel within SARU. The interviews converted into key factors (findings), which resulted into correlations to all key factors. A root cause analysis (Ishikawa) was performed, in order to examine and visualize which challenges appear within the current information system. The result from the conducted analysis and correlations indicates that: the database is not user-friendly enough, it is difficult to acquire correct information, information is not in detail level due to limitation of information, it is time consuming to search in the databases in order to acquire correct information, Usually rely on internal networking instead of searching into the information system, restricted internal security and person based information dependence. With the help of theories within the project, in combination with the conducted results from the analysis and correlations, improvements have been proposed. Due to the time frame of the project, further analysis should be performed for respective improvement proposals. The improvement proposals could be a starting point for the upcoming project. The improvements proposals are: RSS Feeds solution for usability efficiency Standardized Work Methodology Integrated Database Interface Internal Information Transparency The authors recommend implementing all improvement proposals, in order to further achieve productivity and efficiency within the organization.
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Ndlovu, Josiel. "Analysis of South African corporate bond market." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52654.
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Study project (MBA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2002.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The bond market is an important economic element of both developed and developing economies. The after effects of the Asian crises have prompted arguments that the existence of well-functioning domestic bond markets would have helped to mitigate the impact of shocks in the financial systems of the emerging markets both by providing an alternative source of funding to bank lending and by exposing investors rather than taxpayers to negative shocks. Comparative analyses of various emerging markets were done by using data from the IMF, IFC and various publications. Data from the developed nations, in particular the United States were used as a source of reference because corporate bond market has been used successfully in these markets. Given the limited sources of reference locally, data was sourced mainly from the Bond Exchange of South Africa publications, financial magazines and newspapers, workshop presentations and comments from various bankers, economists and fixed-income analysts. The report starts by looking at the size and growth of the market in comparison with its counterparts in the emerging markets. The reasons, facts, figures and arguments for such growth are thoroughly discussed. This study presents comprehensive macro-economic arguments on the development of the corporate bond market and the benefits they offer to corporates as an alternative source of long-term capital debt funding. The quantitative and qualitative model that assists corporates with the decision making process of whether to issue a bond to fund the capital structure is discussed. The study undertook a quantitative survey of the elements of corporate bond market in terms of coupon rates, bond pricing, risks (namely, credit rating risk and default risk) and the performance of the market, in particular the marketability, liquidity and returns. The investment strategy in the riskier part of the bond market is introduced and discussed, though limited in terms of development. The report concludes by mentioning the successes of the bond market by identifying the existing gaps in the market and the future development of the corporate bond market in South Africa, especially to attract more issuers to the net.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die lang termyn effekte mark, is "n belangrike finansierings element van beide die ontwikkelde en die ontwikkelende ekonomië. Die Asiese krises het as nagevolg gehad dat daar gefokus kon word op die moontlik versagtende invloed van "n goed gedefinieerde funksionele binnelandse effekte mark. Dit kon van die nagevolge versag het deur die daarstelling van "n alternatiewe finansierings bron en die daaropvolgende blootstelling van beleggers in die plek van die belastingbetalers. Vergelykende ontledings van verskeie ontwikkelende mark ekonomië is gedoen deur gebruikmaking van inligting verskaf deur die I.M.F. en I.F.K. asook ander publikasies. Inligting oor ontwikkelde lande in besonder die V.S.A. is gebruik as vergelykende anelise omdat die lang termyn effekte mark suksesvol bedryf word in hierdie markte. Weens die gebrekkige beskikbaarheid van binnelandse bronne i sinligting meestal vanaf die publikasies van die Lang Termyn Effekte beurs van Suid Afrika, finansiële tydskrifte, koerant publikasies, werkswinkel voorleggings asook gespekke met bankiers, ekonome en vaste koers beleggings ontleders verkry. Hierdie studie stuk, vergelyk in die eerste deel die omvang en groei van die mark in vergelyking met ander markte in ontwikkelende lande. Die verskeie groei veranderlikes asook redes en feite rakende groei word in diepte bespreek. Vergelykende makro ekonomiese bewyse vir die ontwikkeling en vestiging van "n lang termyn effekte mark, en die voordele daarvan vir Maatskappye as "n alternatiewe bron van kapitaal word in hierdie studie aangebied. Die kwantitatiewe en kwalitatiewe model vir gebruik deur Maatskappye om tot besluitneming te kom rakende die gebruik van effekte om kapitaal benodighede te befonds word ook bespreek. Die studie het ook "n kwantitatiewe opname ingesluit rakende die verskeie elemente van d ie effekte mark en 0 nder a ndere is daar nad ie koepon koerse, effekte prys bepaling, risiko (naamlik krediet en dishonorering), mark tendense en opbrengste, met besondere verwysing na bemarkbaarheid, likwiditeit en opbrengs. Beleggings strategie in die meer riskante deel van die lang termyn effekte mark word ook bespreek, maar dit is beperk weens die beperkte ontwikkeling daarvan. Afsluitend word verwys na verskeie sukses faktore in die effekte mark deur die indentifisering van bestaande gapings, en die toekomstige ontwikkeling van hierdie spesifieke mark in Suid Afrika. Die doelstelling om meer toetreders na die mark te lok as deelnemers deur die uitgifte van lang termyn effekte word ook benadruk.
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Chen, Chung-Wen. "Corporate control and corporate wrongdoing a cross-national analysis of the relationship /." Online access for everyone, 2007. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Dissertations/Fall2007/c_chung-wen_121407.pdf.
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Zheng, Ju Kimberly. "A Social Network Analysis of Corporate Venture Capital Syndication." Thesis, University of Waterloo, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/854.
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The importance of social capital can be characterized by a well-known quote: "it's not just what you know, but whom you know". Firms with rich social capital are more informed, more capable, and more competitive, because networks of resources are within their reach. Social capital is embedded in social networks, and social network analysis is the chief topic of this research. The network being examined contains 1126 venture capital (VC) programs, 206 of them being corporate venture programs, and the rest consisting of independent venture capital firms. Venture programs co-invest in portfolio firms following an identifiable pattern. This research attempts to explain this co-investment pattern using social network analysis. Four attributes of social networks are explored during this analysis: prominence, range, brokerage, and cohesion. The findings of the corporate venture capital network provide a number of implications for the theory of social capital. The objective of the thesis is using social capital to examine the syndication patterns in a corporate VC network. The analysis of the corporate VC co-investment pattern supports four hypotheses. First, the corporate VC network is not cohesive. Second, most relationships in the network are indirect. Third, most prominent VCs are also the most powerful resource brokers in the network. Lastly, prominent VCs are likely to syndicate with other prominent VCs.
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Kam, Ambrose (Ambrose M. ). 1971. "A technology analysis on mobilizing corporate data." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/91735.
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Schwarz, Mirela. "The evolution of strategic ideas and its interplay with corporate culture." Thesis, University of Southampton, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.310560.
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Aribi, Zakaria Ali. "An empirical study of corporate social responsibility and its disclosure in Islamic financial institutions." Thesis, Edinburgh Napier University, 2009. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/3797.
