Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide to the Board of Directors and CEOs of a firm to be aware of and accountable for the information they provide to the public. As long as the quality of the companies’ public information is high, it will be able to retain its investors as well as...

This paper reviews the empirical and theoretical literature on the field of corporate governance and internal audit in banking sector and other industries, presenting selected research from 1998 up to 2017. The review has two contributions. The first aim is to examine how research on areas of...

"This book focuses on corporate governance and proposes a novel framework for combining the Corporate Governance Framework (CGF) with current corporate finance issues arising in the Contemporary Business Environment (CBE) and cointegrating them with today's business needs. It consists of a good...

The economic crisis in recent years has brought significant challenges in almost all business and shown that exogenous factors act as catalysts in markets. As a consequence of such a result, there is a need to highlight the importance of implementing models for analyzing potential future...

The purpose of this paper is to study the drivers of Small and Medium Sized enterprises (SMEs) competitiveness in sectors of the Greek manufacturing industry, both in the pro and during economic crisis era (i.e. covering the time period of 2003- 2008 and 2009-2011 respectively), based on firm...

Although many empirical studies do exist on firms’ efficiency and exportability level of manufacturing firms, limited research exists on Clothing and Footwear (CFW) sector, especially in Greece. The CFW sector is a vital sector for Greece and can contribute to the startup of the Greek economy....

The globalization and the global financial crisis provide a new extremely competitive environment for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). During the latest years, the increased number offirms’ default has generated the need of understanding the factors of firms’ default, as SMEs in...

"This book covers the application of machine learning models to identify "quality" characteristics in corporate accounting disclosure, proposing specific tools for detecting core business fraud characteristics. It uses machine learning techniques in accounting disclosure (i.e. corporate...