...Build and they will come has possibly been not executed before in India on such a large scale. The Rs 2,000 crore, initial public offering of Lavasa Corporation Ltd, promoted by Mumbai-based infrastructure group, Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) is likely to be postponed to next fiscal, after it received a show cause notice on 25 November to stop construction of the project from the Ministry of Environment and Forests and after its name surfaced in the bribe for loan scam. Lavasa city, near Pune, is one of the most ambitious real estate projects in the country. Considered to be India’s first planned hill city, the 12,500 acre project is part of the 25,000 acres of land, declared as a `hill station’ by the Maharashtra government, under the hill station policy passed by the government in 2000. The Ministry has given 15 days time to the company to give reasons for not demolishing the unauthorized structures constructed in Lavasa city, without obtaining environmental clearance between March, 2004 and September, 2006. According to the notice, the constructions are in violation of the Environment Impact Assessment Notification, 2006. The Ministry has also asked Lavasa to stop construction in the city till the Centre takes a decision on the show cause notice, and it has asked Lavasa to back up their explanation with photographs and satellite imagery. In its response to the show cause notice on 28th November, Lavasa has denied all the allegations made by the ministry...
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...Running head: ETHICAL ISSUES IN SATYAM SCAM 1 A Study of Ethical Issues in Satyam Scam Haresh M Patel (Roll No.2234) B.K.School of Business Management (Evening Programme) Ethical Issues in Satyam Scam Abstract “Reputation is an idle and most false imposition: oft got without merit, and lost without deserving”. Failed institutions, including Lehman Brothers, Enron and Satyam, would stand a testimony to this affray in a post-mortem analysis. This paper discusses corporate ethical issues involved in ‘Satyam Scam’ from a compliance perspective. It makes a distinction between legal and ethical compliance mechanisms and also shows that the legal compliance mechanism has clearly proven to be inadequate as it lacks the moral firepower to restore confidence and the ability to build trust. The concepts of freedom of indifference and freedom for excellence provide a theoretical basis for explaining why legal compliance mechanisms are insufficient in 2 dealing with fraudulent practices and may not be addressing the real and fundamental issues that inspire ethical behavior. The focus of the virtues in governance is to establish a series of practical responses which depend on the consistent application of core values and principles as well as commitment to ethical business practice. In my opinion, No one makes it to the top ranks of corporate management without a healthy amount of self-assurance. Confidence underlies decisive, strong leadership, but does overconfidence lead...
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...How to Find the Best Stocks Introduction Investing in the stock market can be a risky, but many times rewarding business. In order to ensure that you turn a profit, you need to invest in the right stocks. Finding the right stocks can be a challenge for those that are new to investing, but with some tips and advice, and a little knowledge, finding those lucrative stocks is made a whole lot easier. Before starting off, you need to understand your goals and how you are going to achieve them. In addition to formulating goals, you need to do some basic market research. Ask yourself questions like “What market am I going to invest in?” and “How much am I willing to risk?” Now that you have your basic goals and research completed, you need to get down to actual investing. Before you do this, you need to know which stocks you are going to be investing in. There are many tools online that can help you, such as Google Stocks, which helps you keep track of certain stocks to see which direction they are trending in. As general advice, the best stocks to invest in are those that have recently hit rock bottom, and are on their way back up. Investment Risk Profile Simply put, your investment risk profile is how “risky” you are as an investor. Most people think that the stock market is 100% safe and risk-free to invest in, but in reality people do lose money in the stock market, just look at how many lost money in the Great Depression. Determining your investment risk profile...
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...of inducements, they do it because they can see that they are going to be able to earn the cost of capital out of their own intelligence and organization of resources. — Paul O’Neill, former CEO of Alcoa and President George W. Bush’s first Secretary of the Treasury 1 How companies decide where to expand or relocate is not rocket science. Their decision-making process is driven by business basics; subsidies rarely make a difference. The trouble is, the way the system is rigged, companies are getting huge subsidies to go where they would go anyway. Here’s a typical search process. A company of substantial size will usually hire a site location consultant to perform the research on new locations. If the company doesn’t use a consultant, it will assign lead duties to one of its divisions, usually real estate or finance. In either case, a management team will coordinate with the consultant or internal lead, providing input about what the company needs, from operations, sales, and other departments. The company—let’s call it Acme Widget—says to the consultant: to make widgets, we need a location that has plenty of workers who 47 know how to make widgets or who have comparable skills and can be readily trained. We also need a location with plenty of access to the main ingredients of widgets. And we don’t want to be far from our widget customers or from transportation systems to reach them. Business Basics: What Really Drives Site Location The factors that drive site location—access...
