Thesis--University of Missouri, School of Mines and Metallurgy, 1908. / R. E. Hoffman determined to be Ray Eugene Hoffman from "Forty-First Annual Catalogue. School of Mines and Metallurgy, University of Missouri". The entire thesis text is included in file. Typescript. Illustrated by author. Title from title screen of thesis/dissertation PDF file (viewed February 26, 2009)

Research to date has focused on explaining disclosure and accountability practices mainly in liberal market economies. Accountability and disclosure studies have been embedded in Western/Euro-centric economic and social theories. Although there have been a growing number of theoretical accountability studies, few empirical studies have been conducted to explore the nature of accountability in the public sector and the private sector. Disclosure and accountability practices in non-competitive markets have been given little attention in the literature. The focus of this thesis is to understand information disclosure practices and accountability construction processes in the predominant socialist and Arabic context of Libya. This study contributes to knowledge by explaining how the practices of disclosure and accountability in such context occur. Explaining disclosure and accountability practices in relation to the state and the public contributes to the current debate around these practices. This study reported on data collected from two case studies conducted in Libya: the Secretary of Industry (SI) and the National Trailers Company (NTC). The Secretary of Industry's responsibilities included supervising thirty-one companies including the National Trailers Company. The National Trailers Company was a joint venture company where the State, represented by the Secretary of Industry, owned 75 per cent of the capital and an Italian company, Calabrese, owned 25 per cent of the capital. The aim of the study was to understand how information was disclosed and accountability was constructed and to explain the relationships between disclosure and accountability in the SI-NTC context. The study used Sinclair's (1995) forms of accountability as a point of reference to explore whether these forms were identified and understood similarly in the Libyan context. The study's observations showed that disclosure and accountability practices within the SI-NTC context were different from those identified in the literature. Information was disclosed upon request and followed mainly accountability routes. The role of managerial and financial accountability in this process was emphasised. The study proposed an explanation for the SI-NTC disclosure and accountability practices that took into consideration the role of not only economic, but also social and cultural aspects in these practices. This explanation encompassed values and beliefs that were related not only to secular, but also to sacred activities. The observations showed that Islamic construction of identity and accountability of a person (all persons) to Allah was embedded in the accountability process. The study's contribution was two-fold. The first was related to the process and the practice of disseminating the company's information - information enclosure - and the second was related to the accountability construction process - accountability webs. Information enclosure theory was proposed to explain the company's disclosure (enclosure) practices. The proposed theory was different from the conventional disclosure theories in that it reflected the role of not only economic but also social relationships in the information provided. Information was provided to those who constituted "the organisational web" of accountability where the influence of social relationships and personal connections - "the social web" - was present.

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In the two decades prior to World War I, London was the centre of the most extensive financial empire in the world. Canada was particularly popular among British investors. In 1897, a group of British capitalists led by R.M. Horne-Payne, a successful financier, acquired the electric street railways and electric power facilities which local entrepreneurs had initiated in Vancouver, New Westminster and Victoria. The British capitalists then organized the British Columbia Electric Railway Company, The creation of the B.C.E.R. inaugurated a thirty-one year long symbiotic relationship between British capitalists and the British Columbia public, Unlike their local predecessors, British capitalists had access to the large amounts of capital necessary to rescue an infant enterprise from the embarrassment of depressed times and to expand its operations as southwestern British Columbia grew rapidly during the prosperous years of the Klondike gold rush and the prairie wheat boom. During these years, the B.C.E.R. completed an urban street railway network, built major interurban railways in the Fraser Valley and on the Saanich Peninsula and introduced hydro-electric power to southwestern British Columbia. Thus, the B.CE.R. provided its customers with, modern and efficient conveniences. The B.CE.R. was unique among Canadian transportation and utility companies of its time. Many of these firms also raised capital in Britain but none seems to have been as closely controlled by a British Board of Directors, The company's general manager in Vancouver for example, was on an agent who could make no significant decision without the consent of the Board in England. A superficial survey of other Canadian utility companies suggests that British Columbians were better off with a British company than they would have been with a Canadian one. In good times, the B.C.E.R. took lower profits out of its operation than did comparable Canadian firms? in bad times, it had greater financial stability than many of its Canadian counterparts , A conclusive answer to this hypothesis, however, must await detailed studies of other Canadian utility companies the basic concern of the directors of the B.C.E.R. was the security of the investment. They would not undertake new expenditures without being certain of the availability of the necessary capital; they set aside generous sums for depreciation , renewals and reserves; they avoided speculative ventures such as real estate developments; they built few railway or power facilities in advance c factual demand and they actively worked to thwart real and imagined competition from other private companies or from municipal or provincial governments. These conservative policies succeeded. In spite of occasional anxious times, particularly during, World War 1, the B.C.E.R. always met its financial obligations . By the 1920's the company could finance most of its expansion itself. Usually, it also earned a respectable — but not exploitive — dividend for its share holders. Ultimately, in 1928, the shareholders were able to sell their holding s to the Canadian-controlled Power Corporation of Canada for a handsome profit. Because it was a public utility, the B.C.E.R. was never able to act without considering possible consequences of public antagonism and subsequent government action. Thus, it assiduously cultivated goodwill generally and lobbied governments with specific requests. Good relations with governments were essential to the success of the company. The municipalities regulated fares and controlled the franchises without which the company could not operate. Through their control of such matters as water rights and regulating agencies, the provincial and federal governments could also affect the company. The B.C.E.R. was beholden to the voters who were also its customers. In sum, the company, though profiting from British Columbia, could not impose its will on British Columbians. / Arts, Faculty of / History, Department of / Graduate

