This research reveals customer- and employee-firm relations to be two routes by which firms can leverage executive incentive structures to create customer and firm value. Analyses of a unique dataset with multiple archival sources show that (1) increases in the proportion of CEOs' long-term...

While the direct influence of CEO tenure on firm performance has been examined in the strategy literature, the underlying channels of influence have remained largely unexplored. This paper draws upon the career seasons paradigm, learning perspectives, and marketing literature to examine whether...

The purpose in this study is to constitute and test a framework of factors that might impact auditors' perceptions on tasks towards internet reporting. The study employs a questionnaire to practicing auditors from audit firms in Egypt in the year 2007 to examine auditors' perceptions on tasks...

There is increasing interest in the issue of reconciliation of the shareholder value perspective of corporate governance with a stakeholder value perspective. It is important for the reconciliatory mechanisms to be embraced by management and owners of firms. This paper explores two explicit...

The coronavirus pandemic caused a sharp market decline while raising heterogeneous responses across companies related to their employees, supply chain, and repurposing of operations to provide needed products and services. We study whether during the 2020 COVID-19 induced market crash, investors...

This paper investigates the differential effects of corporate social responsibility (CSR) dimensions on corporate financial performance (CFP) across sectors in China. This research uses a unique data set provided by China Stock Market and Accounting Research (CSMAR), showing expenditure on CSR...

Das Ende 2018 von der ISACA publizierte Framework "COBIT® 2019" knüpft in seinem Verständnis von IT-Compliance an die Vorgängerversionen 4.1 und 5 an. Trotzdem sind in der neuen COBIT®-Version zahlreiche Änderungen und Ergänzungen enthalten, die in diesem Arbeitspapier diskutiert werden...

The paper deals with the elements of business ethics and social responsibility, as important factors for improving the corporate image of the organizations, and thus achieving a competitive advantage on the market. The competitiveness and development of the organization in conditions of more and...

Concerns about high rates of government corruption in resource rich countries have led transparency advocates to urge oil and gas firms to disclose payments to host governments for natural resources. Transparency, they argue, can increase government accountability and mitigate corruption....

Passion - in the sense of fervent commitment to action - and compassion - understood as sensitive openness for social and ecological concerns - are not a sure formula for business success. Whether social or ecological entrepreneurs, who find themselves under pressure from market competition,...