Den Aufsichtsräten innerhalb des deutschen Corporate Governance Systems ist in den letzten Jahren erhöhte Aufmerksamkeit zugekommen. Es wurden Empfehlungen und gesetzliche Vorschriften formuliert, die die Zusammensetzung des Aufsichtsratsgremiums sowie dessen Tätigkeiten betreffen. Diesem...

This study examines the association between external audit fees, and board and audit committee characteristics of 736 Malaysian listed firms. It is hypothesised that good corporate governance practices reduce auditors' risk assessments, resulting in lower audit fees. Drawing on the existence of...

As evident from recent changes in NYSE and Nasdaq listing requirements, boardindependence is considered an important constituent of firms?? corporate governancestructures. However, the empirical evidence regarding the impact of board structure onfirm performance is mixed. Since firms employ a...

We study the role of corporate governance in abnormal returns around announcements of seasoned equity offerings (SEOs) by publicly traded U. S. firms from 2001 - 2004. We find that investors react more positively for firms in which different people hold the CEO and board chairman positions. We...

Enterprise risk management (ERM) has emerged as a new paradigm for managing the portfolio of risks that face organizations, and policy makers continue to focus on mechanisms to improve corporate governance and risk management. Despite these developments, there is little research on factors...

Purpose – This paper aims to examine the research questions: Do executive and non-executivedirectors face similar labor market penalties upon revelation of accounting fraud? Are all executivedirectors treated by markets as a homogenous group? Or, do executive directors who are top managersface...

In many respects, Australian boards more closely approach normative best practice guidelines for corporate governance than boards in other Western countries. Do Australian firms then demonstrate a board demographic-organisational performance link that has not been found in other economies? We...

Purpose – This study aims to critically analyse the independence of the internal audit function through its relationship with management and the audit committee. Design/methodology/approach – Results are based on a critical comparison of responses from questionnaires sent out to Australian...

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the impact of the Black Economic Empowerment(BEE) transaction on shareholder value. In this study a specific reference data of 2002has been chosen for analysis.The analysis measures and compares various financial ratios before 2002 and after 2002for those...