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...Corruption is efforts to secure wealth or power through illegal means for private gain at public expense; or a misuse of public power for privat e benefit. Corruption like cockroaches has co- existed with human society for a long time and remains as one of the problems in many of the world’s developing economies with devastating consequences. Corruption as a phenomenon, is a global problem, and exists in varying degrees in different countries (Agbu, 2001). Corruption is not only found in democratic and dictatorial politic s, but also in feudal, capitalist and socialist economies. Christian, Muslim, Hindu, and Buddhist cultures are equally be deviled by corruption Corruption in India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Political corruption | Concepts | * Bribery * Cronyism * Kleptocracy * Economics of corruption * Electoral fraud * Nepotism * Slush fund * Plutocracy * Political scandal | Corruption by country | | Europe | * Albania * Armenia * Belgium * Bosnia * Denmark * Finland * France * Germany * Croatia * Cyprus * Czech Republic * Georgia * Greece * Iceland * Ireland * Italy * Kosovo * Latvia * Lithuania * Luxembourg * Macedonia * Moldova * Montenegro * Netherlands * Poland * Portugal * Romania * Serbia * Slovakia * Slovenia * Spain * Sweden * Switzerland * Ukraine | Asia | * Afghanistan * Bahrain * Bangladesh * Cambodia * China...
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...WELINGKAR INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT & RESEARCH SPECIALISATION PROJECT ON ANALYSIS OF INVESTMENT OPTIONS BY MAHIMA SUHALKA PGDM RM 2014 – 2016 (FINANACE SPECIALISATION) ROLL NO. 48 PROJECT FACULTY GUIDE PROF. PRITI SAMANT PROJECT COMPLETION CERTIFICATE This is to certify that project titled “Analysis of Investment Options” is successfully done by Ms. Mahima Suhalka in partial fulfilment of her two years full time course ‘Post Graduation Diploma in Management’ recognized by AICTE through the Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research, Matunga, Mumbai. This project has been completed under my guidance. ___________________________ (Signature of Faculty Guide) Name: ______________________ Date: ______________________ Acknowledgement I take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude to everyone who supported me throughout the course of this PGDM project. I am thankful for their aspiring guidance, invaluably constructive criticism and honest advice during the project work. I express my warm thanks to Prof. Priti Samant, my project guide who provided me with critical insights on this project and helped me make this a success. I would also like to acknowledge the help of all my friends and respondents who enabled me to conduct this research project. Thank You All!! Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction ...
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...Organizational Structure and Roles | “All the world's a stage And all the men and women are merely players They have their exits and their entrances And one man in his time plays many parts” – by William Shakespeare | | | | | 06-May-12 | Contents Title 3 Executive Summary 3 Introduction 3 Roles 3 Attitudes and relationship of Attitudes with Roles 3 Organizational Structures 3 Organizational Structures Effect on Roles and Attitudes 3 Mechanistic Structure 3 Organic Structure 3 Moderate Mechanistic and Organic Structure 3 Phases of innovation, Mechanic versus Organics 3 Case study, Sunshine Real Estate 3 Sunshine Real Estate organizational design 3 Sunshine Real Estate organizational culture 3 Implications of Sunshine Real Estate’s three structural properties on employee role perception and attitudes 3 Work Specialization 3 Centralization 3 Formalization 3 Conclusion 3 References 3 APPENDIX 3 A: Organizational Structure Elements and Types of Structures 3 B:Elements Associated with Roles and Attitudes 3 C: Survey Analysis 3 Title The project attempts to explore the relationship between organizational structure, roles and attitudes under distinct corporate structural conditions. Executive Summary Organizational design in a sense is similar to the structure of bones in human body. It is a skeleton or framework upon which organizations are built and maintained. Organizations in creating organizational designs...
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...2/20/2010 Satyam shows B-schools too need a co… Enter Keyword S ATU RD A Y , F EB RU A RY 2 0 , 2 0 1 0 1 :1 6 P M IST LOUNGE HOME | e-paper | TODA Y'S NEWSPA PER | mint CODE Travel Books Culture Style Play Slideshows Insider Parenting P os ted: M on, J an 1 2 2 0 0 9 . 2 :1 9 A M I ST Corporate News E mail del.ic io.us digg news V ine P rint Satyam shows B-schools too need a code of ethics Most of the people primarily involved in the Satyam scam have a connection with reputed business schools Business Case | Premchand Palety font s ize Livemint Home ADVERTISEMENT The Satyam Computer Services Ltd scandal has show n w hat bad corporate governance can lead to. It w ill take some time before the story of the fraud unfolds fully but as of now, it seems to be much more serious than just the w indow dressing of the balance sheet. Probably Satyam created its contradiction in the true sense w ith Maytas Properties Ltd and Blogs Videos Radio Special Report Mint Reports Webcast Archive Partners Wall Street Journal Tools Mint Mobile RSS Feeds RSS Story mint e-paper Email Alerts Festival Contest Daily Newsletter Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Facebook ADVERTISEMENT Maytas Infra Ltd, and money w as siphoned off from the computer software services firm to buy real estate and bribe politicians that eventually led to its fall. In the process, shareholders’ w ealth and confidence have been devastated. The management has put the careers of its...
