Întreprinderile publice au reprezentat pe parcursul timpului o modalitate aflată la dispoziția statului pentru a contribui la dezvoltarea economică și socială a țărilor. Deși rolul acestora s-a restâns semnificativ în întreaga lumea începând cu sfârșitul anilor 1980, nu poate fi...

Consistent with a bank-centered governance system, Japanese firms exhibit an exceptionally low level of performance variability. The increased involvement of foreign investors motivated by shareholder value is thus likely to have triggered a major shift in their risk-taking behavior. My results...

This paper examines the associations between diversity of board members and financial performance of the firms listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX). Three demographic characteristics of board members—gender, nationality, and age—are used as the proxies for diversity. Using a sample...

This research paper throws light on the relationship between the corporate governance and Firm financial performance in Cement industry of Pakistan. This study gives attention to three variables which include board Size, Family controlled firms, and CEO duality. Firm’s performance is measured...

What happenned after 2007 requires that new kind of instruments are applied in order to face the global financial crisis. Non-coordinated actions undertaken by a single bank group have additionally sharpened the effects of the crisis and have resulted in the must of joint efforts which are...

With growing importance attached to the notion of executive remuneration, OHADA’s policy makers have also considered the concept as a fundamental element in any corporate governance system. In this regard, they have put in place a policy framework that regulates executive remuneration within...

This study has been conducted in 2007 to show how the loans provided by Asian Development Bank (ADB) are utilized in NWFP. The analysis has been confined to the loan named 1373 PAK(SF) disbursed for books procurement to different technical institutions of the province under Technical Education...

The events that took place since 2007 raised new challenges to the economy. The traditional approaches to the corporate governance and to the private property are have reshaped. The interests of the society and of the national economy win the upper hand against the interests of the company. The...

This paper analyses how the quality of the corporate governance system impacts on the market value of the financial institutions listed on the Italian Stock Exchange. Implementing a good corporate governance is costly, therefore verifying whether the investment is worth its cost is a relevant...

The dominance of foreign capital in banking sector in the CEE countries created vulnerabilities that have been a contributing cause of recent financial crisis in the region. The question is whether the corporate governance structure of banks seemed to constrain or rather stimulate the potential...