Say on purpose: lessons from Chinese corporate charters

Competition for Corporate Charters and the Lesson of Takeover Statutes

Lessons from the Quran for the Purpose of Managing Couples’ Roles and Relationships

Aim: The purpose of the present study was to discuss the implications of the lessons from the Quran in managing the roles and relationships in couples. Methods: Using the qualitative method and applying content analysis, all verses related to couples from Quran were explored. Results: According to the results of the study, the main identified themes for the stage of marriage included romantic r...

Lessons from Tata's Corporate Innovation Strategy

M anaging innovation in enterprise has always been a complex task, but it’s become even more so as organizations become more globally distributed and new digital technologies proliferate. Some studies of IT companies have used agile approaches in software development and the IT-enabled global innovation ecosystem,1–4 whereas others focus on IT’s effects on innovation.5,6 However, it’s hard to f...

Governance of Corporate Takeovers: Time for Say-on-Takeovers?

Table A1. Glossary of Governance and Takeover Germs Term Description Hostile takeover Acquirer makes takeover offer without target firm board consent or approval Unsolicited takeover Generally synonymous with hostile takeover. Also means the offer was not requested by the target firm board. Antitakeover provisions Target firm provisions in the bylaws or board approved motions to prevent unsolic...

Hacking Say and Reviving ELIZA: Lessons from Virtual Environments

Although Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash (1992) is often noted as the inspiration for virtual worlds like Second Life, virtual environments were flourishing prior to its publication. Multi-user dungeons (MUDs), text-based and multiplayer environments for role-playing games, were popular in the 1980s. In the early 1990s, a new trajectory for online spaces was mapped by the introduction of what beca...