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Description This paper portrays a picture of Corporate Governance in The United Kingdom, the United States of America and France in the banking sector being severely challenged in an extreme Financial Crisis that has seen household banking names run into trouble, some to fail and others to be...

Description The key principles are based on global best practice and standards, on good practices emerging from UNHCR field operations, and on UNHCR's age, gender and diversity (AGD) approach, which advocates for a participatory, rights- and community-based strategy. I Promoting Livelihoods...

Description The paper explores the principles of self-reliance and connects them to the sustainability concept drawing examples from Bangladesh. It argues that there is a need for an alternative model for development in traditional, predominantly rural communities which avoids creating...

Description Credit rating agencies (CRAs) play a prominent role in today's global financial markets. Although approaches may differ across jurisdictions, investment managers often use the services of CRAs to form an opinion on the creditworthiness of a particular issuer before purchasing...

Description The FSB has drawn up the following principles to reduce reliance on CRA ratings in standards, laws and regulations. Reducing reliance in this way will reduce the financial stability-threatening herding and cliff effects that currently arise from CRA rating thresholds being hard-wired...

Description The concept of corporate culture has captured the imagination of executives for years. For executives struggling to manage organizational change, understanding their organization’s culture has become paramount before undertaking such a change. Slice of Reality: Changing Culture at...

Description report on the results for Restaurant Brands for the 2013/14 financial year (FY14); another challenging trading year, through which the company persevered to deliver the second best profit result in its 17 year history. 2014 Annual Report OUR APPETITE FOR GROWTH CONTINUES THROUGH...

Description The purpose of this study is to explore the financial aspects of McDonald's success as a market leader despite of the global recession and tough competition offered by Yum brands. Financial ratio analysis, horizontal analysis, vertical analysis and DuPont analysis are applied for 9...

Description Leading sport businesses are recognizing the potential for added value by developing a strategic alliance strategy that enables them to access new resources, share risk and tactically manage key alliances to gain competitive advantage. A version of this paper is published in: Hecox...

Description Brazil is the world's fourth largest producer of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The majority of emissions come from the clearance and burning of the Amazon rainforest.. Globally, tropical forest destruction is responsible for around 20% of global GHG emissions. Ending deforestation...

Description Concrete is second only to water as the most consumed substance on earth, with nearly one ton of the material used annually for each person on the planet. Cement is the critical ingredient in concrete, locking together the sand and gravel constituents in an inert matrix; it is the...

Description Apollo Tyres Limited, India’s largest automotive tire manufacturer, is building a new plant on a 126-acre plot, approximately 60 kilometers from Chennai. The entire project has a built area of 167,226 square meters and includes 30 buildings. CASE STUDY Apollo Tyres Limited...

Description The Indian cement industry is the second largest producer of quality cement. Indian Cement Industry is engaged in the production of several varieties of cement such as Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC), Portland Pozzolana Cement (PPC), Portland Blast Furnace Slag Cement (PBFS), Oil Well...

Description This paper analyses the energy use in the manufacture of cement in India during 1992–2005. Cement manufacturing requires large amounts of various energy inputs. The most common types of energy carriers used are coal, electricity, natural gas and fuel oil. WP-2012-002 Technical...

Description Apollo Tyres wanted a global BI solution for sales analysis that accesses business transaction data from SAP (as the main data source) and Excel sheets, or flat files (as the secondary data source). BI Solution for Sales Analysis Optimization Delivered for Apollo Tyres TekMindz...

<h1>India vs Zimbabwe, Live Cricket Score Update - ICC Cricket World Cup 2015</h1> India Innings - 288/4 (48.4 overs) Batting : ~ Out Desc : ~ R : ~ B : ~ 4s : ~ 6s : ~ SR Rohit Sharma : ~ c S Raza b Panyangara : ~ 16 : ~ 21 : ~ 2 : ~ 0 : ~ 76.2 Shikhar Dhawan : ~ b Panyangara : ~ 4 : ~ 20 : ~...

<h1>Brendan Taylor Century Against India</h1> A Brendan Taylor century in his last match in one-day international cricket has guided Zimbabwe to a total of 287 in their World Cup clash against India. The 29-year-old impacted 138 off 110 balls to push his side to a focused score against MS...

<h1>Australia in a Hurry to Secure Victory</h1> Starc skittles Scots for 130 as Clarke's men race to beat Hobart climate to secure second spot Mitchell Starc's four wickets have helped skittle Scotland for 130 with Australia in a rush to secure triumph - and second spot in Pool A - as the...

<h1>Sachin Tendulkar Regrets : Not Captaining Team India for Longer Duration</h1> Sachin Tendulkar's two residencies as captain of India were not exceptionally effective and are viewed as the uncommon blips in what was generally a sparkling 24 years in universal cricket. His is a profession...

<h1>Australia vs Scotland, Live Cricket Score Update - ICC Cricket World Cup 2015</h1> Australia vs Scotland Pool A / Group A Match 40 14 Mar 09:00 IST Bellerive Oval, Hobart. The last match of pool A will be played between co-has Australia and Scotland at Bellerive Oval on March 14...