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The impact of board size on firm performance: evidence from the UK
Guest, Paul M. - 2009
We examine the impact of board size on firm performance for a large sample of 2746 UK listed firms over 1981-2002. The … UK provides an interesting institutional setting, because UK boards play a weak monitoring role and therefore any … determine board size in the UK lead to a more positive board size-firm performance relation. In contrast, we find that the …
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Corporate Governance von humankapitalintensiven Unternehmen
Weishaupt, Till - 2007
Hintergrund der Untersuchung ist die zunehmende Bedeutung von Humankapital als wettbewerbsentscheidendem Produktionsfaktor in modernen humankapitalintensiven Unternehmungen. Es stellt sich die Frage nach den Auswirkungen der Bedeutungszunahme und der Regelung des „Primärhumankapitals“, also...
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Relationship between corporate governance and firm performance : an African perspective
Kyereboah-Coleman, Anthony - 2007
UK. In recent times, interest in Corporate Governance on the African continent has assumed heightened proportions …
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EXISTE DIFERENÇA ENTRE A RENTABILIDADE DAS AÇÕES DAS EMPRESAS QUE ADOTAM GOVERNANÇA CORPORATIVA COM RELAÇÃO ÀS EMPRESAS DO MERCADO TRADICIONAL?
Bressan, Valeria Gama Fully; Bressan, Aureliano Angel - 2008
The study verifies, between march 2005 and march 2006, if there is any difference between the stock yields of a sample of companieslisted in Bovespa that adopt the principles of Corporate Governance, in different levels, in relation to the companies of the traditionalmarket. The data were...
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The Effect of Governance on Credit Decisions and Perceptions of Reporting Reliability
Holder-Webb, Lori; Sharma, Divesh S. - 2010
We conduct an experiment to examine how lending decisions are affected by lender perceptions of reporting and governance quality. We perform a set of experiments to determine whether lenders are sensitive to the quality of governance as measured by board composition along multiple dimensions,...
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UK executive pay: the special case of executive bonuses
Fattorusso, Jay - 2006
on remuneration committee, CEO presence on nominationscommittee, CEO/Chair duality, tenure, and power) to examine their …
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A critical analysis of the independence of the internal audit function : evidence from Australia
Christopher, Joe; Sarens, Gerrit; Leung, Philomena - 2009
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...
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Aufsichtsräte deutscher Aktiengesellschaften: Zusammensetzung, Interventionsaktivitäten, Performance
Vetter, Karin - 2011
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...
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Zur Rolle der Printmedien bei der Steuerung und ?berwachung von Unternehmen. Eine Analyse der Berichterstattung ?ber die Einhaltung der Grunds?tze des Deutschen Corporate Governanc...
Schmid, Christoph - 2006
Ausgangspunkt der vorliegenden Arbeit ist die Feststellung, dass sich die ?konomische Theorie trotz der mehr als 160j?hrigen Geschichte gewerbsm??iger medialer Berichterstattung ?ber das Geschehen rund um M?rkte und Unternehmen lange Zeit kaum mit den Massenmedien besch?ftigt hat. Dabei kann...
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Disclosure of executive remuneration in large banks
Schott, Max - 2008
The first part of this thesis analyzes and quantifies the magnitude of executive remuneration disclosure of the world … than with market size effects.The second part addresses the question whether better disclosure of executive remuneration … strategy that buys the stocks of the half of the banks with above-average disclosure of executive remuneration and sells short …
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