Download or read book Knocking at the Boardroom Door written by Giovanni Strampelli and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Under the current context of (re)concentrated ownership, institutional shareholders are expected to play a more active role in corporate settings in making managers more accountable and urging them to favour a long-term view. Calls from institutional investors for engagement with the board have grown and private dialogue with directors is now an important instrument of institutional investor activism. In spite of this favourable trend, director-shareholder dialogue is still problematic. Public disclosure and insider trading rules set legal constraints on board-shareholder engagement. However, the reach of these constraints should not be overstated, as they do not appear to ban outright all private dialogue between directors and shareholders. In this regard, recommendations within corporate governance and stewardship codes, and from practitioners, have played a major role in developing a practical framework for director-shareholder dialogue that seeks to prevent the violation of insider trading and public disclosure rules, and to make dialogue more effective. Against this backdrop, this article will provide a comparative transatlantic overview of recent developments in the area of director-institutional shareholder dialogue in the US and in Europe with the aim of assessing the effective reach of legal constraints on board-shareholder dialogue under current legislation, and considering some practical solutions offered by corporate governance and stewardship codes that could facilitate board-shareholder engagement and enhance its effectiveness.
Download or read book My Life as a Corporate Goddess written by Jane C. Rosen and published by Author House. This book was released on 2006-04-19 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If the Goddess could share the Acropolis with the great Gods of Greek mythology, then why can’t she share a seat alongside the mere mortals of the corporate boardroom? A refreshing look into the ongoing dialogue of women in leadership. What readers are saying: “An Audacious, witty voice from the corridors of corporate America. Jane Rosen is fed up and doesn’t want women to take it anymore. Her frank insights deliver a truly energized read.” Joanne Gordon, author of How Starbucks Fought for Its Life Without Losing Its Soul, and Career Bliss: Secrets from 100 Women Who Love Their Work “An insightful and witty read that combines some necessary tools for navigating the corporate world as a woman, along with the sense of humor it takes to get there in style. A book every working woman should read.” Michele M. Larsen, publisher of NW Women’s Journal “For any woman who has found herself surrounded by white guys in ties around the board room table, Jane Rosen has written the definitive primer in how to thrive, not just survive, the environment. And, she does it with grace, humor, compassion – and data. Men and women can use this judicious, balanced insight into today’s corporate life.” Carol Ferris, former Vice President, Hampton Affiliates
Download or read book The Rhesus Chart written by Charles Stross and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As a newly appointed junior manager within the Laundry--the clandestine organization responsible for protecting Britain against supernatural threats--Bob Howard is expected to show some initiative to help the agency battle the forces of darkness. But shining a light on things best left in the shadows is the last thing Bob wants to do--especially when those shadows hide an occult parasite spreading a deadly virus. Traders employed by a merchant bank in London are showing signs of infection--an array of unusual symptoms such as superstrength and -speed, an uncanny talent for mind control, an extreme allergic reaction to sunlight, and an unquenchable thirst for blood. While his department is tangled up in bureaucratic red tape (and Buffy reruns), debating how to stop the rash of vampirism, Bob digs deeper into the bank's history--only to uncover a bloodcurdling conspiracy between men and monsters.."--
Download or read book Behind the Boardroom Door written by Robert Kirk Mueller and published by Random House Value Pub. This book was released on 1984 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Final Instinct written by A.D. Rogers and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2017-06-16 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joseph Kendrick tugged at the heartstrings of millions of people around the world in May 2013. Wigan captain Emmerson Boyce carried him onto the Wembley pitch as the official Wigan Athletic mascot for that year’s FA Cup final. Joseph suffers from a rare condition called Non-Ketotic Hyperglycinemia and his family set up a charity – “Joseph’s Goal”.
Download or read book Business Ethics written by Paul E Peterson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-22 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The many recent high profile corporate scandals highlight the need for companies to do a better job of integrating ethics and responsibility into business decisions - and for business schools to integrate ethics awareness and training into their curricula. This volume sets the agenda for business ethics and corporate responsibility in the future. It brings together ideas, challenges, and proposed solutions for thinking about - and implementing - effective ethics programs in business schools and business organizations. Edited by two highly regarded business educators, and featuring contributions by leading scholars and administrators, Business Ethics: New Challenges for Business Schools and Corporate Leaders covers all dimensions of ethical decision making - individual, organizational, and societal. The thirteen original chapters offer new and emerging perspectives for creating ethical business leadership and developing organizational ethics initiatives.