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...SEPT. 2014 PESTLE ANALYSIS: INDIA POLITICAL ANALYSIS Democracy is the focal point of the Indian political system, but is often constrained by social tensions due to religious, caste and linguistic differences. Some of the communal flare-ups—such as Babri Masjid in 1992, Godhra in 2002, and the large exodus of India’s northeastern migrants from the southern cities in 2012 due to fear of attacks by Muslims— have rocked the whole country in the past. In 2013, the country again witnessed communal riots between Jat Hindus and Muslims in the town of Muzaffarnagar (located in the state of Uttar Pradesh), which has been deemed as ―the worst instance of political violence in the country in the last decade‖. In addition, the government’s assent to the creation of a new state of Telangana in southern India has brought intensified demands for new states in other parts of the country, either on ethnic lines or for better administration. Current strengths Strong democratic setup India is the largest democratic nation in the world and principles of democracy are deeply entrenched in the Indian political system. Indian diversity is reflected in the federal political structure of government, where power is shared between states and the center. There are national level elections, state level elections, municipal elections and panchayat (village) level elections, all of which require citizens to exercise their vote. As per the World Bank’s Worldwide governance Indicators, India ranked...
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...CASE: Northeast Iowa Ethanol, LLC v. Drizin A) Parties The plaintiffs involved in this case are the local farmers from Manchester, Iowa. They formed Northeast Iowa Ethanol, LLC. William Ethanol Service and the North Central Construction also invested the construction of the Iowa ethanol plant. The defendant involved in this case is Jerry Drizin. He formed a Nevada corporation, Global Syndicate International Inc. B) Facts In 2000 in Manchester, Iowa, farmers and the President of the local Co-op, Douglas Bishop, began meeting with representatives of the United States Department of Agriculture to explore the possibility of building an ethanol plant in the Manchester area. The idea of building the plant was to help farmers in the area in getting more value out of their crops. An ethanol plant produces ethanol and feed grain that is sold at a profit exceeding that associated with the mere sale of grain. The construction of the plant was expected to cost approximately $21 Million (Morlan, editor & publisher; 2006). It would have the room for producing 15 million gallons of ethanol per year. Through the meetings, Mr. Bishop and others raised $2,365,000. Traditional lenders (like the banks) demanded that the plaintiff raise forty percent of the construction costs. It was clear that the plaintiff could not raise $8 Million. The plaintiff's proposed marketing partner, Williams Ethanol Services, agreed to invest $1 Million in the project as well. The contractor anticipated...
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...Theoretical and Applied Economics VolumeXX (2013), No. 10(587), pp 23-32 A new vision on competitiveness within the post-crisis economy. Causes, evoiutions and possibie innovative soiutions to fight against the undesirable effects of the economic crisis Laura Mariana CISMAÇ West University Timisoara laura.cismas@feaa.uvt.ro Ruxandra Ioana PITORAC West University Timiçoara ruxandrapitorac@gmail.com Abstract. The main objective of this paper is to highlight the need for promoting a new vision regarding competitiveness mostly in the context of amplifying the effects and the complexity of the nature of crisis manifested now on the international level (economic, environment, demographic, value and moral etc.). The economic thinking pays increased attention to the issues related to economic crisis, as well as the development of theories that give satisfactory answers about the causes and, especially, the solutions to the crisis. Using scientific observation and comparative case study as research methods, this paper aims to make a theoretical critical review of the theories regarding the causes of economic crisis over time and to identify and analyze some anti-crisis policies. Keywords: economic competitiveness. crisis; macroeconomic theories; anti-crisis policies; JEL Classification: E30, GOL REL Classification: 81, 8M. 24 Laura Mariana Cisma§, Ruxandra ioana Pitorac Introduction Theoretical controversy on crises has augmented over the last two decades with a special...
