Compliance ist originär Managementaufgabe und liegt damit in der Verantwortung des Vorstandes bzw. der Geschäftsführung. Naheliegend ist, dass dem Aufsichtsrat als Überwachungsorgan eine Rolle im Rahmen der Compliance-Prüfung zukommt. Anlässlich der Veröffentlichung des Entwurfs für...

Corporate Governance und ihre Verankerung in entsprechenden Codizes sind zu einem viel und kontrovers diskutierten Thema in der betriebswirtschaftlichen Theorie, in der unternehmerischen Praxis, aber auch in der Politik geworden. Die Anreize formeller Verhaltensregeln für die am...

Market capitalization of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange is low at four percent of gross Domestic Product, having fallen from a peak of seven percent in 1998. Similarly, market turnover remains low, even by the standards of transition economies. However in recent years, Bulgaria has made...

We integrate international business theory on foreign direct investment (FDI) with institutional theory on intellectual property rights (IPR) to explain characteristics and behaviour of foreign investment subsidiaries in Central East Europe, a region with an IPR regimegap visàvis West European...

This paper argues that differences in the dispersion of corporate ownership can help explain why party positions on corporate governance vary across countries and over time. Expectations that left/right conflicts should pitch capital against labor overlook that "capitalʺ is not a homogenous...

In the light of the recent financial crisis, the discussion on the nature of runs and on the stabilizing role of liquidity holdings has intensified. This paper explores the cash management conducted by German open-end equity funds for the period between 2005 and 2010. Since ownership structures...