Download or read book The Nights of August written by Vin DiNapoli and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-10 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a dying man's words, the end of the world began on the last day of July 2004. On June 11, 2004, six priceless antiques were stolen while on display at the Brown University Museum. The pieces were distributed on the black market to dealers and collectors throughout New England. One piece, known only as The Book of Gazeba, holds the key to a mystery as old as time itself. Dating back more than two thousand years, the five separate and distinct works composing the book are believed to have been dictated by Satan and intended to frame a response and alternative to the teachings of Jesus Christ. Only when brought together and read as one could the Book of Gazeba's awesome powers be unleashed. The Nights of August is the story of The Book of Gazeba, written by Satan, scattered by the hand of God, and found in the summer of 2004. It's also the story of a handful of men and women who at first refused to believe and later refused to bow.
Download or read book Remember written by Eileen Cook and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-02-02 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harper, whose father's company trademarked the "Memtex" procedure for wiping out bad memories, is surprised when her father objects to her having a treatment but afterwards, she begins having strange flashes about her own life and she joins forces with Neil, one of the company's protesters, to find the truth.
Download or read book The Year We Sailed the Sun written by Theresa Nelson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-03-24 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In St. Louis, Missouri, in 1911, orphaned eleven-year-old Julia Delaney rails against countless disappointments and the nun's strict rules at the House of Mercy, especially after her sister Mary turns fourteen and must leave, but she, her family, and best friend get tangled up with a gangster and a decade-old mystery.
Download or read book Activist Shareholders in Corporate Governance written by Tim Bowley and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-01-12 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the regulatory challenges of public company shareholder activism. Around the world, policy makers, practitioners and academics debate how best to regulate shareholder activism. Using Australia as a case study, the book examines key issues raised by this debate. With a market structure and legal settings that are conducive to activism, Australia makes an ideal case study and provides a fresh comparative perspective on the regulatory debate about shareholder activism, which tends to be dominated by US-focused analysis and commentary. The book presents empirical evidence which reveals that Australian activism is a significant and multifaceted phenomenon, undertaken by different types of activists pursuing varying strategies and supported by a range of complementary market developments. The book uses this evidence to develop comparative insights and explore internationally topical issues, including: - activists' willingness to use interventionist governance rights; - the role of intermediaries such as proxy advisers in facilitating activism; - institutional investor stewardship; and - the risks of collective shareholder activism. This book provides an important comparative perspective on the topic of shareholder activism. It is an essential resource for policy makers, practitioners and academics interested in the regulatory implications of shareholder activism.
Download or read book Global Shareholder Stewardship written by Dionysia Katelouzou and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-05-12 with total page 723 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first in-depth comparative and empirical analysis of shareholder stewardship, revealing the previously unknown complexities of this global movement. It highlights the role of institutional investors and other shareholders, examining how they use their formal and informal power to influence companies. The book includes an in-depth chapter on every jurisdiction which has adopted a stewardship code and an analysis of stewardship in the world's two largest economies which have yet to adopt a code. Several comparative chapters draw on the rich body of jurisdiction-specific analyses, to analyze stewardship comparatively from multiple interdisciplinary perspectives. Ultimately, this book provides a cutting-edge and comprehensive understanding of shareholder stewardship which challenges existing theories and informs many of the most important debates in comparative corporate law and governance.
Download or read book Murder in the Meadows written by John Sjoberg and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-01-11 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesse Thorpe spent his high school years in the shadow of his best friend, Kirk Preston-popular quarterback of the football team, revered by the entire town of Meadows, Massachusetts. Jesse and Kirk remain best friends after high school and continue to live in the small New England town. Jesse struggles as a sales representative, while Kirk lives the life of a playboy, thanks to a large trust fund from his deceased parents. Jesse is away on a business trip, when he receives news-Kirk is dead! A manhunt is underway for the suspect-Jesse Thorpe. Jesse is shocked. His only trusted contact back home is Suzie Dillon, a close friend to both. Suzie tells Jesse the evidence against him is overwhelming and believes he should remain on the run, until she and the local Police Chief, a close friend, can uncover the sordid truth. The Police Chief is aware of a top-secret proposition made to Kirk by the FBI prior to his death. A corrupt Federal Agent lures Kirk into assisting in a high stakes drug sting operation. Knowledge of that costs the Chief his job and conveniently allows the FBI agent to control the investigation of Kirk's murder by pointing the finger at Jesse, thereby protecting his own interests. Murder in the meadows is a fast moving murder mystery of deceit, corruption and love-complete with intrigue leaving you in suspense up to the final twist at the end.
