Mismanagement by company-appointed agents is an issue that challenges organizations with hubs in various worldwide locations. Agency problems are detrimental to firms, and if left unchecked, can spell out disaster for a company. For charted companies of the 17th and 18th centuries, managerial commitment was highly impacted by the lengthy gaps in communication with firm directors; often leading to opportunistic behavior among overseas management. While several companies failed, the Hudson Bay Company successfully established a mix of business practices that strived to dismiss workplace deviance. By raising opportunity costs, increasing accountability and developing a social environment, the Hudson Bay Company was successful in minimizing the…
Before the formation of Middle West Utilities Company, electricity was a “high-cost luxury” which only the very wealthy could afford (PBS.org, 2011). Through the acquisition of all of the competition in the area, Insull’s company monopolized the electricity market in Illinois as well as neighboring states (Britannica Biographies, 2010). Holding this power gave him and his company the ability to set the prices at what ever they wished (PBS.org, 2011). Samuel Insull broadened the market by selling to anyone and everyone he could (Hutchinson 's Biography Database, 2003). Prices were set low enough to enable small businesses and households to obtain electricity, and what was once only seen as a luxury soon became commonplace (PBS.org, 2011).…
Talisman Energy Inc. after a failed oil venture in Sudan due to poor handling of public relations is contemplating entering Kurdistan after the Iraq War. The Sudanese fiasco was due to a portrayal of Talisman as a conspirator with the Sudanese government in perpetuating regional conflict and funding human rights abuses. The subsequent media firestorm and activist pressure spooked high-stakes investors who forced Talisman to withdraw. An equally dangerous and fluid political clime exists in the war-torn Kurdistan, with a regional government struggling with legitimacy and seeking foreign investment. Though the potential for profit is high and resources are plentiful, the field is largely devoid of other firms who could prevent Talisman being singled out again, and logistical and ethical problems abound. Talisman is advised not to enter such a risky market again, especially with their recent failure so fresh in the worlds (and their investors) memory.…
Georgia Politics in a State of Change, Fourth Custom Edition for the University of Georgia, by Charles…
RUSSELL AGLE 124 South 16th Street, Apt 3 Philadelphia, PA 19102-2820 Phone: (646) 498-4778 Email: russell.agle.wg03@wharton.upenn.edu EDUCATION THE WHARTON SCHOOL and THE LAUDER INSTITUTE – University of Pennsylvania MBA Candidate, Finance and Multinational Management MA Candidate, International Studies – Europe and France • Evaluated European market entry strategy for Israel-based satellite telecommunications company • Recipient of the Adolfo Niella Memorial Fellowship; Member of Admissions Committee WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY Bachelor of Arts, History and European Studies • Graduated with Honors, awarded Butler Prize for outstanding senior thesis • Student representative for faculty searches in two…
to the controversy or offer the views and reasoning of all the parties to the…
Through the writings of Andrew Carneige, and Jay Gould, some of the wealthiest men of the era, both believed that the government should not be involved when it came to certain business choices. It is evident to see throughout these documents that if you were higher up in society, it changed the way you viewed and appreciated things.(…)…
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Akerlof also uses the example of employing minorities, the cost of dishonesty, and the credit markets in underdeveloped countries to make his point. He has shown how “trust” is extremely important in any business transaction. Informal guarantees are preconditions for trade and business.…
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