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- the combined beliefs, values, ethics, procedures, and atmosphere of an organization. The culture of an organization is often expressed as "the way we do things around here" and consists of...
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- Why the Profit Motive Corrupts Corporate Culture
- You don't always achieve your goals by focusing on them directly. Sometimes a more indirect route is required to achieve success. Last week I was working in the US and watched President Obama's inauguration with some American friends and colleagues. Obama didn't focus on economic statistics and...
- Blog posts 2009-01-28
- Corporate Culture Can Break (Or Make) A Merger
- One of the most important issues in contemplating a merger is the question of compatibility of corporate cultures of the proposed merging companies. Corporate culture defines the work systems and processes of the merged entity and, therefore, plays a major role in the merger activity. The paper examines this issue....
- White papers 2001-09-26
- Changing Corporate Culture: No More "Pure Hearts and Empty Heads"
- Money talks, or so the old saying goes, which may explain why the Securities and Exchange Commission has recently been meting out increasingly larger civil penalties for corporate malfeasance and accounting irregularities. But it?s not only the SEC that wants to reach into the pockets of individuals accused of...
- White papers 2005-03-09
- Mergers and Corporate Culture
- It is widely recognized that cultural differences between the partners of a merger are one of the most common reasons for failure in mergers. This may happen during pre-merger negotiations or during post-merger integration. Despite all Due Diligence, the two partners of a merger fail to form a new successful...
- White papers 2001-01-01
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- When One and One Make One | BTalk Australia
- (17min 52) The last year has set a new record for the number of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in Australia. Putting two companies together can be a long and complex process, with the potential for lots to go wrong. Today on BTalk Australia Phil Dobbie talks...
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- Why Microsoft+Yahoo Won't Fly.
- Here's a case where I think everyone else has got it wrong. The media seems to be positioning Microsoft's hostile takeover of Yahoo as an admission on the part of Microsoft that they've lost their competitive edge. And Google, clearly worried, is making anti-trust...
- Blog posts 2008-02-06
- Walker Report: Banks Risk Carbon Copy Non-Execs
- As the UK finance industry ponders the repercussions of Sir David Walker's report on the banking sector, much has been made of proposals to declare the number of employees paid 1m or above. While this is an emotive issue that provides for great headlines, it's likely this measure will have...
- Blog posts 2009-11-27
- Six Sigma, Financial Reporting, and Corporate Governance: The Shape of Things to Come
- "Recent revelations of fraud and mismanagement have led to a widely publicized erosion of confidence in corporate America. As corporate officers face increased personal exposure to fines and imprisonment, the ability to demonstrate disciplined application of financial best practices is assuming unprecedented importance. When augmented with techniques from economics and...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Why Forecasts Don't Work in Finance
- "Finance is an area that's dominated by rare events. The tools we have in quantitative finance do not work in what I call the 'Black Swan' domain," said author and former options trader Nassim Nicholas Taleb earlier this year. Events in the financial...
- Blog posts 2008-09-16
- Overhauling Corporate culture
- Consequently, organizations that have bought these tools often attempt to push forecasting and planning responsibilities out to line managers, giving corporate finance the role of monitoring and analyzing the forecasts different departments submit.
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Corporate culture allows for worker autonomy at Rockingham, Vt., tech firm.
- By Chris Fleisher, Eagle Times, Claremont, N.H. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 19--ROCKINGHAM, Vt. -- John Simard, the Chief Financial Officer at Chroma Technology in Rockingham, said he likes being his own manager. "There's freedom of expression, freedom of movement,...
- Research articles 2004-12-19
- Surprise - suddenly the banks want us back.
- Sep 07, 2003 (The Sunday Age - ABIX via COMTEX) Australia's major banks have all announced plans to improve customer service, often through boosting staff morale. The latest to do so is the Commonwealth Bank of Australia CBA. The CEO of the CBA, David...
- Research articles 2003-09-08
- Research and Markets: This Latest Book 'Simply Success: How to Start, Build and Grow a Multimillion Dollar Business The Old-Fashioned Way' Is a Guiding Light to a Successful Enterprise
- DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c85841) has announced the addition of Simply Success: How to Start, Build and Grow a Multimillion Dollar Business the Old-Fashioned Way to their offering. In Simply Success, the former chairman and founder of Quill Corporation presents key lessons of entrepreneurship, including how to...
- Research articles 2008-03-13
- Private Equity, Business Flipping and Asymmetrical Outcomes
- Trader Mark submits: Quite a comprehensive piece in this weekend's New York Times on the world of private equity - using as a proxy the story of Simmons Bedding Company. This is a great topic and something that speaks to our system - the heads we win, tails we win...
- External links 2009-10-07
- Behavioral Finance And Investor Governance
- The efficient market hypothesis is a special case in finance. This paper explains only tiny fractions of observed phenomena. Perhaps its major contribution is a formal definition of an ideal market world, to which policy formulations may be directed and against which they can be measured. Indeed, it seems unlikely...
- White papers 2001-01-01
- In Break With Past, No More Passing the Buck at Opel
- By Christiaan HetznerFRANKFURT (Reuters) - The new head of Opel promised investments in new models and pledged to put an end to business as usual at the General Motors brand -- addressing two key grievances by unions when he outlined his turnaround plan this weekend.Newly anointed as Opel chief executive...
- News items 2009-12-16
- No More Passing the Buck at Opel
- By Christiaan HetznerFRANKFURT (Reuters UK) - The new head of Opel promised investments in new models and pledged to put an end to business as usual at the General Motors GM brand -- addressing two key grievances by unions when he outlined his turnaround plan this weekend.Newly anointed as Opel...
- News items 2009-12-17
- AOL Sets Out to Reinvent Itself ? Again
- AOL is getting spun off from Time Warner after a nearly decade long disastrous marriage. The company is now banking much of it?s future on building out niche sites with an army of journalists. ...
- Articles 2009-12-08
- Corporate Whistle-Blowers: How To Stop Wrongdoing Dead In Its Tracks
- Where there's smoke, there's often fire, as companies singed by accounting scandals have discovered this year. Management teams that listen to internal concerns can avoid the flameouts that occur when whistle-blowers vent to outsiders. Internal whistle-blowing serves a vital risk-management purpose. Executives can reduce their chance of becoming embroiled in...
- White papers 2002-09-01
- What Is Private Equity?
- The term private equity encompasses a range of techniques used to finance commercial ventures in ways that do not involve the use of publicly tradable assets such as corporate stock or bonds. Typical forms of private equity include venture capital, growth and mezzanine capital, angel investing, and private equity funds....
- Articles 2007-03-05
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