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information contact: enquiries@greenpeace.org Lead Author: Gary Cook, Greenpeace Co-Authors: Tom Dowdall, Greenpeace David Pomerantz, Greenpeace Yifei Wang, Greenpeace Editor: David Pomerantz, Greenpeace Creative Direction & Design by: Arc Communications Published in April 2014 by Greenpeace Inc. 702 H Street, NW Suite 300 Washington, D.C. 20001 United States greenpeace.org 2 Contents Executive Summary 5 Company Scorecard 7 Cloud Source 9 Global Energy
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Business Associations Outline 1. Agency a. Creating the Agency Relationship i. agent and principal enter into an agreement (not required to be in writing....no K required) in which the agent acts on the principal’s behalf in entering K’s etc…. 1. if done within the scope of the agency (enter into K, etc…) anything done by the agent is binding on the principal 1. principal may be liable in K, tort, property, etc…. (Vicarious liability) ii. question of agency is a factual matter to be determined
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(pbk.) ISBN 0-19-517935-8; 0-19-517936-6 (pbk.) 1. International business enterprises—Finance. 2. Investments, Foreign. I. Title. HG4027.5.C64 2006 332.67'314 —dc22 2006010605 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper Acknowledgments Given what for me was a formidable challenge to say the least, it is no pro forma courtesy to thank a number of people whose assistance was invaluable in researching and
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CROSSING THE CHASM. Copyright © 1991 by Geoffrey A. Moore. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether
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The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America Essays by Warren E. Buffett Selected, Arranged, and Introduced by Lawrence A. Cunningham Includes Previously Copyrighted Material Reprinted with Permission THE ESSAYS OF WARREN BUFFETT: LESSONS FOR CORPORATE AMERICA Essays by Warren E. Buffett Chairman and CEO Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Selected, Arranged, and Introduced by Lawrence A. Cunningham Professor of Law Director, The Samuel and Ronnie Heyman Center
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