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A governance indicator for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) is presented. The indicator adopts stakeholder theory in selecting its elements, which also include a few general governance principles as well as board features. The paper reviews main governance indicators treated in the...
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Frauen sind in den Spitzengremien der großen Unternehmen nach wie vor massiv unterrepräsentiert. Immer noch sind die Vorstände nahezu eine reine Männerdomäne: Im Untersuchungszeitraum 2008/2009 waren in den 200 größten Unternehmen außerhalb des Finanzsektors (Top 200) nur 2,5 Prozent...
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considering the global financial crisis as an exogenous shock. The descriptive statistics suggests a comparability of boards …
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Women remain significantly underrepresented in the top decision-making bodies in the private sector. Over the past few years, increasingly more European countries have introduced statutory gender quotas to combat this underrepresentation. Other European countries have instead relied on voluntary...
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Noch immer sind Frauen in Spitzengremien der Privatwirtschaft deutlich unterrepräsentiert. Um dem entgegenzuwirken, haben in den vergangenen Jahren mehrere europäische Länder gesetzliche Geschlechterquoten eingeführt. Andere bauen - zumindest bisher - auf bloße Empfehlungen zu Gender...
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The law and popular opinion expect boards of directors will actively monitor their organisations. Further, public … opinion is that boards should have a positive impact on organisational performance. However, the processes of board monitoring … investigating the processual behaviours of boards. The work of four boards1 of micro and small-sized nonprofit organisations were …
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In this thesis I investigate how boards of directors strategize, how they manage strategy and how context affects this … literature on the board’s role in strategy, our understanding of how boards address this role, particularly how boards interact … concern, especially from a practitioner perspective, that boards are overly focused on aspects of compliance at the expense of …
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This article reports the findings into patterns of governance on nonprofit boards in Australia. The research surveys … 118 boards, upon which serve a total of 1405 directors.The findings indicate that nonprofit boards can mimic some aspects … of a shareholder approach to governance. But nonprofit boards, in the main, indicate priorities and activities of a …
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Corporate governance is viewed as an important, essential, and most significant factor for well-functioning of firms. Recent academic work and policy analyses have given insight into the governance problems in banks exposed to the financial crisis and suggest possible solutions. This paper...
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