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Enterprise Ownership and Control in China: Governance with a Chinese Twist
Authors: Ho, Daniel; Lau, Alex; Young, Angus
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Business Horizons
Publication Year: 2012
Inefficient state-owned enterprises in China were compelled to restructure to remain competitive, which resulted in phenomenal economic growth. However, this transplantation process did not occur without problems, and certain domestic attributes had to be supplemented in corporate legislation to correspond with Chinese socialistic objectives and cultural values. This article analyzes the key attributes of Chinese corporate governance and regulations concerning shareholders’ rights...
Corporate Governance in Publicly Traded Small Firms: A Study of Canadian Venture Exchange Companies
Authors: Gordon, Irene M.; Hrazdil, Karel; Shapiro, Daniel
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Business Horizons
Publication Year: 2012
Most evidence regarding the determinants and effects of corporate governance practices is based on large firms. Herein, we explore these issues in the context of small publicly traded Canadian companies. We measure performance by two variables: quality of accounting earnings and financial performance. The results indicate that corporate governance does matter for smaller traded Canadian firms.
Overcoming Political Opposition: CNG Mandates in Delhi (A, B, C)
Author: Jha, Saumitra
Product Type: Cases
Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
By the early 1990s, New Delhi was the fourth-most polluted city in the world. This case follows India's Supreme Court ruling in 1998 that all buses, taxis, and auto-rickshaws in Delhi be switched to clean fuels by March 31, 2001.
Gerry Pasciucco at AIG Financial Products (A)
Authors: Mukunda, Gautam; DeLong, Thomas J.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2012
Gerry Pasciucco was appointed to lead American International Group's Financial Products (AIGFP) group after the government bailout of AIG in 2008 and charged with the task of shutting down the division while minimizing the government's losses. Several months into his tenure, the division paid large retention bonuses to all of its professionals according to a contract negotiated before he joined AIGFP. These bonuses were seen by the public as going to the very people whose mistakes resulted in the need for a bailout in the first place and resulted in an unprecedented storm of public outrage...
Sony PlayStation: Security Breach
Authors: Seijts, Jana; Bigus, Paul
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
In April 2011, Sony’s PlayStation and Qriocity services were attacked by an illegal and unauthorized intrusion into the company network, compromising user account information. Although brief statements about the issue were posted on the PlayStation blog site, Sony did not publicly disclose the full extent of the security breach or the expected date when network services might return to normal, leaving many people speculating if personal or financial information had been illegally obtained...
Capitec Bank: Leveraging Banking Innovations to Attract Wealthier Customers
Authors: Barnard, Helena; Ansell, Gwen
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business; Gordon Institute of Business Science
Publication Year: 2012
Capitec Bank was a new bank established at the end of apartheid to offer banking services and loans to the large numbers of low-income potential customers newly opened to economic progress and aspiration by the end of the discriminatory system. The case will be useful for postgraduate MBA courses and short courses focused on a key challenge of doing business at the so-called “base of the pyramid”: how successfully can an enterprise in a changing competitive climate both continue to consolidate and develop its low-income market, while at the same time diversifying its reach into higher-income banking markets?
The Volcker Rule: Financial Crisis, Bailouts, and the Need for Financial Regulation
Authors: Minor, Dylan; Persico, Micola
Product Type: Cases
Source: Kellogg School of Management
Publication Year: 2012
In response to the potential collapse of large financial institutions in 2007, the U.S. government committed trillions of dollars to loans, asset purchases, guarantees, direct spending to provide fiscal stimulus, expansionary monetary policy, and bailouts of various private financial institutions. One outcome of the government's response was the proposal to enact into law the Volcker rule, which prohibited banks from engaging in proprietary trading, or trading for their own-not their clients'-benefit. Executives of large banks needed to decide how to respond to this potential change in their business environment...
CBM Pte Ltd - Industry's 'Silent Service'?
Author: Gilbert, A. Lee
Product Type: Cases
Source: ABCC at Nanyang Tech University
Publication Year: 2012
With the Singapore market approaching saturation, and new opportunities arising in overseas markets to which the recently reorganised firm had good access, CBM had achieved several years of double-digit growth. Was the trend toward service integration and environmental sustainability an opportunity for CBM, or a threat? How could they sustain their profitable growth?
Alphabet Energy: Thermoelectrics and Market Entry
Authors: Alexander, Beverly; Boscoe, Adam; Cabot, Mason; Dawsey, Philip; Barreau, Luc Emmanuel; Griffith, Russell
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: California Management Review
Publication Year: 2012
Alphabet Energy was founded in 2009 with a new thermoelectric technology that had the potential to advance energy efficiency by recovering heat wasted in combustion and mechanical processes. By 2010, Alphabet was facing its biggest challenge yet-how to select its initial market.
Sustainability: How Stakeholder Perceptions Differ from Corporate Reality
Authors: Peloza, John; Loock, Moritz; Cerruti, James; Muyot, Michael
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: California Management Review
Publication Year: 2012
Many stakeholders, from customers to investors to employees to purchasing managers, report that sustainability is an important factor in their decision-making processes. Firms that integrate sustainability into their culture and business practices are better able to integrate sustainability messaging into mainstream communications.
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