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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure (CSRD) have received much attention in the literature. However, a review of previous studies has revealed that the current discussions on CSR and CSRD do not go beyond the disciplinary perspective (e. g. management, accounting, and ethics) and ignore the possibility of conceptualisation of CSR and CSRD based on other values, such as religion. Many of these studies have proposed different theories to explain why corporations disclose or do not disclose social responsibility information. The various CSRD theories exclude religion as a foundation in explaining why organisations should disclose social responsibility information, and also in making assessment of the performance of organisations in terms of fulfilling their obligation to God. These theories have been developed mainly in the context of the liberal market, and may not offer full justification of CSR and CSRD practices in a dissimilar socio-culture, such as the case of Islamic financial institutions (IFIs). While values and principles that have been central to Islamic teaching and philosophy are directly related to the notion of CSR, there are some empirical studies that have attempted to investigate the relationships between those Values and CSR and CSRD. The mainstream of existing studies has tended to examine the gap between the expectation of social disclosure and the actual disclosure practice in Islamic business organisations such as IFIs. In order to understand the practice of CSR and CSRD by IFIs, it is also important to investigate the perception of the managers who are in charge of producing corporate reports, and to understand the reasons and rationales behind disclosing or non-disclosing social responsibility information. In addition, there is a lack of comprehensive studies comparing the practice of CSRD in IFIs with its conventional counterparts, as such a comparison offers an insight into the nature of CSRD in IFIs, which are influenced by the value of Islam. To achieve this objective, this study conducted a mix of qualitative and quantitative research. On the quantitative part, 42 financial institutions, divided equally between IFIs and conventional financial institutions (CFls), were studied. The content analysis method was utilised to compare the extent and level of CSRD in the annual reports between IFIs and CFIs. On the qualitative research side, interviews were utilised to seek the perspectives, attitudes and opinions of IFIs'managers on CSR and CSRD. This study presents evidence that Islamic values have driven the business practice of IFIs and consequently influenced CSR and CSRD. The principle of accountability to Almighty Allah was found as the prominent driver for CSR and CSRD in IFIs. This accountability is based on the relationship between individuals and businesses, and Almighty Allah. Accountability in this context means not only a duty to report performance, but performing ethically in the first place. This notion of accountability from an Islamic perspective provides a different dimension to the concept of CSR and CSRD, which was not identified in the existing framework and literature. This study has therefore contributed to our understanding and knowledge of CSR, and CSRD in particular, in the business environment of IFIs.
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Carlson, Murray. "An empirical analysis of the corporate call decision." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp02/NQ34536.pdf.
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Spiers, Leslie. "Corporate governance and its contribution to risk and crisis management in small companies." Thesis, Bournemouth University, 2018. http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/31211/.
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Small companies are regarded by policymakers and society alike as being important sources of wealth creation, employment generation and innovation. Yet, many small companies fail to grow or simply grow to then fail. One potential way of explaining the high rate of failure is through the absence of meaningful appropriate, and relevant corporate governance. The few studies undertaken on corporate governance in small companies and its constituent sub-sets of risk and crisis management typically focus on one of those elements rather than, as this study does, adopting a more holistic and combined perspective. This thesis aims to contribute to knowledge through an exploration of the way in which corporate governance can assist in improving the management of risk and crises in small business. To explore this phenomenon, four small companies feature in a multiple case study using a qualitative and inductive approach with an exploratory questionnaire and interview-based research as the principal sources of data. According to owner-managers’ and directors of small companies, corporate governance is acknowledged as a matter of importance but is, in practice, of peripheral concern with operational imperatives dictating the conversation. External influences and compliance requirements are drivers of fuzzy governance procedures although concerning risk, previous incidents are found to be an influencing factor related to policy, processes and practices. However, the key determinant relating to the functioning of corporate governance, risk and crisis management is that of the attitudes, values and beliefs of the owner- manager. The findings suggest that the appreciation of corporate governance, risk and crisis management is weak and that the actors involved tend to have disparate levels of understanding of both the issues involved and the consequent implications of failure at policy level for both themselves and the company.
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Salas, Molina Francisco. "DATA-DRIVEN DECISION-MAKING AND ITS APPLICATION TO THE CORPORATE CASH MANAGEMENT PROBLEM." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/95408.
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Esta tesis investiga el problema de gestión de tesorería desde un punto de vista multidimensional. La gestión de tesorería trata de equilibrar la cantidad que se mantiene en efectivo y la que se dedica a inversiones a corto plazo. Normalmente, los tesoreros toman decisiones basándose en el nivel óptimo de tesorería por motivos operativos y de precaución. En esta tesis exploramos las oportunidades para mejorar la toma decisiones derivadas de modelar la incertidumbre presente en los flujos de caja con la ayuda de procedimientos basados en datos en un entorno multiobjetivo. Por un lado, los tesoreros pueden conseguir ahorros a través de la previsión de tesorería. Para ello, realizamos un estudio empírico con el objetivo de aprovechar las más recientes técnicas de aprendizaje automático como paso clave para conectar el análisis de los datos disponibles con los procesos de optimización en la gestión de tesorería. Por otro lado, los tesoreros pueden estar interesados no solo en el coste sino también en al riesgo asociado a sus decisiones. Por esta razón, tratamos el problema de gestión de tesorería desde una perspectiva multiobjetivo, considerando tanto el coste como el riesgo. Además, debido a la cambiante situación financiera actual, exploramos la selección de modelos de gestión de tesorería en función de diferentes condiciones operativas y de su robustez. También demostramos la utilidad de las previsiones a través de un nuevo modelo de gestión de tesorería que mejora el estado del arte al garantizar soluciones óptimas. Como la mayoría de las empresas trabaja con sistemas de tesorería con múltiples cuentas bancarias, desarrollamos un marco para la formulación y solución del problema de gestión de tesorería con múltiples cuentas bancarias. Finalmente, en un intento de acercar teoría y práctica, también ofrecemos una librería de software en Python para usuarios interesados en la construcción de sistemas de ayuda a la toma de decisiones en gestión de tesorería.This thesis investigates the cash management problem from a multidimensional perspective. Cash management focuses on finding the balance between cash holdings and short-term investments. Typically, cash managers make decisions based usually on a firm's optimal cash balance for operational and precautionary purposes. We here explore the opportunities for improved decision-making derived from modeling cash flow uncertainty with the help of data-driven procedures within a multiobjective context. On the one hand, cash managers may achieve cost savings by forecasting future cash flows. To this end, we perform an empirical analysis of daily cash flow time-series to take advantage of modern machine learning techniques as a key step to connect data analysis and optimization methods in cash management. On the other hand, cash managers may be interested not only in the cost but also in the risk associated to decision-making. Thus, we address the cash management problem from a multiobjective perspective focusing on both cost and risk. In addition, under the current situation of time-varying financial circumstances, the selection of cash management models according to operating conditions and its robustness are worth considering questions. We also show the utility of forecasts through a new cash management model which outperforms the state-of-the-art by guaranteeing optimal solutions. Since most firms usually deal with cash management systems with multiple accounts, we develop a framework to formulate and solve the multiple bank accounts cash management problem. Finally, in an attempt to fill the gap between theory and practice, we also provide a software library in Python for practitioners interested in building decision support systems for cash management.