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...In 2006 the worlds total economic output was around $47 trillion Total value of the stock and bond market was $119 trillion Derivatives $473 trillion The world is connected through the stock market with London at it’s center not only geographically but time wise Globalization has vulnerability to financial shocks and political forces Big and Painful crisis West caught up in full blown because of mortgage lending we wanted to export to the rest of the world Americans there is no place like home we take the universal priveledge to own a home for granted Before the 1930’s no more than 2/5 of American households were owner occupied; however, it was born out of an American financial crisis. During the Great Depression in 1929 everyone stuggled to pay rent and mortgages. The greatest hurt was in Detroit the auto industry was cut in half as well as the wages. On March 7, 1932, 5,000 workers that were laid off marched to the factory to demand unemployment relief. Unarmed crowd in deerborn police officers reached out and fired into the crowd 5 workers were killed. A few days later 60,000 people were honoring them at their funeral. A communist newspaper accused henry ford’s son of leading a massacre Diego rivera mural showing Detroit as a sign of cooperation not class conflict was a lifelong communist 1933 seen as travesty The new deal is what began to reunite the us pioneered the idea of a property owning democracy Gov rigged housing market to give incentives...
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...Disinvestment and Privatisation in India Assessment and Options1 R Nagaraj2,3 Ownership reform in public sector enterprises (PSEs) initiated since 1991 has as yet been quantitatively modest. It is perhaps too early to judge the effects of these initiatives on their financial performance. While the slow pace of the reform can be perceived as an opportunity, there is perhaps merit in carefully reviewing the policy in light of economic theory, and comparative experience. As the bulk of the public investments are in industries with economies of scale and scope (with externalities that in principle invite considerable regulation), this study suggests an alternative institutional arrangement for improving PSEs’ financial performance: mutual stock holding among complementary enterprises tied around a public sector bank to minimise problems of soft budget constraint, dysfunctional legislative and bureaucratic interference, and to encourage close interaction between banks and firms to promote long term economic development. Introduction: Employing about 19 million persons, public sector currently contributes about a quarter of India’s measured domestic output. Administrative departments (including defense) account for about 2/5th of it, the rest comes from a few departmental enterprises (like railways and postal services), and a large number of varied non-departmental enterprises producing a range of goods and services. These include, close to 250 public sector enterprises (PSEs) owned...
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...Acknowledgement: First and foremost, I would like to thank to our course teacher Md. Nasir Shikder for the valuable guidance and advice. He inspired me greatly to work in this assignment. His willingness to motivate me contributed tremendously to my assignment. I also would like to thank him for sharing practical experience and showing us some document that related to the topic of our assignment. Besides, I would like to thank the authority of Southeast University for providing us with a good environment and facilities to complete this assignment and also for offering this subject “Media & Information Technology Law”. Finally, an honorable mention goes to my family and friends for their understandings and supports on me in completing this assignment. Without helps of the particular that mentioned above, I would face many difficulties while doing this. Abstract: “Fair is foul and foul is fair” recollecting the lines enshrined in Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, one could indisputably perceive what is contemplated acceptable today may conceivably be malevolent and vice versa perchance deplorable now and adequate in future. To understand the antagonism of free trial and free media one has to reflect on the evolutions of court and media and its present scenario. The judiciary and the media share a common bond and play a complimentary role to each other: man is the centre of their universe. Both the judiciary and the media are engaged in the same task: to discover the truth...
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...Licensed to: iChapters User Licensed to: iChapters User Fraud Examination, Fourth Edition W. Steve Albrecht Chad O. Albrecht Conan C. Albrecht Mark F. Zimbelman VP/Editorial Director: Jack W. Calhoun Editor-in-Chief: Rob Dewey Sr. Acquisitions Editor: Matt Filimonov Associate Developmental Editor: Julie Warwick Editorial Assistant: Ann Mazzaro Marketing Manager: Natalie Livingston Marketing Coordinator: Nicole Parsons Content Project Management: PreMediaGlobal Sr. Manufacturing Buyer: Doug Wilke Production House/Compositor: PreMediaGlobal © 2012, 2009 South-Western, Cengage Learning ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this work covered by the copyright herein may be reproduced, transmitted, stored, or used in any form or by any means graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including but not limited to photocopying, recording, scanning, digitizing, taping, Web distribution, information networks, or information storage and retrieval systems, except as permitted under Section 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without the prior written permission of the publisher. For product information and technology assistance, contact us at Cengage Learning Customer & Sales Support, 1-800-354-9706. For permission to use material from this text or product, submit all requests online at www.cengage.com/permissions Further permissions questions can be e-mailed to permissionrequest@cengage.com Library of Congress Control Number: 2010940986 ISBN-13:...
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