Corporate Governance: Volume 14 Issue 3

Recent corporate governance developments in Greece

Michail Nerantzidis, John Filos

This study aims to investigate the recent corporate governance (CG) developments in Greece. The recent economic crisis of Greece has caused very high mobility, both at a state…

What does “corporate governance” actually mean?

Barbara Marie L’Huillier

– This paper aims to develop a framework of connotative meanings afforded to the term “corporate governance”.

Corporate governance and the information system: how a framework for IT governance supports ERM

Michele Rubino, Filippo Vitolla

The purpose of this paper is to illustrate how information technology (IT) governance supports the process of enterprise risk management (ERM). In particular, the paper…

Independent non-executive directors strategic role – some evidence from Malaysia

Hairul Azlan Annuar

The overall purpose of the research presented is to ascertain whether independent non-executive directors (INEDs) in Malaysian publicly listed companies (PLCs) are involved in…

A fresh approach to corporate social responsibility (CSR): partnerships between businesses and non-profit sectors

Niveen Labib Eid, Anton Robert Sabella

The aim of this paper is to offer a new conceptualisation on partnership emergence and dynamism between the business sector and the non-governmental organization (NGO) sector from…

Stakeholder power and corporate social performance: the ownership effect

Béchir Ben Lahouel, Jean-Marie Peretti, David Autissier

This paper aims to explore the power of one of the primary organizational stakeholders (shareholders) in the development of a corporate social performance (CSP) score. Few…

Board structure in listed firms: evidence from an emerging economy

Beyza Oba, Elvin Tigrel, Pinar Sener

This paper aims to understand the determinants of board structure of listed firms at institutional, industry and firm levels within an emerging economy. At the institutional…

Impact of soft law regulation by corporate governance codes on firm valuation: the case of Germany

Markus Stiglbauer, Patrick Velte

– This paper aims to provide insight whether disclosed compliance with the German Corporate Governance Code (GCGC) leads to higher valuation on the German stock market.

An assessment of corporate governance reforms in Italy based on a comparative analysis of earnings management

Domenico Campa, Ray Donnelly

– The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the impact of corporate governance reforms in Italy.

The Wal-Mart affair – where implausible deniability is the coin of the realm

Prakash Sethi

In the past more than three years, Wal-Mart has been embroiled in incidents of public scandals. In part, they pertain to Wal-Mart’s global strategy of growth and expansion, where…