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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...

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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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Financialization and Capital Accumulation in the Non-Financial Corporate Sector: A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation of the U.S. Economy: 1973-2003

Orhangazi, Özgür - 2007

investment by changing the incentives of firm managers and directing funds away from real investment. Second, increased payments …, including the growth of income from financial subsidiaries and investment as well as growth in the transfer of earnings to … explore the relationship between financialization in the U.S economy and real investment at the firm level. Using data from a …

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Investment Financing in Russian Financial-Industrial Groups

Perotti, Enrico C.; Gelfer, Stanislav - 1998

We study whether Russian Financial-Industrial Groups facilitate access by Russian firms to investment finance. We … control set of large firms categorized by dispersed ownership or/and management and employee control. We find that investment … reallocation hide opportunistic value transfer across firms. Specifically, we assess the quality of the investment process in group …

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The Determinants of Privatised Enterprise Performance in Russia

Estrin, Saul; Bevan, Alan A.; Kuznetsov, Boris; … - 2001

Using data from a large enterprise-level panel designed to address this issue, we account for enterprise performance in Russia. We link performance to four aspects of the economic environment: enterprise ownership; corporate governance; market structures and competition; and financial constraints....

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