firms in Latin America and analyze the relationship between the largest shareholder characteristics and its decision to leverage voting rights. First, we describe who are the largest shareholders in Latin American firms. Second, we find that both the type and origin of the largest shareholder, together with firm- and country-level characteristics, are important determinants to explain the decision to separate voting from cashflow rights. To tackle the determinants of ownership in Latin American publicly
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Adoption of the Balanced Scorecard: A Contingency Variables Analysis Kevin Hendricks Richard Ivey School of Business University of Western Ontario Larry Menor Richard Ivey School of Business University of Western Ontario and Christine Wiedman* Richard Ivey School of Business University of Western Ontario September 2004 We thank Harpreet Hora for her research assistance. We also acknowledge the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council for providing funding for this project. * Corresponding
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publication] Types of economic systems: Command economy: government controls all or most factors of production and makes all or most production decision Two basics form: Communism: government owns and operates all sources of production [government was not suppose to stay in control, only temporary, but it did, end up being open business] Socialism: government owns only selected major industries [worker can choose their employer, public welfare, high taxes] Market economy: individuals control production
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be able to: Describe the mechanism of feeding State and explain four stages of food processing including hormonal control. Differentiate the variation in vertebrate digestive system. 2 Main feeding mechanisms Suspension feeders Substrate feeders Fluid feeders Bulk feeders Main feeding mechanisms Suspension feeder/ filter feeders Sieve small food particles from water E.g : whales, clams and flamingos 4 Main feeding mechanisms Substrate feeders Animals
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1 TCP/IP : Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol ............................................................................ 2 1.1.2 UDP:User Datagram Protocol............................................................................................................................ 2 1.1.3 Internet Addressing ............................................................................................................................................. 3 1.1.4 Types of Connections
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been running the department the way that the saw fit. The project manager works very well with the logistic manager and his team. The structure has been identified as centralization. The decision making in an organization is heavily dependent on the type of organizational culture existing in the organization. This fact is not only true with decision making at the higher levels but also applicable to the decisions at the lower levels in the organization. The level of centralization and decentralization
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between two systems. They should have the same language to communicate, if not means there will be a communication problem occur between them. They unable to understand one another needs and no communication occurs. In today's networking, there are four major protocols found, that is short for Network Basic Input/output System(NetBEUI),
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define internal controls and in doing so describes three types of controls: (1) Operational controls (2) Compliance controls (3) Financial controls Outline the purpose of each of the above internal controls and provide one example of each (b) The Board of Directors of your company has asked you, as Financial Accountant, to advise them on the need for a robust internal control system and to describe five commonly found internal financial controls, giving an example
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The frames will be carried over the wired infrastructure to AP2 because it houses the client’s MAC address and L2 traffic follows the MAC address. 5.1 Sub-Objective Name Configuration of Client Connectivity Objective Tested Identify
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with computers * Distinguish between system software and application software * Differentiate among types, sizes, and functions of computers in each category * Discuss how society uses computers in education, finance, government, health care, science, publishing, travel, and manufacturing 1.1 What Is a Computer? * A computer is an electronic device, operating under the control of instructions stored in its own memory. 1.2 What Is Data and Information? * Computer process data
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