Articles by John Briginshaw, PhD
John Briginshaw, PhD, is an assistant professor of Accounting at the Graziadio School of Business and Management of Pepperdine University. He has business experience in the shipping industry and management consulting experience in the retail banking, garment, and fast-moving consumer goods sectors. He has teaching experience at London Business School and University of California, Berkeley, as well as executive training experience at Euromoney Training, London and Hong Kong. Dr. Briginshaw is the author of Internet Valuation, published by Palgrave MacMillan. He received his MBA from the London Business School and a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley.
Attn: The Corner Office – Why U.S. Firms Should Pay Special Dividends Before Year-End 2010
Current low tax rates on dividends, combined with low borrowing costs, represent an historic opportunity for U.S. firms, but the window is almost certain to close Dec. 31, 2010.
The Management Myth by Matthew Stewart
Stewart does not believe that management is a science or a profession. The latter judgment is based on management’s lack of review boards, such as those in the medical profession, that expel miscreants.
What Will The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Mean to Businesses and Investors?
This article examines whether a complete change in U.S. accounting standards is likely to happen, and if so, what it will mean to U.S. and foreign firms.
Save Now or Die Trying, The Automatic Millionaire, and The 4-Hour Workweek By Timothy Ferriss
Instead of your employer guaranteeing you money to fund all those trips to the Bahamas that you are planning for your dotage, the company gives you the opportunity to invest your own money at (for the most part) your own risk to fund whatever you can afford-most likely, trips to the local chain restaurant for the senior citizen special.
This sounds like a poor deal, and it is. But here’s the thing: It’s the only deal available and it’s time to get on board.
