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Corporate governance mechanisms and firms' financial performance in Nigeria
Sanda, Ahmadu U.; Mikailu, Aminu S.; Garba, Tukur - In: Afro-Asian Journal of Finance and Accounting 2 (2010) 1, pp. 22-39
This paper investigates the effects of certain corporate governance mechanisms on the performance of firms listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. Based on a sample of 93 firms for the period 1996 through 1999, our results show an optimal board size of ten, favour concentrated over diffused...
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Portugal; Financial Sector Assessment Program: Technical Note: Investor Protection, Disclosure, and Financial Literacy
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This technical note on Investor Protection, Disclosure, and Financial Literacy for Portugal explains investor protection and corporate governance. Comissão do Mercado de Valores Mobiliários (CMVM) is the regulator in charge on ensuring compliance with disclosure issues as well as the corporate...
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Germany's Corporate Governance Reforms; Has the System Become Flexible Enough?
Odenius, Jürgen - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
This article reviews Germany's corporate governance system and the effectiveness of recent reforms. Since the early 1990s far-reaching reforms have complemented the traditional stakeholder system with important elements of the shareholder system. Instead of taking a view on the superiority of...
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Ausma� und Zusammensetzung der Verg�tung des Aufsichtsrats mittelst�ndischer, nicht b�rsennotierter Aktiengesellschaften: Eine empirische Bestandsaufnahme vor dem Hintergru...
Helm, Roland; Steiner, Michael; Peters, Anett - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2003
In diesem Arbeitspapier werden die Ergebnisse einer empirischen Untersuchung zur Zusammensetzung und Verg�tung des Aufsichtsrats kleiner und mittelst�ndischer Aktiengesellschaften vorgelegt. Befragt wurden mittels eines im Internet verf�gbaren Fragebogens die Vorst�nde...
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The Effects of Board Size and CEO Duality on Firms’ Capital Structure: A Study of Selected Listed Firms in Nigeria
Ranti, Uwuigbe Olubukunola - In: Asian Economic and Financial Review 3 (2013) 8, pp. 1033-1043
This study examined the effects of board size and CEO Duality on the capital structure of listed firms in Nigeria. To … of the selected listed firmsin Nigeria. The paper therefore concludes that firms having smaller board size, due to weaker …
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The Politics of Shareholder Activism in Nigeria
Adegbite, Emmanuel; Amaeshi, Kenneth; Amao, Olufemi - In: Journal of Business Ethics 105 (2012) 3, pp. 389-402
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Corporate governance practices as a reflection of the socio-political environment in Nigeria
Bakre, Owolabi M. - In: International Journal of Critical Accounting 3 (2011) 2/3, pp. 133-170
As a result of pressure from Western-controlled institutions (World Bank and IMF) and Western multinationals, Nigeria … corruption and globalisation to provide the evidence, which shows that corruption arguably embedded in Nigeria socio …-political and cultural environment continues to rule political and corporate practices in Nigeria. The paper found that …
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Discriminant analysis of Nigerian banks financial condition
Njoku, Jonathan; Inanga, Eno L. - In: International Journal of Economics and Accounting 3 (2012) 2, pp. 165-195
This paper aims to develop a discriminant model that depicts bank financial condition in Nigeria. An earlier paper … a bank operating in Nigeria. The insight also suggests that bank strategy, corporate governance and regulatory measures …
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Galvanising Shareholder Activism: A Prerequisite for Effective Corporate Governance and Accountability in Nigeria
Amao, Olufemi; Amaeshi, Kenneth - In: Journal of Business Ethics 82 (2008) 1, pp. 119-130
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Corporate governance and corporate performance in selected companies in Nigeria
Okafor, Chinwuba A.; Ibadin, Peter Okoeguale - In: Afro-Asian Journal of Finance and Accounting 2 (2011) 4, pp. 333-348
This paper evaluates corporate governance variables (CGVs) and corporate performance (CP) in Nigerian listed companies. In specific terms, the paper examines CGVs that affect CP, proxied by return on assets (ROA), profit margin (PM) as used in literature but extended to include return on equity...
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