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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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Governance Structures, Ethnicity, and Audit Fees of Malaysian Listed Firms
Yatim, Puan; Kent, Pamela; Clarkson, Peter - 2006
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441721
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Board independence and corporate governance: evidence from director resignations
Fields, L. Paige (contributor) - 2005
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...
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Group Polarization on Corporate Boards: Theory and Evidence on Board Decisions about Acquisition Premiums, Executive Compensation, and Diversification.
Zhu, Hongquan - 2009
This dissertation examines how a fundamental group decision-making bias referred to as group polarization may influence boards’ major strategic decisions (i.e. acquisition premiums, executive compensation, and diversification) and the diffusion of practices through interlock networks. I begin...
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Corporate Governance and Investor Reactions to Seasoned Equity Offerings
Huang, Rongbing; Tompkins, James G - 2009
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...
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Enterprise Risk Management: An Empirical Analysis of Factors Associated with the Extent of Implementation
Beasley, Mark S.; Clune, Richard; Hermanson, Dana - 2005
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...
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Labor market consequences of accounting fraud
Hoi, Chun-Keung; Robin, Ashok - 2010
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...
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Women in the boardroom and their impact on governance and performance
Adams, R.; Ferreira, D. - 2009
problems the more gender-diverse the board is, and women are more likely to join monitoring committees. These results suggest … that gender-diverse boards allocate more effort to monitoring. Accordingly, we find that chief executive officer turnover … is more sensitive to stock performance and directors receive more equity-based compensation in firms with more gender …
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The gender composition of boards after an IPO
Dimovski, William; Brooks, Robert - 2006
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to empirically analyse the change in the gender composition of the boards of … large Australian companies, after listing. Design/methodology/approach - This study investigates the gender composition of … market is generally satisfied by the gender composition of boards from the time of the IPO. Originality/value - This paper …
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Brauchen wir eine Frauenquote?
Buchholz, Günter - 2010
Durchsetzung der Gleichberechtigung sind. …
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