Firm Book Reviews Samples For Students

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- What the Paper is about
This study was done by four students from Department of International Business at Schulich School of Business (Bae et al., nd) to test how expropritaion incentives of controlling shareholders impact firm values during a financial crisis and the recovery period.
The results of the expropriation model ran for Asian firms for their 1997 crisis and Latin American firms for the 2001 Argentine economic crisis were aligned with the main hypothesis. The hypothesis called “expropriation hypothesis” posits that the value of firms with weaker corporate governance would significantly drop during a ...

Assignment : Essay based on Chapter 5 of “Beggar thy neighbour”.

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Assignment –A (1238 words)
Essay-1
Question: The economic consequences of lending at compound interest resulted in loss of productive yield of the society. How finance dominated over economics and politics by using this concept of interest (Geisst 193)?

Introduction

The question given above poses a mandatory evaluation of the harmful impact of the compound interest based lending and consequent ease of loans for the people of America. The author, Charles Geisst, used the viewpoint of John Maynard Keynes to explain that the American society was so possessed by the idea of easily availing the loans using compounded ...

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- Strategy as a plan is viewed as a long-term approach that will be used in adopting and solving a problem, in order to determine the future direction of the enterprise, it is important to understand its current situation and all the possible means by which it can use to attain particular goals, planning is a fundamental part of the strategy formulation process. Strategy as an action is the action plan by which firms develop to build, improve, and safeguard their competitive advantage at every operational stage. It also gives a version for using competitive uncertainty; to enable the firm grow in the desired ...

The novel “Unbillable Hours: A True Story” by Ian Graham is a story about how a struggling fourth-year associate discovered that lawyering is not all about the money and prestige and found the deeper meaning of his profession when he took the case of a wrongly convicted indigent client and helped him win his freedom. Graham recounts how he started his career as a young lawyer after he landed a job at the prestigious law firm of Latham and Watkins located in L.A., where he was offered a substantial income. Initially, he knew that he was in the right ...

Summary : Managing business ethicsLinda K. Trevino & Katherine A. Nelson. Wiley; 5th edition

Chapter 4 – Addressing individuals’ common ethical problems

Ethical issue when people work together (privacy, discrimination, sexual harassment or simply how people get along. Key is fairness meaning equity, reciprocity, impartiality
- Equitable is when something is divided between 2 people according to the worth & inputs of the 2 individuals. Most people think it’s unfair when 2 people have performed the same duty but receive a different share of the reward
- Reciprocity: “if you do this for me I’ll do this for you”. Most ppl think it’s unfair if ...

Biography of Ferdinand Porsche

Ferdinand Porsche is a German automotive engineer born in 1875 in Maffersdorf Austria. He had an honorary degree in engineering. He was an engineer operating in two countries, Austria and Germany. His early love towards cars and electricity landed him his first job in Vienna in 1893 when he was only 18. He enrolled for part-time studies around the same time at the Imperia Technical University in Reichenberg (current Vienna University of Technology).
He is popularly known a remembered for his design of Beetle vehicle, first hybrid vehicle while which could use both gasoline and electricity. He also went ahead ...

“Abolishing Performance Appraisals" Book Review

"Abolishing Performance Appraisals" by Tom Coens and Mary Jenkins is both a challenging and thought-provoking book focusing on one of the premises of Human Resources Management. The effectiveness of performance appraisals is brought into question with the authors terming it as a “tool of patriarchy” at the workplace. The book shows why performance appraisal, as a practice in management, should be done away with and provide the steps on what can be done instead. It also cites several detailed case studies of firms or corporations that have effectively abolished the employee performance appraisal in their operations. The book is tailored for all ...

It goes without saying that religion is a very debatable issue. Therefore, every person is the society has an own opinion and worldview about this issue. There lots of reasons why people are afraid of God and religion in general. Some of them have never thought about it in a thorough way, the others have been too shy and have been scared even of a reaction of their friends or family, in case they have a different opinion about it.
Share Jesus without Fear is a little book but full of understandable and wise words. This book helps to ...

