Purpose -The aim of the paper is to study the long-run under-performance of UK initial public offerings (IPOs) by relating it to the pre-IPO financial performance of the firm as well as the managerial decisions taken before the IPO. Design/methodology/approach - The three-year share returns of...

This study aims to highlight research opportunities using a portfolio of 29 relevant and aligned papers in strategic management from the perspective of the performance measurement. A constructivist methodology performs a content analysis of papers and the results present opportunities for...

In this paper we use a relational approach to investigate how employee perceptions of their relationships with three types of managers—senior, line, and human resource managers—are related to employees’ job satisfaction and intention to quit. Based on an employee survey (n=1,533), and...

The purpose of the paper is to examine the effectiveness of board and chairperson independence as a corporate governance mechanism. We examine 4,637 Australian firms over the period 2004 to 2008. The study presents a multinomial model of CEO dismissal. Our results indicate that independent...

On 29th - 30th March 2007, SUERF and the Central Bank of Cyprus jointly organized a Seminar: Corporate Governance in Financial Institutions. The papers in the present publication are based on a sample of the presentations at the Seminar. Together, the papers illuminate a number of key issues in...

The objective of this paper is to examine the association between Total Quality Management (TQM) practices and service quality in Malaysia's commercial banking industry. This study is based on empirical data collected from a survey of 101 middle management employees of 20 commercial banks in...

In this article, we test the proposition that the presence of women in management impacts decision-making outcomes. In particular, we hypothesize that the greater the proportion of women on the senior management team, the lower the degree of risks taken at the firm level. Using data from the US...

Purpose – The paper aims to revisit the topic of relative performance evaluation (RPE) of top management using a large panel of community banks. Design/methodology/approach – The empirical tests for RPE utilized a two-stage approach in a unique dataset of community banks executive turnover...

This paper makes a critical appraisal of the resource allocation process in a South African university that attempts to improve its rating in international benchmarks. Using the University of the Witwatersrand as a case study, the paper documents its challenges, and develops a balanced scorecard...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the implementation of effective risk-based anti-money laundering (AML)/combating the financing of terrorism (CFT) systems of control in order to properly address the risks facing the financial services industry. It seeks to argue that most...