We try to provide an historical approach of the construction process of a corporate governance framework. We expose simultaneously the remarkable stability of themes and the permanence of underlying problems. As a result, the corporate governance framework is still under discussion, and its...

We study the decisions and performance of managers who are also chair of the board (duality managers). We hypothesize that duality managers take more risky decisions and deliver worse performance than non-duality managers due to reduced level of control and replacement risk. Using the mutual...

Cooperative banking has produced, in more than a century, significant value in terms of proximity to clients and local communities. A governance reform is now necessary to solve interest conflicts and redefine the cooperative model in the present scenario

Good governance is increasingly recognized as an important aspect of an efficient private pension system, enhancing investment performance and benefit security. Yet, despite regulatory and industry initiatives, governance weaknesses persist across OECD and non-OECD countries. This paper...

According to the theory, even does not exist a terminological consensus regarding the concept of “governance”, it comes from the comparative policy field or from international relations one and refers to alternative models of governing. By taking into consideration the above-mentioned...

We find that U.S. corporations' demand for liquidity is sensitive to two important factors: uncertainty facing the firm and the quality of corporate governance. Following prior research, we find that both factors have important influences on firms' cash holdings. Our results also indicate that...

This paper uses a unique dataset from Denmark to investigate (1) the role of family characteristics in corporate decision making, and (2) the consequences of these decisions on firm performance. We focus on the decision to appoint either a family or an external chief executive officer (CEO). We...

The legal and methodological issues on corporate social responsibility are obsolete and are in addition to corporate governance, strengthening the importance of running a company in the context of recent radical changes occurring in the global economy and, implicitly, new trends in the context...