‘Smile' for Transparency in Dave Eggers ‘The Circle’

Every organization oriented towards better performance looks into embracing transparency and accountability. This is a good show to the external environment if at all the organization can prove that its services and undertakings are free from fraud, honest and satisfaction guaranteed. Ideally, various advantages and benefits accrue to a firm that ensures that their transparency is known to the citizens and the government in their day to day operation of their business.
The Circle by Dave Eggers depicts the encounters undergone by the character, Mae. Mae is subject into the transparency depiction process of the Circle Company. The company focuses ...

The paper presents a review of the book known as “Wharton on Dynamic Competitive Strategy." The book is divided into four parts and 17 chapters. Part one addresses understanding the advantage in changing competitive environment, part two addresses anticipating competitor’s actions, part 3 addresses formulating dynamic competitive strategy and the last part addresses choosing among alternative competitive strategies. This paper reviews part one of the book that covers chapters one to nine. The review involves a critical evaluation of the chapters and presentation of personal views on over the content of each chapter.
The book brings together an ...

Carrot Principle book by Adrian is a piece of advice for the managers. The book shows the core characteristic of prosperous managers is showering their staffs with efficient and frequent recognition (Gostick & Elton, 2007). With recognition, there is a success, and good results are attained at every career level, age group, and culture. The book demonstrate how to praise and meaningful rewards give powerful motivations to people in all life aspects and inspire employees on engagement, excel, and put their best effort in everyday work.
The book has given me a personal motivation when it comes to leadership. From ...

All those who work in the field of linguistics or related subjects must be aware of the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis. According to this hypothesis, language shapes our thoughts, it influences our culture and the way we see the world. This idea became very popular and led to the belief that there are as many worldviews as there are languages. However, John H. McWhorter, in his book “The Language Hoax: Why the World Looks the same in any Language” has disproved the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis; he posits that language reflects culture and the speaker’s worldview; it offers a cultural viewpoint of the ...

1. This books at the basic norm in the office and how people behave in the office . It follows the character of Bartleby and all his workmates. Societal norms are what the author looks at when he takes us through the working a New York law office . The office has people who have been thee working for a longtime. The fact that they are long serving shows that they follow the ways things operate in the society.

The fact that Bartleby being a new lawyer had an impeccable record showed that it was not a must for you to follow society norm to ...

Let me begin with explaining what Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is. In this condition, the upper chamber of the heart experiences irregular impulses, resulting in rapid and chaotic heart beats. The may case shortness of breath and intolerance to exercise. Its serious long-term consequences include; stroke; serious bleeding; cardiac arrest, and even death.
Traditionally treatment used to be started with medications. But, this approach had a limited effect. Since 1990s, hospitals had been performing a procedure, which does not require elaborate surgery or drugs. It focuses on the causes of atrial fibrillation. This procedure is called catheter ablation. In this procedure, a ...

In many great companies, the Level 5 leader has been found to be the most important factor for the company’s factor. It is not because they are able to do a great job themselves. Rather, it is because they are able to bring together disciplined and talented people to do the task. The Level 5 Leader simply sets the way for all the others to do the work. Among the four stages or principles, the Level 5 Leader is the most important to understand and emulate in an education or school environment.
The Level 5 Leader is not ...

WACC helps the investors decide whether to invest in a particular company or not. It shows the minimum rate at which the investors will earn on their investment. It is the income or value addition that the investors will earn at that specified rate. If the company’s rate of return is higher than WACC, it means that the company is creating value and it is beneficial for the investors. WACC can be calculated as :
WACC = (E/V)Re + (D/V)Rd(1-Tc)
Re = cost of equity
Rd = cost of debt
E = market value of the firm's ...

What Is Your Attitude Being a Manager?

