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The data used was reliable; this is valid research because it examined diversification vs. production; and a limitation of the study was that it only involved 3 countries; and other variables could be considered (national income, gross national product and "crisis conditions" (Akpinar, 86).
Florentina, R. (2012). Corporate Governance and Corporate Diversification Strategies. Review Of International Comparative Management, 13(4), 621-632.
Raluca Florentina is a professor at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies in Romania, and in this peer-reviewed piece the author evaluates the causality relationship between "corporate governance and corporate diversification strategies in the context of the global economic crisis" (Florentina, 2012). Corporate governance is based on the theory of the "organization and the expenses it implies," and the organization's efforts to clarify relationships "between the several actors to the determination of management" (Florentina, 621). Good governance " . . . reduces risks, increases performance . . . improves managerial style," and offers transparency vis-a-vis "social responsibility" (Florentina, 624). But when there are "inefficient policies" and "agency conflicts" within diversification, the firm…
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The actions by O'Neal and Prince are clearly more than just poor decision making. They represent irresponsible and unethical behavior. Years after the Enron diabolical, boards of certain financial institutions seem to lack transparency into the decision of their corporate executives and company financials and are not demanding adherence to appropriate levels of risk. Sarbanes was meant to increase accountability, but CEOs are still intimidating those who question their actions
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