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Governance and performance of Tunisian banks
Trabelsi, Mohamed Ali - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
researchers pay a particular attention to banking governance. Specifically, shareholders-managers’ convergence of interests and … shareholders and performance, a phenomenon which might be explained in terms of private appropriation of benefits. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008694021
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Quality of governance and bank valuation in Russia: An empirical study
Bokov, Vassily; Vernikov, Andrei - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
variable. As for explanatory variables, we put together a set of proxies for quality of bank governance and management, such as ….g. degree of Board independence, qualification of external auditors), stability of bank’s governing bodies (Management Board and … bank, stability of the governing bodies, involvement of well-established external auditors and also that strategic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005042720
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Audits, audit quality and signalling mechanisms: concentrated ownership structures
Marianne, Ojo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Do jurisdictions with concentrated ownership structures require less reliance on audits as corporate governance mechanisms and devices? Why do concentrated ownership structures still prevail in certain jurisdictions which are considered to be “market based corporate governance systems”? More...
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Family control and expropriation at not-for-profit organizations: evidence from korean private universities
Bae, Kee-Hong; Kim, Seung-Bo; Kim, Woochan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
We study an agency problem in private universities — the conflict between controlling families and other stakeholders. We investigate whether universities over which controlling families have disproportionately significant power relative to the amount of funds they contribute, that is,...
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Product-market competition, corporate governance and innovation: evidence on US-listed firms
Hashem, Nawar; Ugur, Mehmet - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The debate on competition and innovation has produced a wide range of theoretical and empirical findings. Recently, corporate governance quality has emerged as an additional factor that may complement or substitute for competition’s effect on innovation. We aim to contribute to the debate by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258940
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Corporate governance, competition, the new international financial architecture and large corporations in emerging markets
Singh, Ajit; Singh, Alaka; Weisse, Bruce - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002
Abstract This paper examines from the developing countries perspective important analytical and policy issues arising from: a) the current international discussions about corporate governance in relation to the New International Financial Architecture; b) changes in the international competitive...
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Board diversity and firm performance: the Indonesian evidence
Darmadi, Salim - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper examines the associations between diversity of board members and financial performance of the firms listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX). Three demographic characteristics of board members—gender, nationality, and age—are used as the proxies for diversity. Using a sample...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259048
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Return enhancing, cash-rich or simply empire-building? An empirical investigation of corporate real estate holdings
Du, Julan; Leung, Charles Ka Yui; Chu, Derek - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
returns to shareholders. The impact of corporate governance on corporate real estate holdings seems to be stronger in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259060
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Impact of Corporate Governance on Performance of Firms: A Case Study of Cement Industry in Pakistan
Cheema, Khaliq Ur Rehman; Din, Muhammad Sadat - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This research paper throws light on the relationship between the corporate governance and Firm financial performance in Cement industry of Pakistan. This study gives attention to three variables which include board Size, Family controlled firms, and CEO duality. Firm’s performance is measured...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259097
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Prisoner’s dilemma for EU bank groups
Nedelchev, Miroslav - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
crisis. Non-coordinated actions undertaken by a single bank group have additionally sharpened the effects of the crisis and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259177