This paper aimed at swotting policies and practices of initial public offering share pricing in Nepal. The employed the data from both primary secondary sources like policy documents issued by SEBON related to IPO shares opinion surveys with market participants about whether existing are appropriate adopt new book building. Data has been analyzed using descriptive statistics. Review various Com...

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Using Panel Data methods, this paper examines the impact of institutional investors on corporate governance and corporate performance, based on samples of familial listed companies in China from 2006 to 2008. The research shows that after investing in familial listed companies, institutional investors would play an important role to improve corporate governance. Simultaneously, the proportion o...

Since the introduction of the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act in 2002, companies have begun to place more emphasis on information technology (IT) internal controls. IT internal controls are policies that provide assurance that technical systems operate as intended, provide reliable data, and comply with regulations. Research suggests that firms with strong internal controls perform better than those w...

The paper presents the results of the piloting or pilot test in a virtual classroom. This e-portfolio was carried out in the 2006-2007 academic year, with students of the Doctorate in Information Society, at the Open University of Catalonia. The electronic portfolio is a strategy for competence based assessment. This experience shows the types of e-portfolios, where students show their work wit...

Today, more than 70 per cent of organizations have adopted some kind of empowerment initiative for at least part of their workforce (Lawler et al., 2001). To be successful in today’s global business environment, companies need the knowledge, ideas, energy, and creativity of every employee, from front line workers to the top level managers in the executive suite. The best organizations accomplis...

On the importance of including vegetation dynamics in Budyko’s hydrological model R. J. Donohue, M. L. Roderick, and T. R. McVicar Ecosystem Dynamics Group, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia CSIRO Land and Water, Black Mountain, ACT 2601, Australia Received: 20 January 2006 – Accepted: 29 May 2006 – Published: 12 July 2006 Corr...

This paper examines the relationship of CEO pay and company performance for 280 firms listed on the New York Stock Exchange for a period from 2006 through 2009. The time frame of the study is a period after the adoption of the Sarbanes Oxley Act and after the SEC approval of the corporate governance rules affecting executive pay for New York Stock Exchange companies. I find there to be a positi...