Esta tesi investiga el problema de gestió de tresoreria des d'un punt de vista multidimensional. La gestió de tresoreria tracta d'equilibrar la quantitat que es manté en efectiu i la que es dedica a inversions a curt termini. Normalment, el tresorers prenen decisions basant-se en el nivell òptim de tresoreria per motius operatius i de precaució. En aquesta tesi explorem les oportunitats per millorar la presa de decisions derivades de modelitzar la incertesa present en els fluxos de caixa amb l'ajuda de procediments basats en dades. Per un costat, els tresorers poden aconseguir estalvis de costos mitjançant la previsió de tresoreria. Per tal d'aconseguir-ho, realitzem d'un estudi empíric amb l'objectiu d'aprofitar les més recents tècniques d'aprenentatge automàtic per connectar l'anàlisi de les dades disponbiles amb els procesos d'optimització en la gestió de tresoreria. Per altra banda, els tresorers poden estar interessats no sols en el cost sinó també en el risc associat a les seues decisions. Per tant, tractem el problema de gestió de tresoreria des d'un punt de vista multiobjectiu, fixant-se tant en el cost com en el risc. A més a més, degut a la canviant situació financera actual, explorem la selecció de models de gestió de tresoreria en funció de diferents condicions operatives i de la seua robustesa. També demostrem la utilitat de les previsions mitjançant un nou model de tresoreria que millora l'estat de l'art al garantir solucions òptimes. Com que la majoria d'empreses treballa amb sistemes de tresoreria amb múltiples comptes bancaris, desenvolupem un marc per a la formulació i solució del problema de gestió de tresoreria amb múltiples comptes bancaris. Finalment, en un intent d'apropar teoria i pràctica, també oferim un llibreria en Python per a usuaris interessats en la construcció de sistemes d'ajuda a la presa de decisions en la gestió de tresoreria.
Salas Molina, F. (2017). DATA-DRIVEN DECISION-MAKING AND ITS APPLICATION TO THE CORPORATE CASH MANAGEMENT PROBLEM [Tesis doctoral no publicada]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/95408
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Almasarwah, Adel K. "Earnings management and its relationship with corporate governance mechanisms in Jordanian industrial firms." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2015. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/20565.
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This thesis investigates the association between corporate governance mechanisms and earnings management in industrial Jordanian firms. We identify the most important corporate governance mechanisms that have an effect on accounting choices and operating decisions, investigate the tools that managers use to decrease or increase earnings in Jordanian industrial firms, and finally, determine which accruals model is more powerful to detect earnings management in Jordanian industrial companies. Historically, corporate governance mechanisms are considered to be the most important factors in assessing and monitoring the effectiveness of financial reporting (Brown, Pottb and Wömpenerb, 2014), and may be considered to be a cornerstone of control in general. Internal and external corporate governance is established by senior managers to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of operations and reduce the incidence of error or manipulation in accounting systems (Lee, 2006). Earnings management is considered one of the most important issues related to financial reporting, particularly after the Enron and WorldCom scandals. Earnings management behaviours are also related to low levels of corporate social responsibility and improvements in both areas would be expected to lead to improvements in the quality of corporate governance. Mixed methodology is used in this research including both quantitative and qualitative analyses. The quantitative analysis used accruals models the Standard Jones model (Jones 1991), modified Jones model (Dechow, Sloan and Sweeney, 1995), and the Peasnell, Pope and Young margin model (2000) as measures of earnings management and used these variables in conjunction with corporate governance factors. Annual financial reports that were published by the Amman stock market over the period 2005 to 2012 were used to extract the data for corporate governance characteristics of the firms. The qualitative analysis involved semi-structured interviews, conducted with general managers, financial managers and internal audit managers to provide in-depth information about corporate governance issues that we could not investigate easily through quantitative methods and to provide understanding of the context for the firm s earnings management. The qualitative analysis identified a range of motivations for earnings management in Jordanian firms including attempts to reduce customs fees; tax avoidance; the desire to attract more investors and increase share price, and the desire to increase management compensation. We find also that the Peasnell, Pope and Young margin model (2000) is a more powerful model for explaining earnings management in Jordan than the more commonly used accruals models. Quantitative results indicate that the ownership structure of the business plays a more significant role in constraining earnings management than characteristics relating to the board of directors or the characteristics of the audit process. Furthermore, the interviews also explored in depth a number of cultural factors and external economic factors, which were found to be related to the incidence of earnings management. Relevant cultural factors include particularly the tribal system that operates in Jordan, which creates pressures on firms likely to increase earnings management and external economic factors include the recent Middle East revolutions and adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards. The findings could be useful to investors, senior managers in Jordanian industrial firms, and legislators in Jordan, in relation to decisions about how to enhance the quality of monitoring mechanisms and constrain the incidence of earnings management. Our methodology and evaluation of standard accruals models in this context may also prove useful to other researchers on earnings management in developing economies.
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Schulte, Max-Gerhard Ferdinand [Verfasser], Jan [Akademischer Betreuer] Kratzer, Jan [Gutachter] Kratzer, and Christian [Gutachter] Mieke. "Corporate innovation: an analysis of German corporate-startup cooperation and corporate venture capital / Max-Gerhard Ferdinand Schulte ; Gutachter: Jan Kratzer, Christian Mieke ; Betreuer: Jan Kratzer." Berlin : Technische Universität Berlin, 2021. http://d-nb.info/1226217451/34.
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Gilman, Don G. "Comparative analysis of corporate culture in a multinational organization." Thesis, Pepperdine University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3587467.
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This study built upon the Project GLOBE (House, Hanges, Javidan, Dorfman, & Gupta, 2004) analysis by using a Web-based version of the GLOBE Questionnaire in order to examine the extent to which the cultural values and practices of middle managers in a multinational organization vary depending on (a) their cultural background and the region in which they work, (b) whether they were a member of a recently acquired company, and (c) the number of years employed by the multinational organization. Multinational organizations face the unique challenge of operating in societies that have different sets of cultural norms, expectations, beliefs, and values. Just as societies have distinct cultures, so do organizations. Individuals working in organizations are influenced by the organizational culture as well as by the societal culture and competition between these 2 sets of distinct cultures can dramatically impact the success or failure of an acquisition, a strategic alliance, or any other initiative involving multiple cultures. Focusing on data from over 200 middle managers from the United States parent organization, and the regional organizations in Ireland, France, and Japan, a secondary analysis shows that an individual's values and beliefs tend to be more closely aligned with the corporate culture of the parent organization than with the societal culture of the regional organization. Additionally, an examination of the culture of an acquired company shows that there are no statistically significant differences in cultural practices, and only 2 statistically significant differences in cultural values, several years after the acquisition. Finally, the results from this study show that statistically significant differences for cultural practices and values between individual respondents and the overall organization tend to be most prevalent among middle managers with 5 to 10 years of service with the organization.
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Sjostrom, Johan Carl Fredrik. "Corporate effects on industry competition : a strategic groups analysis." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.320737.
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Sasaki, Kouji. "A theoretical analysis of securities trading and its impact on corporate finance." Thesis, Birkbeck (University of London), 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.411776.
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Anokhin, Sergey. "Empirical Essays on Corporate Innovation: Untangling the Effects of Corporate Venture Capital." online version, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=case1152821357.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Case Western Reserve University, 2006.Department of Marketing and Policy Studies, Weatherhead School of Management. Includes bibliographical references. Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center.
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Christie, David John, and dave christie@hipsys com. "A Trilateral Model for the Management of Corporate Image: an examination of the inter-relationship between an organisation's Self Image, its Projected Image and its Perceived Image." Griffith University. School of Management, 2002. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20030102.095828.
