This study outlines how the corporate governance of emerging market firms is influenced by corporate affiliation and institutional embeddedness. We argue that the stronger the business group affiliation, the less likely is the emerging market firm to adopt shareholder value-enhancing corporate...

We argue that the corporate governance of emerging economy IPO firms is influenced by firm-specific institutionally embedded block ownership groups. Applying an extended institutional logic perspective and using a mixed-effects ordered probit model, our findings from 190 IPO-firms from 22...

We study the responsiveness of small and medium-sized firms to a small-business corporate income tax schedule using population-wide administrative data from South Africa. We find sizeable bunching of firms at the corporate income thresholds where the corporate tax rate increases, implying active...

Chapter 1. A High Level Introduction -- Chapter 2. Digital Transformation in Enterprise Risk Management -- Chapter 3. Digital Transformation in Finance and Banking Sectors -- Chapter 4. Digital Transformation in Areas Administered by Traditional Authorities -- Chapter 5. Digital Transformation...