Corporate Governance
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Netizens driving firms' social responsibility
News Online communities increasingly driving corporate social responsibility in Asia-Pacific, but governments still hold most sway, finds new study.
Tags: Green IT, Web 2.0, Corporate responsibility, Hewlett-Packard Co., Asia, India, Asia-Pacific, Europe, corporate governance, Corporate Social Responsibility
Analyst: Satyam vulnerable to takeover
News The Indian outsourcing firm's corporate governance woes may result in the company being divided up and sold off separately, according to Ovum.
Tags: Acquisitions, Accounting, IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Ovum, David Mitchell, liquidity, corporate governance, financial, industry
'Back to basics' for Asia's IT services market
News Region's IT services sector will focus on cost savings and less on business transformation, while balancing need for corporate governance, says IDC.
Tags: Services, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Cost control, Outsourcing, IT Services, International Data Corp., PaaS, cost management, corporate governance, managed services
Corporate governance don't mean squat if flouted
Blogs The joke goes that, "it's only wrong if you're caught", so cheating in class or smoking on school grounds is only agains...
Challenge balancing security checks and costs
Blogs Satyam has been big news for the last few days. Certainly the news has been disturbing and causes people to pause and th...
True Move denies iPhone claims
News Thai mobile operator calls for an investigation into claims by a consumer group that its sales of the Apple iPhone violated the law and exploited consumers.
Tags: Smart phones, Apple Inc., Mobile, Apple iPhone 3G, TCI, Sales, phone, 3G, corporate governance, Apple iPhone
Apple's Jobs to skip annual shareholder meeting
News CEO Steve Jobs' six-month medical leave of absence will keep him from attending Wednesday's annual meeting for the first time since he returned to Apple in 1997.
Tags: Business plans, Business ethics, Apple Inc., Bloomberg L.P., Absence, Cupertino, succession planning, CEO, corporate governance, job
Experts: Apple disclosure 'falls short'
News Apple's silence on reports that Steve Jobs had a liver transplant reflects a continuing failure to address the CEO's health issues, say governance specialists.
Tags: Business development/management, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, CEO, corporate governance, SEC, shareholder, Apple iPhone, health care, Steve Jobs
A lawmaker's bad call on another's misfortune
Blogs It's just the beginning of the new year, but the tech world is already buzzing with interesting stories, albeit negative...
Malaysia won't capitalize on Satyam fallout
News Local outsourcing players can't compete directly with India, but will gain long-term benefits from increased transparency and governance, say market watchers.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Offshoring, Competitive advantage, Outsourcing, India, Positioning, International Data Corp., Malaysia, Kelly Outsourcing
Satyam: India Inc.'s rude wake-up call
Blogs In Sanskrit, Satyam means truth. But what we saw today was quite the contrary. We saw how one lie led to another, result...
Apple faces credibility crisis over Jobs' health
News Company has faced hard choices in handling Steve Jobs' growing health issues. The latest revelations raise new questions about Apple's honesty with investors.
Tags: Management by objectives, Business development/management, Crisis communications, Public relations, Lawsuits, Apple Inc., Crisis communications, CEO, corporate governance, job
Australian ICT guidelines embraced as world standard
News Guidelines on IT corporate governance developed by Standards Australia gets adopted as an international standard by the International Standards Organization.
Tags: IT Governance, Standards, Standard, Australian Computer Society, Information And Communication Technology, Australia, IT governance, process improvement, corporate governance, knowledge
The German rule of order
Blogs I'm back in Germany for another stopover this week, after catching a quick flight from Vienna, and staying with some fri...
Indian tech riding out economic storm
News According to the country's outsourcing trade body, Nasscom, the Indian software and services industry will continue to grow despite the economic downturn.
Tags: Strategic analysis, Global strategic management, Sales strategy, Pricing strategy, IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Earning reports/forecasts, Forecasting, Green IT, Outsourcing