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The Research Topic and the Need for It: This thesis starts with a review of what the literature says about the importance of corporate image and how it needs to be managed as a strategic asset. However, the problem is there is no model that shows what corporate image comprises and explains how its various components interact with one another so that it can be managed. The result is a number of confusing and contradictory definitions and unproductive discussions about things like whether corporate reputation and corporate image are different or synonymous. In response to this need, it is suggested that corporate image comprises three different image perspectives; namely, Self Image, Projected Image and Perceived Image and that it is only when these are defined separately and regarded holistically that corporate image can be properly defined, understood and managed. Objective: The objective of this research was to develop and test this model using triangulated approaches in which data could be acquired and understood from different sources. To this end questionnaires were developed by document analysis, consultation and discussion. This research was conducted in two very different organisations - a new university campus and a sugar co-operative. In the interests of confidentiality they have been renamed Barton University's Kingsley Campus and Sunstate Sugar Co-operative Association Limited. Data was input into both SPSS and HIPSYS computer programs for the Kingsley Campus research and into HIPSYS for the Sunstate Sugar research. For both research sites the results were discussed with members of all response groups so that accurate interpretations of the data could be made and additional meaningful data acquired. For Kingsley Campus, response groups included all Academic and General Staff of Kingsley Campus for the Self Image and the Projected Image, and for the Perceived Image all Current and Past Students, a representative sample of Grade 12 high school students, advanced diploma students of Kingsley TAFE, and Community Leaders. In all 3,693 questionnaires were distributed and 934 completed questionnaires were processed. For Sunstate Sugar, response groups included all employees for the Self Image separated by Management, Supervisors and Workforce, all Board members and all Employees who interface with the growers (members of the co-operative) for the Projected Image, and all members of the co-operative for the Perceived Image. In all 1830 questionnaires were distributed and 916 completed questionnaires were processed. Findings: The results from the Kingsley Campus research showed that the Projected Image needed to be more effectively targeted at the Grade 12 target group. The results from the Sunstate Sugar research showed that its Perceived Image was affected by its Self Image as well as by its Projected Image and that its Self Image in particular needed to be made more positive. The results from both organisations suggest that a positive corporate Self Image influences the Projected Image and can have as much impact on the Perceived Image as does the Projected Image. In exploring and discussing the results of this research, each organization derived recommendations which led to their developing action plans for the more effective management of their corporate image. These results indicate that the model created has eliminated a gap in the literature, diffused the confusion regarding what corporate image is, and provided a structure and a methodology by which corporate image can be identified and managed. It has been shown to have considerable utility.
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Kovermann, Jost Hendrik [Verfasser], and Patrick [Akademischer Betreuer] Velte. "Tax avoidance, corporate governance and corporate finance - agency-theoretical analysis, literature review and empirical investigation / Jost Hendrik Kovermann ; Betreuer: Patrick Velte." Lüneburg : Universitätsbibliothek der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, 2020. http://d-nb.info/1204267278/34.
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Dahya, Jay. "A market- and accounting-based analysis of changes in UK corporate management." Thesis, University of Dundee, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.389870.
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Alahakone, Ratnesvary. "Corporate volunteering : an analysis of the drivers, mediating mechanisms and outcomes." Thesis, Kingston University, 2015. http://eprints.kingston.ac.uk/35523/.
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Over the last decade, researchers have been increasingly interested in exploring the nature and potential benefits of an organisation's corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities. CSR refers to "actions that appear to further some social good, beyond the interests of the firm and that which is required by law" (McWilliams and Siegel, 2001, p.117). The majority of research to date has focused on an organisational perspective and demonstrated that engaging in CSR activities results in positive organisational outcomes such as a reduced firm risk (McWilliams and Siegel 2001), increased attractiveness for investors (Aguilera, Rupp, Williams and Ganapathi 2007) and prospective employees (Bhattacharya et al. 2008) and reduced employee turnover (Galbreath 2009). More recently, researchers have turned their attention towards exploring how and organisation's employees respond to CSR activities. Corporate volunteering (CV) is emerging as an important tool through which organisations demonstrate their CSR. A focus on CV answers the call for an employee-centered understanding of CSR. This thesis explores the drivers and consequences of CV for employees and the employing organisation. This study integrates research on functional motivation and organisational support with CV to demonstrate that emploees' integral and external motives offer a perspective towards the CV initiatives in their organisations. This research also contributes to CV literature by examining the consequences of CV for the employee as well as the organisation. As CV involves volunteers who are also regular employees, the researcher expects that participating in CV will have an impact on how employees behave during their regular employment and also for the employing organisation, who in this case are the facilitators of the CV programme. Drawing on social exchange theory and intrinsic motivation theory, the study focuses on organisational outcomes of organisational commitment and work engagement and employee outcomes of job satisfaction and employee health and well-being as a result of CV participation. This study also examined the process through which CV activities influence the above mentioned outcomes. Inconsistencies in findings on research in CV have elicited calls for mediation mechanisms to be identified that will clarify relationships between CV and its outcomes. By focusing on social identity theory, this study suggests that pride and organisational identification (OI) mediates the relationship between employees' attitudes to CV and the consequences. Electronic questionnaires were distributed to employees in organisations that had corporate volunteering initiatives from Malaysia and Singapore. The final sample size after deleting for missing data incomplete questionnaires was 160 respondents. On average, participants were 38 years old with a SD on 9.1 years. 58.2 percent were female and 41.8 percent were male. Partial Least Squares (PLS) was used to analyse the data. The findings suggest that employees participate in CV for a variety of motives, the most significant of which is a desire to experience new learning experiences and to have the opportunity to use these knowledge, skills and abilities that they might not use in their regular jobs. Participating to express altruism, improving relationships with others, protecting the ego from negative features and enhancing positive strivings of the ego proved to be less important. Another important finding is that employees are driven by the support shown by their employers in terms of paid leave and time off. In terms of consequences, the findings suggest that all the dependent variables have a positive relationship with employees' attitudes towards corporate volunteering when mediated by both pride and organisational identification. By conceptualising and examining the relationships in this model, this study makes the following contributions. First, this research integrates several underpinning theories to develop a new theoretical framework that explains the drivers, consequences and mediators of CV. Second, by adopting Clary et al.'s (1998) functional theory and organisational support, this study contributes towards a perspective to explain individuals' attitudes towards their organisations' CV initiatives. It also contributes towards healthy debate on similarities and differences between general volunteering and CV. Third, this study integrates social exchange theory and intrinsic-extrinsic motivation to contribute to the literature on the outcomes of CV by incorporating organisational commitment, work engagement, job satisfaction and health and well-being in one model. Fourth, this study integrates social identity theory and intrinsic-extrinsic motivation theory to examine how pride and organisational identification mediate the processes through which CV activities influence employee outcomes of job satisfaction and health and well-being as well as employer outcomes of organisational commitment and work engagement.
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Louw, Hanneke. "A comparative and critical analysis of the corporate governance structure of South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11677.
