We review the basic information requirements for compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) and the OECD’s Principles of Corporate Governance (CG). The fundamental proposition of the paper is that information flow is a critical factor for the CG success or failure and information flow is...

Many scholars have linked Corporate Governance (CG) and performance or CG, capital structure of banks or market structure. The decision to use the capital market or debt in order to obtain the necessary capital to finance firms' operations is a critical factor for the formulation of corporate...

Duality of the role of President of the Board of Directors (BoD) and CEO has been regarded as a good practice of corporate governance. These two roles are the ones with the most power an authority within the corporation. The paper depicts the formulating factors of duality of roles in Greece....

Capital structure, especially in the cases of the countries that belong in the Continental Europe system of Corporate Governance has a significant impact on the way that the firm is structured, organizationally, strategically and functionally. The decision to use the capital market or debt in...

This study contributes to the understanding of Corporate Governance term by using content analysis on twenty two definitions, dated from 1992 to 2010. We developed a six-dimensional framework and we calculated the frequency count using Internet search engine. Our results reveal that the more...