This study estimated the quality of governance practiced by a significant sample of Brazilian publicly traded companies between 2002 and 2006, and related it to risk, performance and value. An index composed of twenty questions, with all answers in binary form, was constructed to measure the...

We investigate whether improvement in Brazilian corporate governance practices is related to better performance of companies measured in its diverse dimensions. Dummy variables were used to identify firms with level 2 or 3 ADR programs and to represent participation in level 2 or the “new...

In this article we share the results of our research, which sought to verify whether the improvement in corporate governance practices has already had an impact on the value of corporations, measured by the Tobin's Q. To achieve this objective, a conceptual model was drawn up containing the...

The papers aims to relate the governance, fiscal board, and auditor opinions, quality of accounting information, in companies listed in São Paulo's Stock exchange (BOVESPA). Of the exploratory nature and descriptive the article used a sample of 31 (thirty-one) opinions starting from 419...