« Recueil de matières de finance pour l'instruction du Roy, par M. D. C[HANDÉ]. Tome Ier. — 1722 ».

Contient : Abrégé chronologique des monnoies ; Dissertation sur la livre de compte ; Ferme du tabac ; Francs-fiefs ; Amortissemens ; Huitième et sixième denier ecclésiastique ; Insinuations laïques ; Controlle des actes des notaires ; Petits scels ; Cartes à jouer

Recueil de pièces, manuscrites et imprimées, concernant les relations commerciales et maritimes entre la France et l'Angleterre, avec quelques pièces relatives à des matières de finance. (1559-1605).

Contient : « Parties deues par le Roy à la royne d'Escosse, douairière de France » [cf. ms. français 15972, f. 35] ; « Estat de la despense fournie... par Monsieur de Beaumont, en divers voyages qu'il a faict faire exprès en Escosse..., vers Mr le baron Du Tour [Maupas], pour lui faire tenir les pacquetz de Sa Majesté... », duplicata, 1603 ; « Mémoire des sommes de deniers que la royne d'Angleterre a prestées ou desboursées pour le Roy très-chrestien », 1587-1596 ; « Mémoires touchant les traictez faicts entre les Anglois et François, pour empescher les pirateries et establir la liberté et seureté du commerce et de la navigation entre ces nations » [différents des pièces contenues dans le ms. français 15975, f. 71 et suiv.], et pièces relatives à divers actes de piraterie, états de marchandises, etc., 1559-1605 ; On remarque dans ce dossier : « Mémoire » orig. de Henri IV, « contenant la volonté du Roy sur les articles du règlement de la mer, proposez et traictez en Angleterre par le sieur de Boissize... », 1599 (f. 25), — une lettre orig. de « François Lefort » à Mr de Boissise, 1599 (f. 27), — et une lettre orig. de Henri IV au même, 1601 (f. 86) ; Pièces diverses, relatives au commerce des draps entre la France et l'Angleterre, 1600-1605

Creating SHAREDVALUE: A How-to Guide for the New Corporate (R)evolution

Competitividad y valor compartido

Understanding how a spiritual retreat enhances the search for meaning and fulfillment in a large corporate workplace /

This study explored the concept of a spiritual retreat for frontline employees of a large corporate call centre. During a 1 day retreat, 4 call centre employees were introduced to various meditation and retreat activities. Follovsdng the retreat the participants were asked to incorporate the various meditations and activities into their workplace. The participants kept journals throughout the study in an effort to determine what occurred when these practices were transferred from the retreat setting to the workplace. This study examined how a working spirituality enhances one's sense of fulfillment, defined by certain critical elements: relationship, awareness, ritual, internal commitment, and choice. Although the retreat was a successful means of exploring these elements, the degree to which each employee could benefit from them was determined by the extent of their internal commitment not only to themselves, but also to their jobs.

Acquisition and transfer of experiential learning from rock climbing to the corporate workplace

There were three purposes to this study. The first purpose was to determine how learning can be influenced by various factors i~ the rock climbing experience. The second purpose was to examine what people can learn from the rock climbing experience. The third purpose was to investigate whether that learning can transfer from the rock climbing experience to the subjects' real life in the workplace. Ninety employees from a financial corporation in the Niagara Region volunteered for this study. All subjects were surveyed throughout a one-day treatment. Ten were purposefully selected one month later for interviews. Ten themes emerged from the subjects in terms of what was learned. Inspiration, motivation, and determination, preparation, goals and limitations, perceptions and expectations, confidence and risk taking, trust and support, teamwork, feedback and encouragement, learning from failure, and finally, skills and flow. All participants were able to transfer what was learned back to the workplace. The results of this study suggested that subjects' learning was influenced by their ability to: take risks in a safe environment, fail without penalty, support each other, plan without time constraints, and enjoy the company of fellow workers that they wouldn't normally associate with. Future directions for research should include different types of treatments such as white water rafting, sky diving, tall ship sailing, or caving.

The carbon disclosure project, an evolution in international environmental corporate governance : motivations and determinants of market response to voluntary disclosures

This paper examines the factors associated with Canadian firms voluntarily disclosing climate change information through the Carbon Disclosure Project. Five hypotheses are presented to explain the factors influencing management's decision to disclose this information. These hypotheses include a response to shareholder activism, domestic institutional investor shareholder activism, signalling, litigation risk, and low cost publicity. Both binary logistic regressions as well as a cross-sectional analysis of the equity market's response to the environmental disclosures being made were used to test these hypotheses. Support was found for shareholder activism, low cost publicity, and litigation risk. However, the equity market's response was not found to be statistically significant.

O.S. Rixford Manufacturing Company corporate stock book, 1883-1898.

Around 1837, Luther Rixford founded a tool manufacturing business (originally known as the Luther Rixford Manufacturing Co.) in East Highgate, Vermont, that specialized in manufacturing scythes and other agricultural tools. A branch of this business was established in Upper Bedford, Quebec, around the late 1840's. Subsequent generations of the Rixford family took over the operations of both facilities, and in 1857 Oscar S. Rixford renamed the company the O.S. Rixford Manufacturing Co. The company was incorporated in 1883. Around 1920, the O.S. Rixford Manufacturing Company (of Canada) was acquired by Welland Vale Manufacturing, in St. Catharines, Ontario. The Rixford Company in Vermont continued operations until 1956, when decreasing demand for the tools they manufactured caused them to close their doors.

CEO Compensation, Compensation Risk, and Corporate Governance: Evidence from Technology Firms

Literature suggests that CEOs of technology firms earn higher pay than CEOs of non-technology firms. I investigate whether compensation risk explains the difference in compensation between technology firms and non-technology firms. Controlling for firm size and performance, I find that CEOs in technology firms have higher pay, but also have much higher compensation risk compared to non-technology firms. Compensation risk explains the major part of the difference in CEO pay. My study is consistent with the labor market economics view that CEOs earn competitive risk-adjusted total compensation.

The Informational Value of Corporate Credit Ratings

This thesis examines the quality of credit ratings issued by the three major credit rating agencies - Moody’s, Standard and Poor’s and Fitch. If credit ratings are informative, then prices of underlying credit instruments such as fixed-income securities and credit default insurance should change to reflect the new credit risk information. Using data on 246 different major fixed income securities issuers and spanning January 2000 to December 2011, we find that credit default swaps (CDS) spreads do not react to changes in credit ratings. Hence credit ratings for all three agencies are not price informative. CDS prices are mostly determined by historical CDS prices while ratings are mostly determined by historical ratings. We find that credit ratings are marginally more sensitive to CDS than CDS are sensitive to ratings.