A poor ethical culture has been considered one of the reasons for the emergence of many corporate governance scandals. In this paper, I investigate the link between two corporate governance mechanisms – the composition of the board of directors and ownership structure – and ethical culture...

The need for effective board management and good corporate performance lies at the heart of good corporate governance theory because as the agency theory contends the managers' interest and the interest of shareholders are not almost always the same. Good corporate performance is the basis of...

We integrate balance theory with the literature on team diversity to predict that similarity in both surface (visible) and deep-level (cognitive) attributes among CEOs will lead to stronger inter-organizational imitation, and that these effects should be moderated by the time that the two CEOs...

Diese Studie untersucht die Akzeptanz der Empfehlung 4.2.3 Abs. 4 S. 1 Deutscher Corporate Governance Kodex zwischen 2010 und 2014 bei allen CDAX-Unternehmen. Dazu wurden die Entsprechenserklärungen ausgewertet, Entsprechens- und Abweichungsquoten bestimmt, Abweichungsgründe ermittelt und...

The bourn of this research was to study the influence of corporation governance characteristics on monetary performance of registered firms in Nigeria. The research intended to answer two study queries: what is the relationship between boards of directors’ characteristics (board independence,...

We analyze how board characteristics affect a company's carbon emissions besides further firm-related and cultural variables, using data on over 6,000 companies located in 46 countries for the period 2009-2019. We identify the boards that are more skilled or have a higher share of female members...

Diese Studie untersucht die Übereinstimmung von Erklärungsentsprechen und Entsprechenserklärung bezüglich Ziffer 4.2.3 Abs. 4 S. 1 Deutscher Corporate Governance Kodex (DCGK) in den Jahren 2010 bis 2014. Dazu wurden in einer Vollerhebung die Entsprechenserklärungen und Abfindungssummen...

In diesem Beitrag werden theoretische Erklärungen gesucht für die dauerhaft hohe Abweichungsquote der Entsprechenserklärungen hinsichtlich Vorstandsabfindungen von über 20 % von Empfehlung Ziffer 4.2.3 Abs. 4 Deutscher Corporate Governance Kodex und für die Unabhängigkeit der...

Purpose – The purpose of this work is to analyse whether the balanced scorecard implemented at the board of directors can enhance board effectiveness in a real-life case study of two leading UK financial institutions – Barclays Plc. and HSBC Holdings Plc. Methodology – The analysis of the...

In 2017, "The Big Three" institutional investors launched campaigns to increase gender diversity on corporate boards. We estimate that their campaigns led American corporations to add at least 2.5 times as many female directors in 2019 as they had in 2016. Firms increased diversity by...