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Corporate governance and information asymmetry between managers and investors

Cormier, Denis; Ledoux, Marie‐Josée; Magnan, Michel; … - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 10 (2010) 5, pp. 574-589

, especially in a country such as Canada where investors have good legal protection. It appears also that firms take into account …

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Corporate governance rating and financial performance: a Canadian study

Berthelot, Sylvie; Morris, Tania; Morrill, Cameron - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 10 (2010) 5, pp. 635-646

Purpose – This paper aims to examine whether the corporate governance rankings published by a market information intermediary are reflected in the values that investors accord to firms. Design/methodology/approach – Panel data from 289 Canadian firms in the four‐year period 2002‐2005...

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Convergence of corporate governance practices in the post‐Enron period: behavioral transformation or box‐checking exercise?

Bozec, Richard; Dia, Mohamed - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 12 (2012) 2, pp. 243-256

‐Oxley Act (SOX) in the USA and Bill 198 in Canada. The authors expect changes in corporate governance to be more important …

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Sustainable development in an industrial enterprise: the case of Ontario Hydro

Roome, Nigel John; Bergin, Ronald - In: Business Process Management Journal 12 (2006) 6, pp. 696-721

Purpose – This paper seeks to present a longitudinal case study of Ontario Hydro – an industrial organization that used sustainable development as the basis for a strategy of social and organizational transformation. Design/methodology/approach – The paper describes the complex factors...

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ERP systems and the coordination of the enterprise

Alsène, Éric - In: Business Process Management Journal 13 (2007) 3, pp. 417-432

Purpose – This paper is aimed at shedding some light on the issue of the contribution of ERP systems to the coordination of the activities of the enterprise, an issue which has not been empirically studied very much to date. Design/methodology/approach – Exploratory research has been...

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Exploring the impact of top management support of enterprise systems implementations outcomes

Dong, Linying - In: Business Process Management Journal 14 (2008) 2, pp. 204-218

Purpose – Despite the general consensus regarding the critical role of top management in the information systems (IS) implementation process, the literature reveals a lack of understanding of top managers' supportive actions. There are also conflicting findings, which, based on the review, are...

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Unleashing process orientation

Kumar, Vinod; Movahedi, Bahar; Miri Lavassani, Kayvan; … - In: Business Process Management Journal 16 (2010) 2, pp. 315-332

Purpose – In the past few years, process orientation (PO) as an integral part of enterprise system (ES) implementation has been the center of attention among practitioners and academics. The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the role of PO in ES implementation through an empirical...

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Pursuing quality and environmental performance

Roy, Marie‐Josée; Boiral, Olivier; Paillé, Pascal - In: Business Process Management Journal 19 (2013) 1, pp. 30-53

Purpose – The aim of this study is to focus on manufacturing small to medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) that are simultaneously pursuing quality and environmental objectives. Specifically, the paper examines: the specific motivations and resources of SMEs that have chosen to pursue both...

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The value of a novel biotechnology

Brewin, Derek Gerald; Malla, Stavroula - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 9 (2017) 3, pp. 355-368

and then the focus moves to the impacts for farmers in Canada. New data are gathered to estimate recent gains in the … investments in Canada are now much higher than public sector investments and thus institutional innovations have been a powerful … trigger to improve productivity. The gains from biotechnology for farmers are now over CND 1 billion per year in Canada …

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Employee dissent in federal government organizations

Lynne Hamilton, Heather - In: Corporate Communications: An International Journal 16 (2011) 3, pp. 255-273

right to express public dissent about their employer. Within the context of Canada's federal workplaces, this two … qualitative and exploratory. Documentary and literature analysis was conducted to review Canada's laws, policies and guidelines … that fulfills an identified gap in knowledge in terms of general day‐to‐day practise when it comes to advising Canada …

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