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South Korea s three mobile operators - SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus - have released their latest operational data for the quarter ended March ----. This has enabled BMI to review and update, where appropriate, forecasts for all sectors in this report. ...Furthermore, mobile virtual network operators are on track to be introduced in H---, and we expect their entry to help lower tariff rates and capture niche and untapped markets. The Korea Communications Commission (KCC) has recognised the potential of near field communications and has roped in stakeholders - mobile operators, handset equipment manufacturers, financial institutions, billing service providers and government organisations - to form the Grand NFC Korea Alliance. We believe that this move to bring rivals onboard is largely to eliminate the issue of different technological standards that are not compatible, and to ensure the entire industry moves in the same direction while the market is still in its infancy. ...Meanwhile, we see disinflation taking hold in South Korea as headline consumer price inflation (CPI) eased to -.- y-o-y in May from -.- in April, the second straight month of deceleration. We expect inflationary pressures easing gradually in the coming months, which should translate to the KCC allaying pressure on South Korean mobile operators to reduce tariff rates.
 
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New fixed-line, broadband and mobile telephony data from the Finnish regulator have been incorporated into BMI s analyses and forecasts for Finland s telecommunications market. These showed the fixed-line market contracted much faster in ---- than we had been expecting and this contraction also reached into the fixed broadband market. ...There is little room for alternative players, more so now that interest in unbundled local loops (ULLs) is waning and broadband customers are turning to mobile as a replacement platform. Data from the three principal fixed-line operators confirm the overall downward trend while the Finnet Group - which only discloses figures every six months or so - is rather evasive on this topic, not surprising considering it does not have a mobile business to which it can transfer fixed customers. The rate of decline was only a little slower than in ----, suggesting Finland is likely to record the fastest rate of fixed-line contraction in Western Europe over the next five years. ...However, the mobile market grew strongly in ---- and showed equally robust growth in Q---, despite market saturation. We believe this was achieved through aggressive price promotion and the ability of MVNOs to tackle those segments of the market typically bypassed by operators.
 
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A summary of our market research in the outsourcing & offshoring industry: a tool for strategic planning, business development or industry analysis. Trends and statistics cover topics such as captive offshore facilities, insourcing, IT oursourcing, BPO, KPO, offshored professional services such as accounting and design, offshored clinical trials, and outsourced logistics and distribution. Excerpted from Plunkett's Outsourcing & Offshoring Industry Almanac 2012.
 
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This quantitative analysis provides a fascinating glimpse into auditor tenure and financial officer turnover since the financial crisis of 2008. Over 18 pages of charts and tables measure the impact on the Russell 3000.
 
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Socially Responsible Companies Perform Better Over Time
A new working paper from Harvard Business School finds that companies with progressive environmental and social policies  significantly outperform their counterparts over the long-term, both in terms of stock market and accounting performance. Excerpts from The Impact of a Corporate Culture of Sustainability on Corporate Behavior and Performance (free pdf download) by Robert G. Eccles (HBS) Ioannis Ioannou (London Business School) and George Serafeim (HBS). We investigate the effect of a corporate culture of sustainability on multiple facets of corporate behavior and performance outcomes. Using a matched sample of 180 companies, we find that corporations that voluntarily adopted environmental and social policies by 1993 – termed as High Sustainability companies – exhibit fundamentally different characteristics from a matched sample of firms that adopted almost none of these policies – termed as Low Sustainability companies. In particular, we find that the boards of directors of these companies are more likely to be responsible for sustainability and top executive incentives are more likely to be a function of sustainability metrics. Moreover, they are more likely to have organized procedures for stakeholder engagement, to be more long-term oriented, and to exhibit more measurement and disclosure of nonfinancial information.
Finally, we provide evidence that High Sustainability companies significantly outperform their counterparts over the long-term, both in terms of stock market and accounting performance.
The outperformance is stronger in sectors where the customers are individual consumers, companies compete on the basis of brands and reputation, and in sectors where companies’ products significantly depend upon extracting large amounts of natural resources. See also Doing Well by Doing Good: Corporate Social Responsibility Lowers Capital Costs