"Parent Company Liability: Court of Cassation Ruling on Control and Autonomy in Corporate Groups"
Law case - 3 pages - Business law
Unlock the nuances of corporate law with insights from a landmark Court of Cassation ruling. Discover how the Commercial Chamber's 18 May 1999 judgment clarifies the legal autonomy of companies within a group, establishing that a parent company cannot act on behalf of its subsidiary....
Renunciation of Associate Status
Law case - 1 pages - Business law
A legal summary discussing the renunciation of associate status by a spouse and its implications.
Transfer of Shares in Unlisted SA: Formalities and Enforceability
Law case study - 4 pages - Business law
Understand the legal framework for transferring shares in unlisted public limited companies, including registration formalities and enforceability.
Approval Clause for Share Transfer in SA
Law case study - 3 pages - Business law
This document outlines the approval clause for share transfers in a public limited company (SA), ensuring control remains with founding shareholders.
Mergers and Acquisitions during COVID-19: Governance and Market Efficiency
Dissertation - 44 pages - Finance
This document examines the impact of mergers and acquisitions on corporate governance and market efficiency during the COVID-19 pandemic, using event study methodology.
Company Contributions Under French Law
Tutorials/exercises - 4 pages - Business law
Understanding the different types of contributions to a company under French law, including cash, in-kind, and industry contributions.
Carrefour group: Case study - publié le 15/01/2013
Case study - 6 pages - Business strategy
According to “Carrefour” financial reports “Carrefour” particularly relies on both “Borrowing” and “Shareholder's equity” at approximately the same level. If we look closer at the charts we can notice that: -In 2007 shareholder's equity was...
Carrefour group: Case study
Case study - 6 pages - Business strategy
According to “Carrefour” financial reports “Carrefour” particularly relies on both “Borrowing” and “Shareholder's equity” at approximately the same level. If we look closer at the charts we can notice that: -In 2007 shareholder's equity was...
Analysis of LVMH
Case study - 10 pages - Management
The LVMH (Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA) luxury brand has the following shareholder capital structure described in Figure 1-1 below. The main shareholders are the Group Arnault with 47% shares in personal property. 28% of the shares are held by foreign institutional investors and...
Analysis of LVMH - publié le 26/02/2012
Thesis - 10 pages - Management
The LVMH (Moet Hennessy Luis Vuitton SA) luxury brand has the following shareholder capital structure described in Figure 1-1 below. The main shareholders are the Group Arnault with 47% shares in personal property. 28% of the shares are held by foreign institutional investors and...
A look at corporate taxation
Essay - 4 pages - Finance
As any business withdraws and employs reduction of all or parts of its assets to cash or cash equivalents to its shareholders, the last step that is usually undertaken is the complete liquidation of the corporation and this denotes the end of the corporation's life as well as the...
Corporate communication and corporate governance
Course material - 8 pages - Management
As financial institutions play an important role in the economic activity, they assume central place in this context. The financial crisis has revealed different issues that have been hidden within our societies. Evidently, societies have underlined the practices of finance, and sometimes...
First Pacific Company - publié le 29/09/2010
Case study - 16 pages - Services marketing
First Pacific Company Ltd (FPC) is a Hong Kong public listed holding company with business interests in telecommunications, infrastructure, consumer food products and natural resources. FPC started in 1981 as a small Hong Kong-based financial services company established to allow four of...
First Pacific Company
Case study - 16 pages - International marketing
First Pacific Company Ltd (FPC) is a Hong Kong public listed holding company with business interests in telecommunications, infrastructure, consumer food products and natural resources. FPC started in 1981 as a small Hong Kong-based financial services company established to allow four of...
Dividend policy irrelevance
Essay - 7 pages - Finance
Depending on its life cycle and strategy, a firm has different financial needs. These financial needs could be fulfilled by internal or external resources. The sources of internal financing is cash flows. External financing could be debt and/or equity. When a firm uses debt, the interest rate it...
Cartier's global operations
Market study - 7 pages - Business strategy
The famed watch and jewelry House of Cartier, one of the classiest brands in the industry, can trace its origins back to 1847, when Louis-Francois Cartier opened a small jewelry store in Paris. Over the years, the brand has evolved to become the official jeweler of the Royal courts of England,...
Dividend policy irrelevance - published: 12/05/2009
Thesis - 5 pages - Finance
Depending on its life cycle and strategy, a firm has different financial needs. These financial needs could be fulfilled by internal or external resources. The sources of internal financing is cash flows. External financing could be debt and/or equity. When a firm uses debt, the interest rate it...