The goal of the thesis is to find if and how active corporate social responsibility can increase the value of company together with identification of the most impactful activities in this regard. For this purpose, the thesis is structured into three parts. The first part provides overview of theoretical approaches to the company value with specific focus on Corporate Social Responsibility, sustainability and communication. In the second part, initiatives in the area of sustainability in a case company are reviewed. For this purpose, a leader and innovator in the area of CSR has been selected with variety of best practices that have been mapped. Based on the conducted research, the third part summarizes recommendations from both theory, as well as practice on those activities that should be considered by other companies for incorporation.

The thesis provides a detailed overview of crisis resolution options available to distressed companies in the Czech legal environment. The work starts by describing the most common causes of corporate distress in attempt to understand the process of decline and define the key steps to prevent crisis in the early stage. We then proceed to discuss the methods of resolution that can be applied in the early pre-bankruptcy stages of distress, including downsizing and divestitures, out-of-court settlement with creditors, mergers with or acquisition by strategic or financial investors, or voluntary liquidations. Further on, the work provides a comprehensive summary of the Insolvency Act, the Czech legislation governing bankruptcy proceedings, concentrating on the option that could preserve business operations of troubled companies -- reorganisation. In the practical part of the thesis, the author evaluates the reorganisation plan of ČKD Kutná Hora, a.s., focusing on the company-specific issues and assessing the viability of the plan according to a number of success and risk factors, as well as the objectives stipulated by the Insolvency Act.

The major purposes of this study were (1) to obtain information relating to the number and types of areas of work included in the routine duties performed by the maintenance employees employed in a selected group of Acme Brick Company production plants, (2) to determine the nature of any training that may have assisted in the development of their ability to perform the skills normally involved in each area of work, and (3) to recommend to Acme Brick Company areas of instruction to be included in a training program for its employees.

This report examines the effect that the legal and financial corporate location choices made by corporations have on company performance. These corporate location choices are investigated for stand-alone companies, and for companies that form part of Multinational Enterprises (MNEs). A further distinction is drawn between companies that hail from developed and developing markets. The study examines data from the perspective of the company, and uses 4,308 listed companies found in the following sectors on Bloomberg, namely: Mining, General Retailers, Telecommunications, and Pharmaceuticals, and finds evidence that both the legal and financial home chosen by a company has a significant impact on company performance, and that distributing legal and financial homes opportunistically amongst developed and developing markets lead to markedly improved company performance. The research finds that generally MNEs outperform national companies; companies with a corporate function located in a developed market outperform companies with corporate functions located in developing markets, and lastly that increased corporate function dispersion is associated with increased performance, with the bulk of the benefit delivered by opportunistically location the legal home in a developed market. / Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012. / Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) / unrestricted

The notion of the moratorium on legal proceedings against a financially distressed company undergoing business rescue is internationally recognized as a legal intervention necessary for allowing a breathing space for a company to be rescued. In South Africa, section 133 of the 2008 Companies Act makes provision for moratorium and details its main objectives in as far as business rescue is concerned. The main objective of the moratorium is to give effect to the purposes of the Act as enshrined in section 7 of the 2008 Companies Act. In particular, the moratorium is imposed to provide the company the required opportunity to breathe or the necessary period of respite in order to reorganise its affairs in a way as would allow it to operate on profitable basis without the unnecessary disruptions arising from the enforcement of the creditors’ claims and legal action taken against it whilst trying to reorganise its affairs. While this purpose is obviously a reasonable one, the rights of third parties to enforce their rights in a form of enforcement actions and legal proceedings against the subject company are seriously affected by moratorium. This dissertation aims at discussing and analysing the provisions in the Act relating to moratorium; to discuss and evaluate the impact that moratorium as provided for in section 133 of the Companies Act of 2008 has on the interests of creditors; as well as to compare the South African company law position in r the moratorium with that of Australian company law. / Mini Dissertation (LLM (Corporate Law))--University of Pretoria, 2020. / Mercantile Law / LLM (Corporate Law) / Unrestricted

The company's information systems are very important today. In the modern information world, where technologies are produced, it is necessary to pay attention to this issue in the context of improving the services provided. It is for this reason that the diploma thesis deals with the issue of information system in the context of its management and security in terms of services provided by the selected organization. The aim of the diploma thesis is to choose a selected information system in the context of a selected company. The work based on its evaluation provides views on its effectiveness and efficiency. Through its evaluation, the work presents its own proposal for its improvement.