The inter-company relationships are affected significantly by the information flows activated by the various players. The fact that a large number of relationships can be essentially ascribed to the sharing of part of the financial risk highlights the crucial role of financial communication....

In a global economy, corporate responsibility has to interact with the specific social and environmental aspects of each Nation-State, which consequently are not viewed as local differences but rather as elements of market competition. This interaction has to concentrate on complex matters such...

The increasing importance of sustainability for corporate governance involves paying stronger attention to the principles and values dominating internal and external relationships; moreover, it requires innovation in the internal processes of behavioural orientation, as well as in external...

The globalisation of relations between stock markets, issuers of shares and investors, has led to frequent reviews of national rules and regulations, by routes that are consistent with the culture, traditions and market conditions of each country. In fact, generally accepted principles of...

Governance is the set of structural features needed to effectively manage a company oriented toward the creation of value. Starting by considering an organization as a viable system, whose ability to survive depends on actions by the governing board and the pressure and expectations expressed by...

The concept of corporate governance has emerged in the last century, but its significance and objectives are part of the recent phenomenon in most countries. The concept continues to be constantly adapting to the requirements of a modern economy under significant impact of globalization as a...

We investigate corporate governance and risk in Indonesian banking. More specifically, we investigate whether ownership concentration and commissioners affect bank risk and profitability. Using a sample of 117 Indonesian banks (for ownership concentration analysis), and 28 public banks (for...

Banks are the backbones of any economy therefore it is of immense importance for economies to possess a healthy and buoyant banking system with effective corporate governance practices. In Nigeria, the Central Bank replaced the past governance codes with the CBN code (2012). Therefore this study...

Over the years, many corporations have been trying to determine what they can and should do to contribute to the sustainability of the economic, social and ecological environment within which they operate. Corporate social responsibility has become a key senior management issue worldwide and an...

This paper investigates the differential effects on performance of majority and minority Private Equity (PE) investments. By using a difference in difference approach, we compare a sample of 191 firms in the years following the PE investment with a control group constituted by firms that are the...