Im Wassersektor gelten französische, britische und US-amerikanische Unternehmen als die "Champions", deutsche als Nachzügler. Lena Partzsch, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung (UFZ), Leipzig, untersucht diese Sicht vor dem Hintergrund der Governance-Strukturen der vier Anbieterländer. Das...

In this study, is evaluated the effect of surplus free cash flow on the relationship between board structure and earnings quality of listed companies in Tehran Stock Exchange. This study attempts to empirically examine the role of surplus free cash flow (SFCF) as a moderator on the relationship...

Strategic alliances are characterized by inherent instability arising from uncertainty regarding a partner’s future behaviour and the absence of a higher authority to ensure compliance. Consequently, when firms adopt these strategies, they are confronted with a relational risk. This paper...

In this paper, 87 farmers' specialized cooperatives in Sichuan Province were investigated firstly, and then their governance structure was analyzed from the aspects of authority, decision-making mechanism, supervision mechanism and executive body based on the corporative governance structure in...

On the basis of questionnaire survey results of 100 agricultural cooperative economic organizations in Three Gorges Reservoir Area, this article uses the structural equation modeling as analysis tool to conduct empirical analysis of the governance structure and performance of agricultural...

Social entrepreneurship is commonly used to qualify economic initiatives that serve social and/or environmental mission and that reinvest a large part of their surpluses in support of their mission. Even though this definition is not yet stabilized and its boundaries remain unclear, it aims to...

Multinational enterprises (MNEs) investing in infrastructure privatization projects in emerging economies – often known as private participation projects – face both market-based and nonmarket-based competition simultaneously. Integrating transaction cost economics, bargaining model, and the...

Corporate governance has been an important issue in the economic literature of the last decades, a strong corporate governance framework being extremely important in order to increase the confidence of the stakeholders. Also, the transition economies are an important issue of research,...

This paper assesses the nexus between changes in governance structures—at national and cooperative international levels—and evolutionary processes of economic integration in light of regional policy targets in Asia. The analysis highlights the importance of improved governance as...