Download or read book Louis van Gaal written by Maarten Meijer and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-07-24 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So who is Louis van Gaal? An inflexible ex-PE teacher who only knows how to act like a dictator or a footballing visionary that has made him one of the greatest ever European managers? Wherever he has gone, Van Gaal has been accused of being a domineering disciplinarian and a control freak. He is certainly, by his own admission, a man who leaves nothing to chance. A disciple in the 1970s of Rinus Michels’ Total Football philosophy, he is a fascinating contradiction – an ultra-individualist utterly devoted to the collective effort. He believes in the team over the individual, in always having a plan and a team prepared to follow it. Van Gaal led the young Ajax team he moulded to Champions League glory in 1995, went on to win titles across Europe with Barcelona, AZ Alkmaar and Bayern Munich and served two stints as national coach of Holland. It is a career that has never been short on colour and drama – from fallouts with players to rants at the media wherever he has managed. Dutch football commentator Maarten Meijer’s has written the definitive biography of van Gaal – both the man and his methods. It offers the best psychological insight so far – from his earliest roots to his greatest triumphs – into the man given the task of returning the glory days to Manchester United. **New chapter on Louis van Gaal's first season with Manchester United**
Download or read book Skyhook written by Werner Lossau and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-10-11 with total page 665 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SKYHOOK deals with the spirituality of man, as well as with hidden mind content that influences him daily, often adversely. When Art Painter, the inventor of Nuon - a gas lighter than hydrogen - discovers that he has schizophrenic tendencies, he follows the malady's cause back to prehistoric times when the Earth was colonized by inhabitants of a strange planet. Art's journey takes him from the dim reaches of a dangerous past into an unsavory present, where he has to work out his own salvation, and that of those dear to him. Part One of SKYHOOK - Creator's Fate - is set in ancient Earth times. For Part Two - Embodiment's Consequences - and Part Three - Duality's Dilemma - today's South Africa is the setting.
Download or read book The Intrapreneur written by Gib Bulloch and published by Unbound Publishing. This book was released on 2018-04-05 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Work. Eat. Sleep. Repeat. Work. Eat. Sleep. Repeat. Work. Eat. Sleep. Repeat. Have you ever sat at your desk and asked yourself, why am I here? Is this really all there is? Believe me, it isn't. Over the past three decades, my generation created the enormous machines we call multinational corporations. Today, over half of the largest economies in the world are global businesses - controlled by the few, while impacting the many. Business has the power to change the world. But what if we, as individuals, had the power to change the world of business? We are in the age of the intrapreneur: where mavericks and rebels bring their entrepreneurial prowess to big business, to change it from the inside out and bottom up. The Intrapreneur is the story of my dream to do exactly that and how you can too. For over a decade, I led a team within one of the world’s largest global consulting organisations – a corporate “guerrilla movement” working deep within the system, to try to change the system. Our goals were huge: we wanted to revolutionise the role of business in the aid and development sector and offer our skills and expertise to not-for-profits in parts of the world with greatest need, but least access. This was my dream but, until now, I have never admitted the personal toll that it took on me. It ultimately cost me my job, my health and perhaps even my sanity as I landed myself in a psychiatric hospital for five days and five nights. I had found my purpose, but had I lost my mind? The Intrapreneur is a call to action for a new breed of social activist working within, about to join or completely disillusioned by today’s business world - to be the change you want to see in your company. So my message is a simple one. If you feel that description applies to you, either change company or better still, change the company you’re in – for the better. If we strive to create the organisations we desire to work in, which build the societies we want to live in, then we’ll be helping not only ourselves and our colleagues, but the world as a whole. Join us today.
Download or read book The History of Work written by R. Donkin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-05-07 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sweeping survey of the history of work, from hunter-gatherers to dotcom telecommuters, deftly compresses thousands of years of human evolution into an incisive volume It is a book about work, about the organization and management of work, but it is also a book about people.
Download or read book The Scarlet Cross written by Lyn McFarlane and published by Pantera Press. This book was released on 2022-03-29 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nurse Meredith Griffin runs St. Jude Hospital's emergency ward, the largest on the Pacific Northwest coast. A psychiatric nursing specialist, she's good at managing other people's problems but is less adept with her own. When a twenty-two-year-old woman is admitted to Emergency with severe lacerations that prove fatal, her death is labelled a suicide, but Meredith isn't convinced. Soon after, her boyfriend, Detective Leo Donnelly, attends the scene of a young woman with the same mysterious fatal injuries, and Meredith knows something is terribly wrong. As she tries to connect the dots, she quickly realises that everyone – in the hospital, the Catholic church and law enforcement – is hiding something, and she must put more than her job on the line to expose the killer before they strike again. A clever and compulsive crime thriller, The Scarlet Cross takes you deep into the dark secrets of institutional power and exposes the thin membrane between safety and peril.
