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Corporate governance during financial distress – an empirical analysis

Parkinson, Marjan Marandi - In: International Journal of Law and Management 58 (2016) 5, pp. 486-506

Purpose The traditional form of legal research with its predominant emphasis on doctrinal and theoretical analysis is now increasingly augmented by empirical research that seeks to document actions and decisions and draw broader conclusions. This relatively new research tradition is arguably...

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A critical look on quality through CSR lenses

Castka, Pavel; Balzarova, Michaela A. - In: International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management 24 (2007) 7, pp. 738-752

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to map the key challenges that quality management faces in order to meet the demands of CSR. The paper focuses on ISO 26000 – a newly emerging international standard for social responsibility – and discusses synergies (and divergences) between quality...

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The forgotten managing agency system: a nineteenth century model of Indian corporate governance

Ghosh Ray, Kamal - In: Social Responsibility Journal 5 (2009) 1, pp. 112-122

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show that there did exist a typical “managing agency system” in pre‐independent corporate India, which itself was a significant and powerful system of corporate governance. Design/methodology/approach – This is a qualitative exploration and...

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Corporate governance in Germany

von Rosen, Rüdiger - In: Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 15 (2007) 1, pp. 30-41

in terms of company management in Germany is provided. Findings – This appraisal, accompanied by a high degree of … offers insight into issues of corporate governance in Germany. …

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Value relevance of human capital information

Gamerschlag, Ramin - In: Journal of Intellectual Capital 14 (2013) 2, pp. 325-345

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate if human capital information voluntarily provided by German companies is value‐relevant. Design/methodology/approach – By means of word‐based content analysis, human capital information is extracted from German companies’ annual...

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The future of Rhineland capitalism across the Polish‐German border

Bátiz‐Lazo, Bernardo; Locke, Robert R.; Müller, Kristine - In: Journal of Management History 14 (2008) 1, pp. 12-22

Purpose – This paper aims to look at the past development and potential of the Rhenish capitalist governance “model”. The paper aims to discuss the origins and nature of the model. The main focus is on the model's in crisis and its specific role within the transformation processes of...

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The corporate governance of Benedictine abbeys

Rost, Katja; Inauen, Emil; Osterloh, Margit; Frey, Bruno S. - In: Journal of Management History 16 (2010) 1, pp. 90-115

Purpose – This paper aims to analyse the governance structure of monasteries to gain new insights and apply them to solve agency problems of modern corporations. In an historic analysis of crises and closures it asks, if Benedictine monasteries were and are capable of solving agency problems....

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German managerial failure: the other side of the globalisation dilemma

Bloch, Brian; Groth, Klaus J. - In: European Business Review 98 (1998) 6, pp. 311-321

Much has been written recently about Germany’s prevailing economic problems, but the emphasis has been placed on … globalisation, the rigidities of the labour market and various other difficulties related to Standort Deutschland. However, there … are numerous problems with respect to German management, which are unquestionably major contributory factors to Germany …

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Maximizing social return in the banking sector

Relaño, Francesc - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 11 (2011) 3, pp. 274-284

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to show that there are other options for a firm (or a bank) than just following the mainstream logic of maximizing financial profits. This is the case of the so‐called “social banks”, which appeared in the mid‐1980s. Unlike the “financial...

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A review of the influence of corporate governance on the banking crises in the United Kingdom and Germany

Ross, Andrew; Crossan, Kenny - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 12 (2012) 2, pp. 215-225

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of corporate governance structures in the UK and Germany … governance codes in the UK and Germany, the authors aim to provide some country level macroeconomic data and performance related … data for a small number of large banks in the UK and Germany. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is structured as …

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