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Bibliography: leaves 77-81.The King Reports, as well as legislative developments culminating from these reports, are aimed at enhancing corporate governance standards in South Africa and aligning them with international best practice. Notwithstanding these measures, a number of significant failures in corporate governance rocked South African business during this period, severely denting the perception of the quality and standard of corporate governance. Given the importance of international investors' confidence, a continuous review of the South African corporate governance structure is imperative. This dissertation aims at performing a comparative and critical analysis of the corporate governance structures in South Africa. The objective is to seek alternative or improved corporate governance mechanisms that will enhance the current dispensation. For this purpose, various international corporate governance models are analysed and their monitoring mechanisms identified. The possibility of utilising some of these mechanisms to enhance corporate governance in South Africa is examined. The institutional environment in South Africa (I.e. the controlled shareholder environment, inactive and illiquid markets) prevents the market model mechanisms of the US and UK from playing a greater monitoring role. Further market model mechanisms aimed at promoting the independent monitoring of management have to a large extent been incorporated into the South African corporate governance framework. However, the ongoing failures of large listed and unlisted companies, including smaller banks in South Africa, that appear to indicate poor levels of, or ineffective, corporate governance, calls for the enforcement and acceptance of the monitoring guidelines set out in the King Reports. The German and Japanese bank governance model has a limited application in South Africa. The level of bank debt financing is generally lower than equity financing, thereby restricting banks' ability to become monitors through their debt control rights.
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Danilov, Konstantin A. "Corporate bankruptcy : assessment, analysis and prediction of financial distress, insolvency, and failure." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/90237.
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Thesis: S.M. in Management Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2014.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
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This paper is divided into three sections that address the various elements of understanding, predicting and analyzing corporate failure and bankruptcy. Part I covers the definitions of corporate failure, explains the bankruptcy process and then classifies various potential causes of failure into broad categories. The causes are bifurcated into company-specific versus external factors. The company-specific factors include an in depth discussion and analysis of business causes versus financial causes, as well as the interrelation between the two. The most important factors, such as financial and operating leverage, are explored in great detail to gain a better understanding of their implications and impact on corporate failure. Part II covers various approaches for analyzing corporate risk and predicting corporate failure. It first details the credit analysis process from the perspective of lenders and credit agencies as a method for credit evaluation and prediction of default. Then, it provides an in depth explanation of financial ratio analysis as a prediction method and provides an overview of the main statistical prediction models. It concludes with a discussion of the implications of the model findings with respect to the causes detailed in Part I. Lastly, Part III describes the outcome of the study performed to analyze the causes of failure as described in Part I by using a combination of the methods highlighted in Part II. The purpose of the study is to identify the sequence and magnitude of relative ratio deterioration in failed firms in order to establish the relative frequency of the various categories of causes of failure. Various ratios and metrics were used as proxies for relative liquidity complications, profitability issues, business problems, and leverage concerns. The impact of macroeconomic events is also evaluated by isolating the impact of the 2008-2009 recession on the relative ratio measures.
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Rabenseifner, Christoph E. "Corporate Distress and Stakeholder Relations An Analysis of the Turnaround Process /." St. Gallen, 2007. http://www.biblio.unisg.ch/org/biblio/edoc.nsf/wwwDisplayIdentifier/02607471002/$FILE/02607471002.pdf.
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Nyaki, Judith V. "A critical analysis of Tanzanian corporate governance regulation and its impact on foreign investment." Thesis, University of Western Cape, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/3326.
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Magister Legum - LLMThe main objective of this study is to review the legal and regulatory framework of corporate governance in Tanzania with the focus on corporate governance laws and regulations. The study is intended to discuss the main legal and regulatory framework in Tanzania which plays a part in the corporate governance. The Companies Act No. 12 of 2002 will be reviewed in order to establish which corporate governance principles are provided and to what extent they are effective. The capital markets and securities laws, guidelines on corporate governance in Tanzania with a focus on the listing requirements and other regulations applied at the DSE will also be reviewed in order to establish their effectiveness in attracting investors to the market. Given the comparative value of South Africa and Kenya in SADC and EAC respectively, this work will also discuss the legal and regulatory framework of corporate governance in Kenya and South Africa and compare with those in Tanzania in areas such as shareholders rights; stakeholder’s right; board control and effectiveness and the effectiveness of compliance. Such comparative analysis is done in order to single out areas of focus in legal and regulatory framework in corporate governance law such as companies’ law and stock market and security laws in Tanzania.
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Cilliers, Andre. "Leisurenet : a strategic analysis with reference to corporate governance as part of company strategy." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52917.
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Mini-study project (MBA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2002.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The rise of the health and fitness club, Health and Racquet Club, in the late eighties was spectacular and it came as no surprise that the company was listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in 1994. The two founder members, Peter Gardener and Robert Mitchell listed a company within a short period of time and were not afraid to change their strategy and expand their operations into other sectors of the leisure industry in 1995. In the late nineties, after restructuring the subsidiaries of the group, management started to look at foreign markets for expansion of the core business, namely the Health and Racquet Clubs. The group's foreign expansion accumulated a vast amount of debt on its balance sheet and in retrospect was seen as one of the main reasons for its collapse. The company was placed under liquidation in the end of the 2000 financial year. This study will evaluate the different strategies management followed, and will identify some key strategic mistakes that was made and that led to the downfall of a seemingly financially strong organization that offered above average returns to it's stakeholders. It also aims to show that a business strategy has to rely on strong corporate governance and that the last say always lies with the stakeholders within that company.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die gesondheids- en fiksheidsklub, die Health and Racquet Club, het in die laat tagtigerjare ongelooflike opgang gemaak, wat uiteindelik gelei het tot notering op die Johannesburgse Effektebeurs in 1994. Die twee stigterslede, Peter Gardener en Robert Mitchell, het die maatskappy binne 'n kort tyd genoteer, en het nie gehuiwer om hulle strategie te verander en in 1995 hulle bedrywighede uit te brei na ander sektore in die ontspanningsindustrie nie. In die laat negentigerjare, nadat die filiale van die groep geherstruktureer is, het die bestuur oorsese markte begin ondersoek met die oog op uitbreiding van die kernbesigheid, naamlik die Health and Racquet Clubs. Die groep se uitbreidingsaksie het groot skuld tot gevolg gehad - een van die hoofredes vir die ineenstorting. Die maatskappy is aan die einde van die 2000 finansiële jaar gelikwideer. Hierdie studie evalueer die verskillende strategieë wat die bestuur gevolg het, en identifiseer die belangrikste strategiese foute wat gemaak is en wat gelei het tot die ineenstorting van 'n maatskappy wat oënskynlik finansieel sterk was en bogemiddelde opbrengste aan die aandeelhouers besorg het. Die studie poog ook om aan te toon dat 'n besigheidstrategie gebaseer moet wees op stewige korporatiewe beheer en dat die laaste sê altyd by die aandeelhouers van die maatskappy lê.
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Roux, Etienne. "A portfolio analysis of Sanlam limited." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/4909.
