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...

The process of globalization encompasses economic and financial integration. The abolition of capital controls and the dismantling of barriers of different kinds will expose previously sheltered companies to shocks originating in the global economic arena. Policy-makers in already globalized...

Multinational corporations internationalize their corporate boardrooms in order to capitalize on their commercial and financial internationalization. Board internationalization provides access to specialized knowledge and skills, broadens social networks and ensures greater transparency of...

Purpose – The financial crisis starting in 2008 made many European countries opt for a change of exchange rate regime. The choice of price measure as an entry requirement to the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and as input in the monetary policy decision process re‐appeared as an...

Preface. 1. Macroeconomic Uncertainty in a Corporate Perspective. 2. Concepts of Macroeconomic Risk and Exposure. 3. Traditional Approaches to Measuring Macroeconomic Exposure. 4. Measuring Macroeconomic Impact on the Firm - a Comprehensive Approach. 5. Measuring Macroeconomic Exposure - The...