The concept of corporate governance has emerged in the last century, but its significance and objectives are part of the recent phenomenon in most countries. The concept continues to be constantly adapting to the requirements of a modern economy under significant impact of globalization as a...

We investigate corporate governance and risk in Indonesian banking. More specifically, we investigate whether ownership concentration and commissioners affect bank risk and profitability. Using a sample of 117 Indonesian banks (for ownership concentration analysis), and 28 public banks (for...

In 2001, Malaysia undertook important corporate governance reforms, which saw the integration of the Malaysian Code on Corporate Governance (MCCG) into Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) Listing Rules and the establishment of the Minority Shareholder Watchdog Group (MSWG), which aims to enhance...

This study examines the relationship between corporate governance and audit fees during the period before and after the enactment of the Malaysian Code of Corporate Governance (MCCG). Our panel analysis of 379 firms during the 1999–2002 period reveals a significant and positive...

Banks are the backbones of any economy therefore it is of immense importance for economies to possess a healthy and buoyant banking system with effective corporate governance practices. In Nigeria, the Central Bank replaced the past governance codes with the CBN code (2012). Therefore this study...

En este documento se analiza la aplicación de las prácticas de gobierno corporativo, definidas en el código de mejores prácticas corporativas (Código País), en los emisores de la Bolsa de Valores de Colombia (BVC). Usando modelos de regresión se encuentra evidencia de la existencia de una...

This paper investigates to what extent risk management and corporate governance mitigate the involvement of banks in credit boom and bust cycles. Using a unique, handcollected dataset on 156 banks from Central and Eastern Europe during 2005-2012, we assess whether banks with stronger risk...

During the global financial crisis, criticism of the politicization and lack of professionalization of the savings banks has taken a central position in the political debate. The aim of this article is to analyze if the political presence of governing bodies in Spanish savings banks has been...

This paper investigates audit committee (AC) practices in relation to the oversight of financial reporting and external auditors. We conducted semi-structured interviews of Polish public interest entities to explore AC processes in a different environment from the widely researched...

This paper extends research on the corporate governance practices of transitional economies by examining whether the ability of the audit committee to constrain earnings management in Chinese firms is associated with the listing environment and the presence of government officials on the audit...