impact of the sarbanes oxley act on the pursuit of targets

... in the Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002 ( Sarbanes- Oxley Act ).1 The Report is designed to address each of the topics identified for Commission study in the Sarbanes- Oxley Act, including the role of ... qualifications of credit rating analysts I INTRODUCTION Section 702 of the Sarbanes- Oxley Act requires the Commission to conduct a study of the role and function of credit rating agencies in the operation ... Recognition’ [T]he fundamental determinants of ‘national recognition’ [are] (i) an impact of [a rating agency’s ratings] on bond prices that is independent of the impact thereon of regulation,...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 07:20

... sales appear inconsistent with my contention that Section 403 of SOX increases their information content I argue that the impact of the increased timeliness of Form filings on contemporaneous ... after the close of the calendar month during which the transaction occurred Section 403 of SOX amends this provision of Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner Further reproduction prohibited ... permission of the copyright owner Further reproduction prohibited without permission TIMING AND INFORMATION CONTENT OF INSIDER TRADES: BEFORE AND AFTER THE SARBANES- OXLEY ACT OF 2002 A DISSERTATION...

Ngày tải lên: 30/09/2015, 17:19

... unions said that the termination would have no impact on their institution or it was too soon to determine the impact Exemption from Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes- Oxley Act Section 989G of the ... forms to conform them to section 404(c) of the SarbanesOxley Act of 2002, as added by section 989G of the Dodd-Frank Act Section 404(c) provides that section 404(b) of the Sarbanes- Oxley Act shall ... industry officials also have noted that the full impact of the Dodd-Frank Act on these institutions is uncertain Nonetheless, some regulators and industry officials expect some of the act s provisions...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 20:20

... securitisation implies stronger effects of monetary policy on the economy and on residential property prices (CGFS 2006) On the other hand, Tsatsaronis and Zhu (2004) conjecture that the prevalence of ... the presence of a price puzzle, we nevertheless believe that the estimates underpredict the impact of monetary policy on the level of prices since we not include indicators of future inflation ... information Since a number of authors have asserted that the transmission mechanism of monetary policy depends on the institutional characteristics of the financial system, we go on to split the sample...

Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2012, 09:40

... picture of the impact of the postelection crisis on the clinical care system and to corroborate the findings of the database analysis The participants granted permission to audio-record the interviews ... being taken care of by the uncle They stay in Langas Langas was, let me say, it was the heat of the violence there This boy is on second line medication, and at the time of the crisis they tried to ... perspective of families and children In-depth exploration of the longer-term psychological and social impact of the election conflict on individual children is still needed and is ongoing within the...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:31

... mix of patients Medical staff, consisting of five senior intensivists and three residents, rotated continuously over these units, usually on a one-week basis One month after the completion of the ... MPE involved the wrong prescription of a tenfold overdose of a beta-blocker, where rapid intervention of the clinical pharmacist intercepted the administration of this overdose The nonintercepted ... example of a frequent error was the unnoticed changing of an already activated prescription of a continuous infusion medication Since recent upgrading of the system every continuous infusion prescription...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:39

... patterns of certain pathogens Since parenteral forms of ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin were not restricted for the first three days of therapy by NARP, the consumption of these quinolones was ... years after the initiation of restriction policy there is still a need for continuous surveillance studies to observe the full impact of the NARP Fourth, we calculated antibiotic consumption in grams ... before the initiation of the NARP Even in these selected centres already applying local antibiotic restriction policies the utilisation of many of the restricted antibiotics was decreased and the...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:00

... the questionnaire The results of the questionnaire are presented in the following sections IV.5.1 Result of the first part of the questionnaire Table indicates the results of the first part of ... increase the validity of the later generalization of the result to the population Involving the generalization of the results, extraneous variables need controlling prior to the experimental like the ... section provides readers some discussion of the major implications The limitations of the study and some recommendations suggested for further research will be discussed in the second section The...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2012, 14:54

... in Section 2.2.2.3 2.2.2.2 Refraction Refraction is defined as the bending of the normal to the wavefront of a propagating wave upon passing from one medium to another where the propagation velocity ... Tbb the paths are not completely resolved and the contribution of the second term of (2.47) depends on relative difference in the multipath phases and the value of the autocorrelation function ... (for the case of swept frequency measurements) to extract the channel impulse response of the channel In theory, convolution of the impulse response with an information signal (such as one used...

Ngày tải lên: 20/11/2012, 11:36

... effect is defined by the food preference of the zooplankton For successful modeling of the lake ecosystem, the impact of zooplankton on phytoplankton succession should be clarified The semi-large scale ... describe the results of our mesocosm observations especially focused on the impact of zooplankton on algal succession, and dominant material flow in water body estimated from the results Furthermore, ... away from the pond) was utilized for calculating the daylight fraction The latitude of the observation site (34˚47') was used to calculate the daily irradiance These calculations were done according...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 08:40

... culture of the organization If the organization is one that relies on face-to-face and one -on- one communication, HR practitioners must not only address the impact of the new technology, but must monitor ... ways First, there is the individual impact upon employees in terms of their levels of job satisfaction and organizational commitment Second, researchers — and by implication, HR practitioners — need ... practitioners through the suggestions above Our SIT framework highlights the need for attention on human resource issues during the implementation of new information technology The impact of...

Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2013, 08:20

... interaction The first is the interaction of the learner with the machine As the sophistication of multimedia design has increased, so have the types and forms of interaction, although they have ... the sum of all students in the class This then raises the question of the validity and authority of knowledge gained over the Internet How can the learner be sure of the sources of information? ... level of prior learning and dexterity: typing Another primitive but very dominant form of interaction, especially on the Web, is the use of a mouse to click on "active" buttons However, other...

Ngày tải lên: 04/11/2013, 20:15

... revolutions because of the important economic and social effects derived from it This revolution involves the reformulation of the key resources for the companies If in the Industrial Revolution the ... indicate the degree of attainment of such objectives in a dynamic way, increases the likelihood of success of such projects In fact, one of the research priorities in the CRM field is the development ... are on the verge of the most significant transformation in business Although CRM concept has been the central core of many articles, conferences and seminars, so far most of them corresponds...

Ngày tải lên: 20/12/2013, 17:15

... “characterized by competition anf conflict in the personal relations dimension an organization in the task-funtions dimension” So members begin to communicate opener, more confidence and interact within a ... develop the next generation of wireless “ So, the team work in Texas Instrument is considered effectiveness team 3 .The impact of technology on team functioning within a given organization: a Technology ... and other parties outside the office The use of ICT for internal communication has been elaborated in the previous section Readers are referenced to the discussion there Here, we will concentrate...

Ngày tải lên: 21/12/2013, 00:26

... assigned by the instructor Identify the level of impact — high, medium, or low — that each technology type would have on the given layer of a Windows DNA design Write your answers in the grid provided ... After completing the above steps, you will discuss your responses with the class The instructor will write the class consensus on a flip chart Use the space below for brainstorming Activity 7.2: ... 50 Activity 7.2: Determining the Impact of Technology on a Windows DNA Design Exercise 1: Determining Technology Implications ! Determine technology implications Participate in...

Ngày tải lên: 21/12/2013, 06:16

... assess the impact of public/private partnerships on the practice of budgeting To examine the impact of cross-service programmes on budgeting practice To compare the two authorities and examine the ... sector and their impact on traditional budgeting practices By studying the budgetary practices of two large but very contrasting English local authorities, the project was able to evaluate the ways ... experience of ‘Eastmet’ 3.4 The experience of Southshire Conclusions Authors contact details References Overview The focus of this project was on post-1997 policy innovations for the local government...

Ngày tải lên: 08/02/2014, 17:45

... of profits The latter is, by definition, the product of market shares and profit margin We have views with respect to the impact of efficiency on market share and its relation with competition, ... rates and the speed of adjustment towards the equilibrium.12 Using a panel-econometric approach, we test for the impact of banking competition (measured by the Boone indicator) on the long-run ... markets? Contrary to the estimations of the spreads presented above, the ECM long-run equation does not assume full pass-through of market rates within one month Table 6.4 shows that the effect of the...

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 05:20

... Africa impact of hiv on the health sector Free download from www.hsrcpublishers.ac.za The Impact of HIV/AIDS on the Health Sector iv ©DoH 2003 impact of hiv on the health sector Contents List of ... practitioners; • 33 other health professionals eg social workers, psychologists; and • 167 non-professionals eg cleaners ©DoH 2003 The Impact of HIV/AIDS on the Health Sector Information on the ... HIV/ AIDS on professional health Health professionals, i.e., doctors, nurses, workers in the health sector other professionals 3.2 Impact of HIV/ AIDS on non-professional health workers in the health...

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 10:20

... bonds, Altman (1989) used a mortality rate concept to measure default rates conditional on the age of the bond Altman found that the cumulative bond mortality increases with the age of the bond ... determine the level of significance of the variable coefficients included in the model The Impact Of Firm's Characteristics On Junk-Bond Default 51 TESTING THE MODEL GOODNESS OF FIT To test the model ... where χ2 is the value of the model chi-square, k is the number of regressors in the model, and Λ(0) is the value of the log likelihood with no variables The second term in the numerator of the R statistic...

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 13:20

... update on the impact of the crisis on Africa and on growth outlook in the medium term (Section 2) It highlights key issues that deserve special attention as the continent attempts to weather the ... view of the G20 summit (Section 3) Section concludes on the role of the African Development Bank Update on the Outlook Economic Prospects 2.1 In light of this fast evolving context, all projections ... worsening of the impact, we are concerned that traditional mechanisms will delay disbursements with detrimental consequences on the implementation of rescue and recovery initiatives It is therefore...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 21:20