Human Resources Management Comparison: France and US
Internship report - 10 pages - Human resources
Human Resources Management, summed up recently by Storey, is "a distinctive approach to employment management which seeks to achieve competitive advantage through the strategic deployment of a highly committed and capable workforce, using an array of cultural, structural and personnel techniques"...
Basic financial statements and their uses
Case study - 2 pages - Management
Companies should prepare these 4 basic financial documents at the end of every financial period. Balance sheet shows the information about what a company owns and owes at any point of time. Profit & Loss Statement shows the information about company earnings and expenditures in a specific period....
Empirical investigation on the determinants of corporate dividend policy. Sectors considered: 'Food and drugs retailers' and 'Health care equipment and services' - published: 06/02/2011
Thesis - 7 pages - Finance
The Corporate Dividend policy, also called the Dividend Puzzle (Black, 1976) has always beensubjected to a lot of studies since, at least, the paper of Modigliani and Miller in 1961. The work ofthese authors stated that, in a frictionless world, when the firm has a constant investment policy,its...
Leshop.com: financial and marketing analysis
Market study - 20 pages - Distribution marketing
LeShop.ch is the first online grocery retailer in Switzerland. It has been on the market since 1998. Until the end of 2003, its majority shareholder was the Bon appétit Group with 33% of the shares. This major Swiss wholesaler, decided in December 2002 to close down it's business....
Empirical investigation on the determinants of corporate dividend policy. Sectors considered: 'Food and drugs retailers' and 'Health care equipment and services'
Thesis - 7 pages - Government finance
The Corporate Dividend policy, also called the Dividend Puzzle (Black, 1976) has always beensubjected to a lot of studies since, at least, the paper of Modigliani and Miller in 1961. The work ofthese authors stated that, in a frictionless world, when the firm has a constant investment policy,its...
A look at American Depository Reports
Thesis - 15 pages - Finance
Since 1980, the value of U.S.investment in non- U.S.equities has grown approximately 100-fold to $1.9 trillion .The first ADRs were introduced in the United States in 1927 when JPMorgan issued receipts for the British retailer Selfridges. Prior to the 1980s,ADRs primarily were used by foreign...
Virgin Mobil's proposed takeover by NTL - publié le 17/05/2009
Thesis - 8 pages - Business strategy
NTL proposed a £871 m takeover of Virgin mobile but was rejected, then a second proposition was made at £961 m. On the 3rd of April they announced a total of $1.66 billion for Virgin Mobile. The negotiation will be ready to receive both cash and NTL shares in a deal. Virgin Mobile will have a...
Leshop.com: financial and marketing analysis - published: 29/09/2010
Case study - 20 pages - Services marketing
LeShop.ch is the first online grocery retailer in Switzerland. It has been on the market since 1998. Until the end of 2003, its majority shareholder was the Bon appétit Group with 33% of the shares. This major Swiss wholesaler, decided in December 2002 to close down it's business....
Financial performance measure alone as opposed to an approach which encompasses both financial and nonfinancial measures
Essay - 3 pages - Finance
Bacidore et al (2019) state that "An appropriate performance measure gauges how management strategy affects shareholder value". Shareholders, as well as stakeholders, plays an essential role in the management of an organization. The evaluation of a potential strategy to apply with...
Williams Act and takeover defences in the United States
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
This statement will be discussed : “Without the process effects generated by the availability of takeover defense in the United States, the Williams Act would not be fit for purpose” The United States is among the countries the most favorable to the use of takeover defenses. A takeover...
Analysis on the group of JC Decaux SA
Case study - 16 pages - Business strategy
The group JC Decaux invests on an average of about 200 million Euros each year to fund its growth. It is important to note that the investment turns primarily to urban furniture as the detriment of other areas of strategic activity. This seems consistent strategy for several reasons: the group...
Internationalization strategy of the Accor group
Thesis - 25 pages - Business strategy
Accor is one of the major French groups to have an international base, and is distinguished by a remarkable internationalization strategy. The main ambition is to ensure the continued growth of the business and ensure its sustainability. What then are the strengths and weaknesses of Accor which...
Financial statement of the Nestle group
Case study - 14 pages - Finance
A financial analysis aims to make an assessment of the financial position, market position and performance of a company in order to analyze the possible problems, make recommendations and to inform both the internal (staff, manager) and external stakeholders (investors, general public) of the...