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Thesis (MBA (Business Management))--University of Stellenbosch, 2007.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The structure of Sanlam Limited is continually changing in order to align with the strategy. The aim of this research report is to determine the effectiveness of the current structure and whether it is aligned with the strategy. The current corporate strategy is to become the leader in wealth creation. This will be done through being a leader in all areas of the financial services industry and not only a provider of life insurance. The strategy is currently supported through a structure consisting of four channels, namely a life insurance cluster, investment cluster, short-term insurance cluster, and independent financial services cluster. An analysis of the life insurance cluster shows that Sanlam is currently struggling in the employee benefits sector of the industry but is a definite force in the individual life sector. In the short-term insurance industry Sanlam is represented through a shareholding in Santam. Analysis shows that Santam is currently the dominant player in this industry and should continue to be so in the future. The investment cluster consists of a number of entities with the biggest being Sanlam Investment Management. They currently have a big share of asset under management in the industry and performances are also improving after corrective measures were taken in 2004. It is difficult to compare the independent financial services cluster with other companies as they are present in so many areas of the financial services industry. Determination of the industry attractiveness has shown that all three focus areas of the clusters are fairly attractive, with the short-term insurance market being the most attractive. Competitive strength analysis indicates that the main players in each of the clusters do have competitive strength in their industry, with Santam once again being the most competitive. The results mentioned in the previous paragraphs definitely indicate that Sanlam is focussing on the correct areas and has the strengths to compete in these areas. The only concern is that growth is slowing down in the main contributor to profits, that is Sanlam Life, and they need to find areas of growth or diversification to address this risk.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die struktuur van Sanlam Beperk is gedurig aan die verander om met die strategie belyn te wees. Die doel van die navorsingsprojek is om te bepaal hoe effektief die strukture is en of dit wel belyn is met die strategie. Die huidige korporatiewe strategie is om die leier te wees in rykdom skepping. Dit kan alleenlik gedoen word deur die leier te wees in alle areas van die finansiele dienste sektor en nie alleenlik 'n verskaffer van lewensversekering nie. Hierdie strategie word tans ondersteun deur 'n struktuur bestaande uit vier kanale, naamlik die lewensversekeringskanaal, beleggingskanaal, korttermynversekeringskanaal, en die onafhanklike finansiele dienste-kanaal. 'n Ontleding van die lewensversekeringskanaal loon dat Sanlam tans sukkel in die werknemersvoordele area van die besigheid maar 'n definitiewe sterk verteenwoordigheid het in die individuele lewens area van die besigheid. In die korttermynversekeringskanaal word Sanlam verteenwoordig deur Santam in wie Sanlam 'n aandeelhouer is. Die analise van die industrie toon dat Santam die dominante leier in die area is en so behoort te bly in die afsienbare toekoms. Die beleggingskanaal bestaan uit 'n hele aantal besighede waarvan Sanlam Beleggingsbestuurders die grootste is. Hulle het tans 'n groot persentasie van die bates onder bestuur in die mark en vertoon ook aansienlik beter na korrektiewe stappe geneem is in 2004. Dit is moeilik om die onafhanklike finansiele dienste-kanaal met mededingers te vergelyk aangesien hulle 'n teenwoordigheid het in baie areas van die finansiele dienste sektor. Bepaling van die industrie aantreklikheidsfaktor het getoon dat al die areas waarop die kanale fokus redelik aantreklik is, met die korttermynversekering die mees aanloklikste. Die analise van die kompeterende sterkte het ook aangetoon dat die grootste eenhede in elke kanaal definitief kompeterend is, met Santam weereens die mees kompeterende. Die resultate uiteengesit in die vorige paragrawe toon aan dat Sanlam op die regte areas fokus en ook 'n sterk teenwoordigheid in die areas het. Die enigste rede tot kommer is die feit dat Sanlam Lewens, wat die grootste bydra lewer tot die groep winste, nie groei toon nie. Daar sal dus planne gemaak moet word om die besigheid te groei.
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Powers, Eric A. (Eric Allen) 1964. "Corporate restructuring : an analysis of spin-offs, sell-offs and equity carve-outs." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/95547.
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Lee, Sun Hye. "Corporate social responsibility failure in offshore outsourcing relationships : explicating the phenomenon through multiple levels of analysis." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2017. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/101266/.
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Firms are facing challenges in managing corporate social responsibility (henceforth CSR) in their offshore outsourcing relationships and often fail to meet the ever increasing expectations from stakeholders. The main cause of these challenges stems from the complexity of offshore outsourcing. This thesis attempts to advance understandings of the mechanisms through which key relevant factors operate and interact to influence CSR performance outcomes. Three pieces of research taking different approaches embedded in multiple theories and levels of analysis are presented. Paper 1 advances the theoretical understanding of firm performance outcomes in cross-border inter-organisational relationships, mainly informed by institutional theory, resource dependence theory, and relational view. By specifically looking at CSR in offshore outsourcing relationships, the study enables prediction of CSR performance outcomes under institutional and inter-organisational differences. Paper 2 empirically studies a specific type of CSR failure, corporate social irresponsibility (henceforth CSiR) exposed by the media. Using an extensive amount of longitudinal data, the study demonstrates that CSR performance is an outcome of the interactions between the way firms are perceived by key stakeholders and attention to the subject matter. The paper contributes to the attention-based view, the theoretical underpinning of the paper, by separating out depth and breadth of attention conceptually and empirically. Paper 3 narrows down the sectoral context of the study to the retail industry considering its representativeness in the subject matter. Drawing on resource dependence theory, the study provides conceptual insights into a shifting paradigm from dyadic to trilateral governance. The findings of the three studies examining an identical phenomenon, but adopting different approaches and research tools, suggest CSR performance outcomes are formulated by internal and external contextual conditions and firms’ strategic choices. Overall the thesis contributes to our understanding of CSR in offshore outsourcing by unravelling the mechanisms through which these crucial factors work.
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Yang, Jin Zhu. "Reforming the Chinese corporate governance system : a comparative law and economic analysis." Thesis, Bournemouth University, 2006. http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/10551/.
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One of the major economic themes which characterised the development of modern company law was the well-documented separation of ownership from control and the increase in management control brought about by the wide dispersion of share ownership in large public companies.The growth and complexity of the modern corporation with diversified ownership created the need for governance mechanisms to facilitate the monitoring of managers and to restrain them from acting inappropriately, while not unduly restricting their ability to make decisions. The issue of corporate governance has been fiercely debated in both the US and the UK for several decades. The impact of globalisation and the recent financial crises in East Asia and elsewhere have spurred on corporate governance reform, which is now being implemented in many jurisdictions around the world. In recent years, China appears to have adopted some of the basic corporate governance structures of the Anglo-American system. However, little comparative empirical work has so far been undertaken to document systemic differences in ownership structures, institutional arrangement and legal rules betweenthe current Chinese corporate governance system and the systems in the UK and the US, or to determine how a corporate governance regime can best be designed to overcome the agency problems created by the separation of ownership from control in the Chinese context. In this thesis, we investigate the characteristics of China's corporate ownership structure and assess how effective shareholders are in monitoring directors' activities; we examine how boards are structured and function to ensure the efficient running of the company; and we consider the legal duties imposed on directors and how these duties are enforced in China, drawing comparisons and contrasts with the UK. Also, given the distinctive features of the Chinese corporate governance system, we estimate a regression model to investigate the relationship between corporate governance and corporate performance in China. Our results indicate that the weakness of the Chinese corporate governance system is not only a consequence of the concentrated state-ownership structure. This weakness is also in part due to the ineffectiveness of internal monitoring rules, inadequate/incomplete law and poor law enforcement. Finally, we provide some suggestions for the Chinese government to improve the Chinese corporate governance system.
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Dalmia, Nihar. "Evaluation of the business case for using analytics for corporate sustainability and overcoming the challenges in its execution." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/90235.