A manager in any field is deemed to have all the required attributes of being a manager. The manager is responsible for planning and then directing the duties allocated to individuals. They are expected to act in an effective manner through coordinated monitoring the work done and carrying out the necessary and sufficient correction of the failed actions. This is done when it is deemed necessary. Ideally, the management posts fit the individuals who have supervisory abilities. In most areas, the managers are expected to have the proceedings in the organization or firm that they are allocated the responsibilities. That ...

Section I: Selection of Business

Economics is a social science concerned with decision making along with money making. Macroeconomics is concerned with the general problems of the whole economy as inflation, unemployment and growth. To start any business, the tools of economics are very important. I had chalked out a few prospective business plans for starting my own commercial activity. There was a lot of dilemma in the beginning, the plans were so many but the feasibility had to be worked out. I arrived at two options first, to open a café and second to open a fitness studio. Both the café and fitness were in great demand. Since ...

Book Review No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller

Summary of the Book
Harry Markopolos introduces the book to the reader on the accounted date of December 11, 2008. December 11, 2008 was a crucial day Bernie Madoff was arrested. Madoff was arrested for creating and running a Ponzi scheme. The Ponzi scheme was the largest in history of United States. Markopolos makes sure that the reader comprehends the revelations by incorporating a short story of a man in a plane. The man is shocked by the streaming exposures on the CNBC. The man reveals to his wife that they have lost millions of dollars they had invested with Madoff. However, the ...

Political risks is the possibility of change in a country’s political environment or government policy that would adversely affect a firm’s ability to operate profitability and effectively. Political risks can prevent a firm from investing abroad. This means that uncertainty drawn from political instability will not attract foreign investment. Political instability can be in various forms as discussed below. These are reports recorded by Business Environment Risk Intelligence (BERI), The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and PRS Group.
War in a nation causes tension that makes investors fearful to invest in such a country due to the risk of losing or destruction ...

The book paranoia gives a gripping touch and fantastically intruinging imagination that keeps you glued to the end. It combines high-tech business with corporate security and espionage that thrills all through the book. Adam Cassidy is the quintessential slacker who is tired of his job at Wyatt Telecom. He diverts corporate`s funds of about $80 grand to throw a party for his fellow loading dock employee, and he fully commits to be fired for his crime.
The company`s security finally catches up with him and his boss at Wyatt, Nicholas Wyatt a rich and influential individual offers Adam a way ...

This is a study by Jean Lipman-blumen shedding more light on disastrous leadership. It offers a deep understanding of the corporate scandal as well as political folly. The author argues that, bad leaders are not the ones to blame but rather the subjects led since they are the one who put them into power and allow them to cling there. After analyzing the story of Adolf Hitler of Germany and Jeff Skillinngs of Enron, she makes the conclusion that the followers of the toxic leaders are the victims who gave way to misguided leadership. This book gives a deep understanding to anyone ...

Introduction Culture and Leadership in New Zealand

Introduction
Culture has a great influence on leadership according to various researches that have been conducted. According to Hewison (2006), leadership characteristics are deep rooted in the unique context of each culture. There has been no generally accepted definition of leadership, but majority definitions focus on values, beliefs, attitudes, behavior across cultures and influence that people hold in leadership position hold. Cross cultural research have identified what constitute leadership and the behaviors across cultures. It has also been also identified the various theories used in description of leadership. Leadership in most of the cultures across the globe is dependent ...

Question 1

Henry Thoreau introduces what has now become a classical philosophical ideology whereby he urges people, though subtly and indirectly, to embrace the natural scheme of things. This scheme, according to Thoreau (93), is inherently simple and does not require a great deal of exertion on a person’s part. Perhaps his stay in the wilderness as an experiment was aimed at verifying his own ideas of how people should approach life. In my opinion, this actually bolsters his explicit ideals of economy and simplicity in that he was willing to walk the walk and experience it for himself. This adds credence to ...