We study the effect of corporate culture on the relationship between firm performance and CEO turnover. Utilising a measure of cultural dimension developed in organisation behaviour research, we quantify corporate culture by assessing official documents using a text analysis approach. We employ...

The present financial crisis revealed serious deficiencies in the banking corporate governance and emphasized the need of major improvements in their corporate governance techniques. In this respect, we believe that it is crucial for the banks to stop focusing on what they considered important...

This study is an attempt to develop a conceptual decision dynamics model in order to analyze the relationship between cost control and corporate governance. The model discusses why it is important to uphold the shareholders' interests and minimize the destructive events that usually occur in...

In the current context of globalization, we can no longer talk about increasing organizational value ignoring the interests of shareholders, employees, business partners, etc. Such interests may come into conflict, leading to internal conflicts, with negative influence on the entity’s...

In the context of the knowledge-based economy, the company is interested in the intrinsic value of the company, of its added value, on the development perspectives of how they can be met expectations of the interested: shareholders, employees, creditors, suppliers, customers, community, society,...

The quest of this research paper is to look into the association between corporate ownership structure variables and corporate social responsibility disclosure (CSRD). Seventy annual reports for the year 2010 of non financial companies with listed Dhaka Stock Exchange in Bangladesh have been...

The global financial crisis has forced management to offer strategic directions well motivated and to engage points of view that go beyond short-term financial results, thus preparing their companies to a more direct approach to the apparent risk, by anticipating the adverse impact on the...

A detailed analysis of 49 firms subject to AAERs suggests that approximately one-quarter of the misstatements meet the legal standards of intent. In the remaining three quarters, the initial misstatement reflects an optimistic bias that is not necessarily intentional. Because of the bias,...

We show that public companies frequently changed their board structures before implementation of the Sarbanes–Oxley Act, with two-thirds of firms changing board size or independence during an average two-year period. Board changes were associated with changes in firm-specific fundamentals, but...

Corporate governance reforms are implemented around the world and may impact upon the population worldwide. In developing countries, such reforms are implemented in a broader context that is primarily defined by previous attempts of promoting “development” and recent processes of economic...