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Thesis: S.M. in Management Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2014.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
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in an age where organizations across industries and sectors are placing increasing importance on sustainability, leaders are looking for more accurate information to guide their decisions on sustainability-related issues. Analytics and big data have been recognized as valuable tools to advance sustainability efforts both at a community as well as an organizational level. In the last decade specially, tools have been adopted by many organizations to gather and analyze data relevant to sustainability, to gain insights through business intelligence tools and to extend visibility through the supply chain. However, with opportunities come challenges and questions remain about the validity of the business case for sustainability analytics. As sustainability analytics gains momentum, understanding, identifying and addressing the challenges that come along with its adoption is going to be critical for companies to be well prepared to take their sustainability efforts forward. This thesis evaluates the emergence of sustainability analytics and the business case for its adoption, identifies the challenges that hinder its success and points towards shifts in current approaches to overcome those obstacles. Further, two of the assumptions about big data are that organizations are 'swimming in a sea' of data and thus the challenges lie in finding valuable insights, and that challenges associated with big data are primarily technical in nature. This work investigates these claims from the perspective of sustainability analytics and aims to identify the opportunities and challenges that organizations must be aware of to maximize its sustainability efforts using analytics. Various cases and interviews are cited to support the analysis and arguments presented in this paper. Chapter 1 opens the paper with a discussion of the link between sustainability and analytics and the emergence of sustainability analytics. Chapter 2 investigates the expected and realized value based on the business case(s) for sustainability analytics. Chapter 3 evaluates the challenges that can lead to the failure in realization of this value and addresses common assumptions that contribute to this failure. Chapter 4 discusses and recommends a shift in the finance function as a key ingredient to the success of sustainability analytics. The paper concludes with a proposed strategic framework in Chapter 5 that organizations must consider in their pursuit of overcoming the challenges of successfully adopting sustainability analytics..
by Nihar Dalmia.
S.M. in Management Studies
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Mai, Li-Chuan. "An analysis of corporate culture and business strategy in Taiwaneses CATV channel companies." Thesis, University of Westminster, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.251728.
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Kenyon-Slade, Stephen Laurence. "Defensive tactics in corporate takeovers : a comparative analysis of American and British Law." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.317821.
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Kang, Hyunsung Daniel. "Essays on entrepreneurial finance: the role of corporate venture capital and its performance implications." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/44793.
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My dissertation is focused on developing a better understanding of the technology and innovation strategies of corporations and their impacts on firm performance. I am particularly interested in corporate venture capital (CVC), which serves as a strategy for accessing external technology for corporate investors and as an alternative source of financing and complementary assets for start-ups. I have investigated the conditions under which corporate investors and start-ups achieve the strategic goals by establishing CVC ties, and on estimating the technological and financial gains created by the CVC ties. Specifically, I have concentrated on when and where CVC ties are established in order to maximize economic value. The former relates to a timing issue, whereas the latter is a space issue of CVC investments.
In the first essay, I examine corporate investors' decisions to establish CVC ties and their subsequent strategic actions. Consistent with the real options perspective on CVC investments, I find that CVC investments can help corporate investors effectively search for and select future acquisition or licensing partners by reducing asymmetric information and uncertainty that may characterize markets for technology. Specifically, CVC investments facilitate the external acquisition of technology by substituting for a corporate investor's absorptive capacity, as reflected by its upstream research capabilities. CVC investments instead complement the portfolio of internally generated new products, since they allow highly productive corporate investors to shift their focus onto exploratory initiatives with the objective of selecting future technology and partners. Finally, CVC investments facilitate exploratory investments in distant technological areas
that are subsequently integrated through licensing or acquisitions. These findings contribute to emerging research on the organization and financing patterns of external R&D activities.
In the second essay, I investigate the nature of the relationship between technological spillovers and capital gains created by CVC investments for corporate investors. Using a simple equilibrium model and data from the global bio-pharmaceutical industry between 1986 and 2007, I find that these technological spillovers and capital gains are complements. This complementarity is enhanced when CVC investments are made in post-IPO and technologically diversified start-ups. Beyond providing a broad benchmark for heterogeneous returns on CVC investments, this study has important implications for corporate investors and start-ups. In particular, to the extent that capital gain is greatly determined by changes in the market values of start-ups, it implies that CVC investments can create value for start-ups as well as corporate investors. These mutual benefits can be greatly determined by when (e.g., post-IPO start-ups) and where (e.g., technologically diversified start-ups) CVC investments are made.
In the third essay, I analyze the contextual factors that impact the probability of start-ups' obtaining financing through independent venture capitalists and corporate investors. The systematic empirical evidence based on a three-stage game theoretic model suggests that start-ups that possess better evaluated technology tend to be financed through independent venture capitalists, rather than corporate investors. In contrast, start-ups tend to be financed through corporate investors, rather than independent venture capitalists, when their intellectual properties are effectively protected and their research pipelines contain multiple products. These findings provide a theoretical basis to explain why several types of investors co-exist in the entrepreneurial financing market. Moreover, the existence of such determinants indicates that, although investors traditionally have been viewed as the powerful partner that dominates the investment decision, start-ups are also active decision makers in investment ties.
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Fenclova, Emily Ann. "Flying responsibly? : an analysis of the self-reported corporate social responsibility of European airlines." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/13342.
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The aim of this PhD research project was to critically examine the self-reported socially-responsible activities of European full-service and low-fares airlines. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a concept that has been described using many terms and with varying definitions. Broadly, it is the recognition that businesses should voluntarily mitigate and manage their externalities. CSR has been touted by businesses and governments alike as a preferred alternative to regulation. This research looked at the self-reported CSR approaches of the European airline sector, which has historically been heavily regulated and is currently facing increasing pressures regarding its impacts on CSR- and sustainability-related concerns. Low cost carriers have been under particular scrutiny for their impacts, and therefore, this research compared the CSR approaches of the two dominant airline business models in Europe: low cost and full service models. The sample consisted of 21 full service and 13 low cost carriers with headquarters in Europe. Mixed qualitative methods were applied to 566 secondary documents (websites, press releases, annual reports, and standalone CSR reports) and 15 elite interviews with airline managers. A range of established CSR indicators were assessed, including: definitions, reported practices, motivations and justifications for CSR activities, and CSR management and monitoring. Much of what the airlines reported as their CSR was at odds with academic and governmental definitions; as a whole, they placed considerable emphasis on environmental issues and adhering to regulations. This study also found that the CSR practices were closely correlated with business practices and key sector issues – an understanding of CSR that is most compatible with stakeholder theory-based conceptualisations. Business models on their own were found to be an overly-simplistic explanation for the wide variances of practice that were found in the sample. Instead, four ‘profiles of responsibility’ were identified, which better captured the differences in practices.
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Carter, Mary Ellen 1966. "An analysis of the operating performance and financial statement disclosures associated with corporate restructurings." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/37040.
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Ibrahim, Avan Abdul Razzak. "An empirical analysis of the strategic group concept within the UK construction industry." Thesis, Heriot-Watt University, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10399/1340.
