In 2013, a New Zealand news outlet reported a number of Samsung washing machines spontaneously catching on fire. The corporation is expected to spend $14 billion on advertising and marketing in 2013, with publicity appearing in TV and cinema ads, on billboards and at sports and arts events. In November 2013, the corporation was valued at $227 billion. In May 2014, Samsung announced it will be shutting down its streaming service on 1 July 2014, also meaning the end of the Samsung Music Hub app…
CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Preamble Corporate Social Responsibility became a matter of utmost importance for diverse groups demanding change in the business. During the 1980‘s to 2000, corporations recognized and started accepting a responsibility towards society. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) focuses on the wealth creation for the optimal benefit of all stakeholders including shareholders, employees, customers, environment and society. The term stakeholder means all those…
CNBC “There's a new rule book of sorts on how to spell the name of the world's largest retailer. Media outlets are being notified by 'Walmart' via an editor's note at the end of news releases. "Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is the legal trade name of the corporation," the note says. "The name 'Walmart,' expressed as one word and without punctuation, is a trademark of the company and is used analogously to describe the company and its stores. Use the trade name when it is necessary to identify the legal…
The goal of maximizing shareholder wealth means that the goal of the company. Is fundamental to business goals to create value for the shareholders of the company are also owners of the company. The relationship between financial decision - making, risk and return. Financial decisions – making is money or not invest in certain securities. It depends on the risk and the return of security in particular. There is a correlation between risk and return, which is higher than the risk ratio will…
of tax to pay, the kind of paperwork that will be needed and even the capacity to raise finances as well as the personal liabilities that you might have to contend with. Some regular types of business include sole trader, partnership, corporation and S corporation. Sole proprietor This is the most uncomplicated type of structure that any business can have. It requires only one individual who owns…
conceived in CSR. According to Carroll (2001), the philanthropic responsibility he mentioned in his hierarchical framework refers to being a good corporate citizen. However, Carroll‟s position has attracted several academic criticisms by several scholars in the literature. One of the studies that challenged Carroll‟s assertion was conducted by Olawale (2009) who argued that, corporate citizenship cannot be considered as a concept synonymous to CSR. This is because philanthropic responsibilities…
In this final discussion, we are asked to evaluate business start-up options for Shania Jackson. Shania is a mature Christian. She has a desire of opening a coffeehouse. Shania seems to have the support of her husband, sister, and neighbor, but in varying degrees of commitment and perspectives. Shania’s husband is willing to invest capital, but not help in the day to day operations. Her sister, a new Christian is eager to participate in the business, but her husband is completely against the…
Apple believes in creating advanced things easy and styles new merchandise those enrich folks lives. The corporate is one amongst the largest provider’s chains on the planet. Apple merchandise like iPhone, iPad, and raincoat contributes of over 1,000,000 folks lives within the worldwide and used the company’s and their many producing partners. Apple’s provider Code of Conduct is one amongst the toughest within the industry and also the company’s created it ever stronger through around 633 audits…
In SEC v. Arcturus Corporation, the Northern District of Texas held that joint ventures are a security subject to SEC regulation. This ruling was based on the long-standing “investment contract” test found in SEC v. W.J. Howey Co. In Howey, the Supreme Court defined an “investment contract” as 1) individuals led to invest money, 2) in a common enterprise, and 3) having the expectation that they would earn a profit solely from the efforts of others. Specifically, the court found the third…
supervisory board and a corporate governance called co determination work together. This model gives hope to solving the governance issue with derivatives clearinghouse. This organization called German AG is mandated by the German Federal Stock Corporation Act and it forces every company to have a management board and a supervisory board (Griffith, 2012, p. 1227). In Germany the law is that the management board is in charge of all the day to day operations of the company as a whole. The…