The role of outside directors is one of the key features in the transatlantic corporate governance debate. As their importance rises, their liability is also attracting attention. Since there are only a few cases internationally in which outside directors of listed companies have been held...

The aim of this research is to assess the role of the board of directors in determining CEO’s compensation in the context of listed European companies for 3 fiscal years (2016-2017-2018). Based on a sample extracted from 11 European countries (France, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Spain, Ireland,...

This study examines how globalization of corporate governance practices influence the risk of European CEOs being dismissed. We argue that the harsh monitoring of the American corporate governance system spills over to the rest of the world as a result of this globalization. We focus on direct...

This article is about an appeal board recently set up by the European Union to hear appeals in respect of decisions of the three new European Supervisory Authorities. This is the first time that such a body has been established at the European level in the field of financial regulation, and...

Proper Corporate Governance and specifically Risk Governance of banks at board level is key for a sound and robust banking sector, which based on the important function of banks as intermediaries is also relevant for the overall economy. According to supranational institutions as well as...