This article discusses the compliance risk posed to corporations by the practice of protection unionism in supply chains in Mexico. The article explains the concepts of protection unionism and "labor protection contracts," shows how the practice distorts genuine tripartism in the workplace,...

To say that law firms and lawyers are restricted by the norm of client choice does not mean they are not without options in structuring their relationships in ways that may affect their positions as opposing parties should litigation or disputes develop because of breakups and lawyer mobility....

The influence of risk aversion on the decision to become self-employed is a much discussedtopic in the entrepreneurial literature. Conventional wisdom asserts that the role model of anentrepreneur requires to make risky decisions in uncertain environments and hence thatmore risk-averse...

Using 1989 to 2007 Survey of Consumer Finances data, this paper addresses three questions: 1) Are entrepreneurs are generally more or less financially conservative than their non-entrepreneurial counterparts? 2) Do entrepreneurs accumulate more wealth? and 3) Do entrepreneurs hold a smaller...

This paper studies banks’ investment in risk management practices following the Global Financial Crisis and the advent of stress testing. Banks that experienced greater losses during the Crisis exhibit stronger demand for risk management talents. Banks increase their demand for highly skilled...

Das Modell des Risk-Governance-Cluster-Cube (RGC-Cube) dient dazu, die Vielzahl deutscher Unternehmen mit ihren spezifischen organisatorischen Ausprägungen und Merkmalen zu erfassen und nach ihrer Compliance-Komplexität einzuordnen. In Studie 1 zum Forschungsprojekt wurden insbesondere die...