Nebraska-based Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., an investment with $100 in 1956 and has gone on to accumulate a personal net worth in excess of $30 billion. It is intriguing that Buffett credits his success to a basic understanding of managerial economics. Berkshire’s collection of operating businesses includes the GEICO Insurance Company, Buffalo News newspaper, See’s Candies, and the Nebraska Furniture Mart. They commonly earn 30%–50% per year on invested capital. This is astonishingly good performance in
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Corporate Social Responsibility & the Law Assessment 1: Individual Essay Introduction Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is defined by Ferrell et al (2011) as “an organisation’s obligation to maximize its positive impact on stakeholders and minimize its negative impact”. CSR can therefore be viewed as a corporation's agreement with the world. CSR is most commonly used alongside the “ethics” term but they actually differ as ethics are the guidelines to be used for business decision
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Business Ethics and Efficiency RWT1 Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Subject and Purpose 3 Introduction 5 Discussion 5 Ethics and Economic Efficiency 6 Organization Goodwill and Competitive Advantage 7 Risk Management and Credit Facility 9 Recommendation 9 Conclusion 10 References 12 Executive Summary Due to increased globalization and competition in industry, organizations are facing tough challenges in the keeping their business operations sustainable
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BEBCHUKt AND MARCEL KAHAN* INTRODUCTION Fairness opinions have become a regular feature of every major corporate control transaction. Whether in negotiated mergers,1 freeze-out mergers, 2 hostile tender offers, 3 friendly tender offers,4 self-tenders, 5 leveraged buyouts, 6 negotiated share repurchases, 7 or negotiated sales of treasury stock,8 directors seek the blessing of investment banks before approving transactions or adopting defensive measures. These banks give their blessings in the form
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Regulation of Below Rail Infrastructure Assets in Queensland: What can we learn from the Canadian experience? Stephen Mclay s2840946 Supervised by Alex Robson and David Rynne Contents Introduction p 3 Defining the economic principles of natural monopoly infrastructure assets and the benefits/costs of privatisation p 3 The pros and cons of direct regulation p 5
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16690 – Africa Research Bulletin National Security Nigerian-owned Dolphin Drilling, forty miles offshore. They were kidnapped by youths of the Bilabiri kingdom who accuse the company of refusing to negotiate on a range of issues. On June 6th, five Nigerian soldiers were killed in a raid on an oil field and five South Koreans were kidnapped. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said they might swap the hostages for a fellow activist and leader of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer
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KPMG Taseer Hadi & Co. Chartered Accountants Investment in Pakistan Investment in Pakistan An Introduction Investment in Pakistan is a publication prepared by KPMG Pakistan to provide information on a number of subjects relevant for investment planning or doing business in Pakistan. The guide includes an overview of the economy and a summary of various investment opportunities in identified sectors which could be of interest for investors. This guide provides a summary of the rules, regulations
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Boston Massachusetts, where the current head office of the company is located. It operates in United States, Canada, London and China. Manufacturing plants are based in the United States and China and it operates as joint ventures and foreign direct investments the other countries. MTG ventured into the medical equipment industry with a sole intention of providing durable, affordable medical equipment for growing needs of medical attention of the United States and the world. The company has, since grown
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Table of Contents Index to Financial Statements UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-K (Mark One) x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 or ¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to Commission File Number: 001-07434 Aflac Incorporated (Exact name of registrant as
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index, up from its previous 141st ranking in 2008. The nation scored 2.4 in the TI index, compared to 2.3 in 2008. Corruption exists in all levels of the government, especially among high-level civil servants, according to the US Department of State Investment Climate Statement 2013. Companies generally have little confidence in the Philippine judicial system, and this is due to the allegedly incompetent court personnel, corruption and long delays of court cases. Expatriate businessmen in Asia perceive
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