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Strategic group theory has become a popular tool for analysing the competitive structures of industries. A 'strategic group ' is a group of firms in an industry following the same or a similar strategy along strategic dimensions. Since its initial development in the early 1970s by Hunt, the concept of strategic groups has initiated a plethora of empirical research in both the industrial organisation economics and strategic management dliscipliiies, emphasising the importance of strategic groups in understanding the differences across firms within an industry. Despite the rich theoretical tradition from which the strategic group concept is derived and the numerous empirical efforts to test its implications, there is no consensus concerning the appropriate method to identify strategic groups. In addition, a number of important questions concerning this concept remain unanswered and many previously researched issues require further refinement. This study was concerned with the development of a general framework for formulating strategic groups within the UK construction industry and examining both the dynamic characteristics and the performance implications of strategic groups membership. The focus of this thesis was at the corporate level of 35 UK construction firms for the period starting from 1986 to 1991 inclusive. To operationalise the strategy concept the study utilised two components of strategic decisions, namely scope and resource allocations. The findings of the longitudinal analysis demonstrated that the construction industry has witnessed significant structural transformations over the study period. The number, location, and composition of strategic groups has changed over time in accordance with changes in key strategic dimensions. The results also demonstrated that there is partial support for the existence of performance differences among strategic groups. The m2jor contributions of this study are the development of a general framework for formulating, interpreting, and validating the identified strategic groups; the detailed measurement of the strategy concept; and the longitudinal analysis of the dynamic and performance implications of strategic groups. The application of the strategic group concept to a diversified and complex industry such as the UK construction industry provided more insight into the strategic group phenomenon and its usefulness to strategic management analysis. The developed methodology has a potential for providing a comparative basis for future longitudinal research on strategic groups in other industries.
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Ragauskienė, Erika. "Economic analysis of state property and the transformation of its management." Doctoral thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2011. http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2011~D_20111213_150405-28458.
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Object of the research – state-owned property. Purpose of the research – to assess the condition of state property’s potential, to substantiate its valuation instruments and to suggest necessary changes to the active part of the state property management model. In the study a systemic analysis of state property concepts, classification, accounting and management was conducted and provisions for the transformation of the management strategy for property disposed of by state enterprises (important state commercial property) have been suggested.Mokslinio darbo objektas – valstybei nuosavybės teise priklausantis turtas. Darbo tikslas – įvertinti valstybės turto potencialo būklę, pagrįsti jo vertinimo instrumentus ir numatyti būtinus valstybės turto aktyviosios dalies valdymo modelio pokyčius. Moksliniame darbe atlikta sisteminė valstybės turto sampratos, klasifikavimo, apskaitos ir valdymo analizė ir numatytos valstybės įmonių disponuojamo turto (svarbaus valstybės komercinio turto) valdymo strategijos transformacijos prielaidos.
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Nkatsha, Thembinkosi Sydney. "Analysis of the implementation of corporate level strategy in a South Afircan furniture retailer." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018272.
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[Integrative Summary] This study is situated in the complex field of change management, and strategy execution. The study focuses on the corporate level restructuring of Ellerine Holdings Limited (EHL), subsequent to its acquisition by the micro lending financial institution African Bank Investments Limited (ABIL). The interest of the researcher was aroused by the uniqueness of the relationship. This was the first of its kind in a South African context, where a banker owned a furniture retailer. The restructuring was undertaken shortly after the acquisition. This research paper adopted a case study approach, in describing the restructuring initiative that took place in EHL, focusing on the period between January 2008 and the end of 2010/ 11 financial year on the 30th of September 2011. The case captures the significant phases of the restructuring including a background of (1) the protagonist, Toni Fourie (Chief Executive Officer), (2) EHL as the researched company, (3) the industry it operates in, and (4) the case content. Brief teaching notes have been provided to explain the teaching value of the case and to assist with its delivery in the classroom. Attention is drawn to a presentation by the protagonist in November 2011, named 'A CEO Insight' where he gave an overview and insights of the road travelled in restructuring Ellerine Holdings Limited, and more importantly highlights the following about the purpose and nature of the restructuring of the organisation. • A plan to change the way the industry works. • The creation of a profitable, stand-alone retail business through: o The sale of two companies, the closure of two companies and consolidating from thirteen to six brands. o Separating financial services from retail. o Moving the financial services component to African Bank, also a subsidiary of ABIL. o Redesigning the credit model. o Completion of twelve system changes. • Over R600million reduction in cost • A place where people want to work. The restructuring outlined above represents a major shake-up in many aspects of the corporation. The main challenge for Toni Fourie and his team was: how best could they restructure EHL to extract synergies between their two subsidiaries Ellerine Holdings Limited & African Bank to increase shareholders ' value at Group level. The case seeks to describe this in detail. The overarching strategy underpinning the restructuring of the researched corporation is premised on the price volume elasticity equation, by reducing the cost of credit, thereby driving pricing down within the brands, and facilitating more people having access to affordable credit. The case study of the restructuring is presented in Section 1. A review of relevant literature on strategy implementation is presented in Section 2, focusing on restructuring. Successful implementation of strategies only takes place with structures that are developed by organisations to support the achievement of their strategic objectives. Organisational architecture and design have a critical role to play in the execution of organisational strategies. Nadler and Tushman (1978) emphasise the importance of congruence in the organisational design, for the organization to not only deliver superior results but to sustain them over a period of time. Research by Okumus (2005) seems to tell us that the lack of credible framework to implement strategy, has contributed the high failure rate of strategy initiatives. Although this is a strategy implementation case, it also touches on aspects of leadership - mainly the architectural role - and the role, or influence of strategic leadership, in restructuring the corporation. The results of this research paper were achieved by following a specific research methodology. The aim of the research was to analyse the restructuring of the researched company at corporate level, having the following objectives in mind; • Understanding the strategy. • Analysing the design decisions in the light of the strategy chosen by the top management of Ellerine Holdings Limited. • Analysing what monitoring and control measures had been designed to facilitate the corporate restructuring. Data was collected through documentation of the corporation that was made available to the researcher on request, as well as those that are in the public domain, and an interview with the CEO of the researched company. The interview was conducted after analysing the documentation (Hakim, 2000). The Methodology is detailed in Section 3. The researcher hopes that the case study will contribute to learning about business leadership and strategic management. The case should develop an understanding of the complexities related to strategy execution at corporate level, particularly the restructuring aspect of it.
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Augsdorfer, Peter. "Forbidden fruit : an analysis of bootlegging, uncertainty and learning in corporate R&D." Thesis, University of Sussex, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.259459.
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Kim, Gwang Gyu. "An analysis of structure and process of corporate alliance development using system architecture frameworks." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/42362.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design and Management Program, February 2007.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 95-97).
A strategic alliance has been one of the core methods for expanding the business of many corporations in terms of geographic presence, business domain, and technological scope. The strategic alliance includes many different types of partnerships, including licensing in and out, joint product development, minority equity investments, joint ventures, and mergers and acquisitions. These alliances involve many distinctive participants inside and outside a corporation and for this reason, the alliance-forging process and management tend to be quite complicated for systematic analysis. Therefore in this thesis I employ system architecture frameworks to analyze strategic alliances in a systematic way from a holistic viewpoint. I apply an object process methodology (OPM) to understand interactions among different participants during the process of forging alliances, analyze the upstream and downstream influences, and finally adopt a holistic framework to illustrate detailed interactions during the process. The alliance process basically consists of four distinctive phases: formulation, partner selection, negotiation, and management. Comparing the results with the DuPont case, I realized that the alliance management phase should be augmented for more comprehensive management. Strategic alliances and mergers and acquisitions are discussed in the corporate-level context. They have many driving forces in common at the level of corporate context, but in mergers and acquisitions the economic conditions are more critical components than others during a strategy- formulation phase.
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Turnbull, Sharon. "Corporate ideology and its influences on middle management : a study of middle managers' responses to an organizational values programme." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.322858.
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