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Group Polarization on Corporate Boards: Theory and Evidence on Board Decisions about Acquisition Premiums, Executive Compensation, and Diversification.

Zhu, Hongquan - 2009

influence over management and the diversity of directors’ pre-meeting positions increase the polarization effect. The relative …

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Business Strategy and Top Management Compensation: The Mediating Effects of Employment Risk, Firm Performance and Size

Veliyath, Rajaram; Ferris, Stephen P.; Ramaswamy, Kannan - 1994

We compare top management compensation among prospector, defender, and analyzer strategic types, and the effects of … management group more than did analyzers. They were also bigger, their managers faced more employment risks, and they paid their … compensated their top management group more, providing evidence of a positive relationship between risk and return at the level of …

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The Exxon Valdez oil spill: Industry response and the evolution of environmental policy

Marquiss, Karen D K - 2007

This dissertation develops and tests a conceptual model to examine how organizations respond to social and political events that can significantly affect operations. The model incorporates concepts from resource dependence and institutional theories, which posit that a firm will develop a range...

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A model of strategic choice in the public sector: The effects of environmental and organizational constraints on strategic decision-making

Park, Woo Soon

considerable amount of literature dealing with strategic management, there has been little empirical study to support theoretical … considerable amount of literature dealing with strategic management, there has been little empirical study to support theoretical …

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Defense acquisition and self-governed compliance programs: An evaluation of the Defense Industry Initiative on Business Ethics and Conduct.

Penska, Kenneth Kern. - Florida Atlantic University

Research and a review of the related literature indicate that the United States defense industry has had a long history of unethical and illegal business practices. Recent polls find that most Americans believe that their nation's weapon acquisition system is one of the worst managed activities...

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In High Gear: A Case Study of the Hees-Edper Corporate Group

Strangeland, David; Daniels, Ronald J.; Morck, Randall - 1995

This study compares firms in the Hees-Edper Group with a number of other independent firms of similar size and in the same industries over a four-year period from 1988 to 1992, just prior to the first release of news that the Hees-Edper group was in financial trouble. During that period,...

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Corporate Governance Ratings in Emerging Markets: Implications for Market Valuation, Internal Firm-Performance, Dividend Payouts and Policy

Baker, Edward; Godridge, Ben; Gottesman, Aron; Morey, … - 2007

This paper utilizes a new data set from AllianceBernstein that, unlike other corporate governance data, has country-level and monthly-updated firm-level governance ratings for 22 emerging markets countries for almost a five year period. With these data we examine the relationship of firm-level...

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The use of internal audit by Australian companies

Goodwin-Stewart, Jenny; Kent, Pamela - 2006

associated with factors related to risk management, strong internal controls and strong corporate governance. To test the … between internal audit and the level of commitment to risk management. However, the study finds only weak support for an …

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Earnings quality and corporate governance following the implementation of Malaysian code of corporate governance

Wan Ismail, Wan Adibah; Dunstan, Keitha; van Zijl, Tony - 2010

This paper investigates the association between corporate governance mechanisms and earnings quality after the implementation of the Malaysian Code of Corporate Governance in 2001. Using 1625 firm-year observations during the period 2003-2007, we tested whether corporate governance variables are...

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Corporate governance, risk assessment and cost of debt

Aldamen, Husam; Duncan, Keith; McNamara, Ray - 2010

This paper examines the impact of corporate governance practices on the reported cost of contracted debt for Australian listed companies. Good governance decreases the variability in cash flows, reduces the probability of default (reduces default risk), increases the quality of value-relevant...

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