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Импорт в Россию институтов корпоративного управления и их мутация
Vernikov, Andrei - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This paper deals with the evolution of corporate governance institutions that were imported into Russia in the 1990s … interests of various stakeholders prompts a hypo-thesis as to why initial rejection of new institutions of corporate governance … governance’. We argue that in Russia imported institutions tend to mutate, i.e. to work differently than in the eco-nomic systems …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005042692
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Internet Kiosks in Rural India: What Influences Success?
Kendall, Jake; Singh, Nirvikar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
”). Though this model has been deployed world-wide by governments, NGOs, and development institutions in the past few years …-Logue, a franchise of over 1000 locally-owned, Internet kiosks in rural villages in India. We seek to assess how this new …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005790263
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China, India and the future of the global economy
Kwasnicki, Witold - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
In the first part of the paper an overview of the long-term global economic growth forecasts is presented (e.g., forecasts of Uri Dadush and Bennett Stancil of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a report by HSBC, CitiGroup report, reports of PricewaterhouseCoopers, or Goldman Sachs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009226834
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The statistician's guide to Utopia: The future of growth
Tønnessen, Morten - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
In this article I paint a concise portrait of world economic and population history. Key factors include the world population and Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The role of technology in relation to the environmental impact of economic activity is represented by an Environmental Efficiency Factor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008497646
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State of Corporate Governance in Arab Countries: An Overview
Harabi, Najib - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
The purpose of this paper is to assess the state of corporate governance as a major factor affecting the growth performance of the private sector in MENA countries. For this purpose both country-specific assessments, carried out by World Bank-IMF teams (so-called ROSC’s assessments) and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835438
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¿Puede el gobierno corporativo aprender del gobierno público?
Jakob, Brugger; Immanuel, Samuel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
. Institutions devised to control and discipline the behaviour of executives in the political sphere can give new insights into how …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835562
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The Reform of Corporate Governance in France
Panagiotopoulos, Miltiadis - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
The publications about the transition of French corporate governance are controversial fluctuating between proposing the integration of socioeconomic qualities, to the fragmentation of different and persistent systems by the interdependence of their attributes, or the predominance of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835688
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Firm Performance and Managerial Turnover: The Case of Ukraine
Muravyev, Alexander; Bilyk, Olga; Grechaniuk, Bogdana - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The paper studies whether and how CEO turnover in Ukrainian firms is related to their performance. Based on a novel dataset covering Ukrainian joint stock companies in 2002-2006, the paper finds statistically significant negative association between the past performance of firms measured by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835793
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The Effect of Legal Systems and Accounting Conservatism on Corporate Governance: The U.S. versus the U.K.(A Comparative Analysis)
Narayanan, Supreena - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
Corporate Governance deals with the ways in which suppliers of finance to corporations assure themselves of getting a return on their investments. This paper analyses the effects of legal systems and accounting conservatism on corporate governance. The U.K. and American corporate governance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836054
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Corporate governance of banks: the current state of the debate.
Polo, Andrea - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Since banks are among the most important sources not only of finance but also of external governance for firms, the corporate governance of banks is a crucial factor for growth and development. Despite its importance, this topic has been explored only by a few studies. While some authors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836074