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Why corporate governance in the Russian oil and gas industry is improving

Heinrich, Andreas - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 5 (2005) 4, pp. 3-9

Purpose – This research paper aims to examine global factors influencing business behaviour in the Russian oil and natural gas sector. The aspect of corporate governance will serve as an indicator for the business behaviour processes under review. It will be investigated whether global factors...

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Changing institutional environment and business élites in Turkey

Yamak, Sibel - In: Society and Business Review 1 (2006) 3, pp. 206-219

Purpose – Historical and institutional influences on the backgrounds of business élites have received little attention despite the fact that they are closely related to corporate governance issues. The present study aims to examine the issue of continuity and change in the characteristics of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015007128

Enterprise risk management in the Middle East oil industry

Muralidhar, K. - In: International Journal of Energy Sector Management 4 (2010) 1, pp. 59-86

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to appraise the current status of enterprise risk management (ERM) in the Gulf Co‐operation Council (GCC) oil and gas entities to develop a practical, region‐specific, and systematic action plan for the GCC oil and gas industry that can transform the...

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The relationship between corporate governance, global governance, and sustainable profits: lessons learned from BP

Lin‐Hi, Nick; Blumberg, Igor - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 11 (2011) 5, pp. 571-584

Purpose – The recent oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico as well as a multitude of other corporate scandals repeatedly draw attention to the importance of good corporate governance. This paper seeks to explain the possible reasons for violations of principles of good corporate governance...

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Novel linkages for development: corporate social responsibility, law and governance: exploring the Nigerian Petroleum Industry Bill

Okoye, Adaeze - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 12 (2012) 4, pp. 460-471

Purpose – This paper aims to explore the question of the role of business in development from a contextual point of view. The context is Nigeria and its development challenges contrasted with the Nigerian oil industry, which dominates the Nigerian economy as the core resource. It examines the...

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No Principals, No Principles and Nothing in Reserve: Shell and the Failure of Agency Theory

Crowther, David; Ortiz Martinez, Esther - In: Social Responsibility Journal 3 (2007) 4, pp. 4-14

Purpose – Agency Theory is normally used to explain the relationship between the managers of a corporation and its owners, or shareholders, and to legitimate the payment of share options, and other remuneration mechanisms, to those managers on the basis that this will align the interests of...

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Corruption, debt financing and corporate ownership

Lemma, Tesfaye T. - In: Journal of Economic Studies 42 (2015) 3, pp. 433-461

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of perceived corruption on debt financing and ownership … financing, ownership structure, and perceived corruption. It uses robust procedures including system-generalized method of … moments, general least square, and Logistic (LOGIT) regression. Findings – The study finds evidence that perceived corruption …

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Banks governance and public‐private partnership in preventing and confronting organized crime, corruption and terrorism financing

Hardouin, Patrick - In: Journal of Financial Crime 16 (2009) 3, pp. 199-209

Purpose – The financial sector is critical for the effectiveness of the fight against organized crime, corruption and …‐depth investigation of terrorism financing and links with organized crime, the paper does not investigate corruption finances. Practical …

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Curbing corruption and promoting a more efficient corporate governance regime in Nigeria

Nwoke, Uchechukwu; Ekwelem, Chinwe Martha; Agbowo-Egbo, … - In: Journal of Financial Crime 30 (2022) 2, pp. 536-548

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the prevalence of corruption not as it concerns corruption generally … subject area, it evaluates the prevalence of corruption in Nigeria’s corporate sector and the relationship between a sound … prevalence of corporate corruption in this sector, there has been no serious interrogation of these anomalies, leading to …

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Tackling bribery and corruption in the Middle East: perspectives from the front line

Goldstraw-White, Janice; Gill, Martin - In: Journal of Financial Crime 23 (2016) 4, pp. 843-854

levels of bribery and corruption, tackle these in their organisations. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative approach was … employed, using interviews with 66 employees responsible for bribery and corruption management in their organisations. The … decades, governments have tried to control bribery and corruption via legislation. However, this is a contested area and many …

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