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The previous chapters showed how standard corporate management can be carried out through knowledge of corporate finance tools and issues and how to exert the standard functions of corporate management.
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What are the main reasons for a merger?
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What are the forms of speculative rationale?
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Explain the role of diversification in the firm’s economy.
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Describe how a hostile takeover takes place and explain the difference between positive and negative takeovers.
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Describe the main types of poison pills as a tool to prevent takeovers.
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The issues of concern to those who have worked to develop new explicit mechanisms for the external governance framework include the following:
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Company probity
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Executive honesty
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High audit fees
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Political influence
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The politics of profit and executive compensation
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Other issues that have not been addressed explicitly by corporate governance reformers but are viewed as important by society include the following:
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Corporate performance
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Social responsibility
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Ethics
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Environmental standards
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Health and safety
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Distinguish between internal and external corporate governance and explain how they relate.
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Explain the interdependence between economic development and corporate governance.
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Describe the foundation of the present system of corporate governance as it applies to limited liability companies and how it developed.
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What are the forces that shape corporate governance reform efforts, and what triggers them?
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When managing risk, you will only be expected to counter risks that your business may reasonably be expected to face while providing its services. However, risk management involves a process of steps to be taken in order. This order is:
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Risk identification, risk analysis, risk treatment, risk monitoring, and review
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Risk identification, risk treatment, risk analysis, risk monitoring, and review
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Risk analysis, risk identification, risk treatment, risk monitoring, and review
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Risk identification, risk analysis, risk monitoring and review, and risk treatment
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What are the factors impacting business risk?
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List and explain the various forms of response to risk.
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Explain in what context it is better for a firm to externalize the risk management function.
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Corelli, A. (2023). Special Topics. In: Analytical Corporate Finance. Springer Texts in Business and Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32319-5_14
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