Corporate Governance: Volume 16 Issue 1

Pension beneficiaries’ and fund managers’ perceptions of responsible investment: a focus group study

George Apostolakis, Frido Kraanen, Gert van Dijk

This study aims to explore the views of pension beneficiaries and fund managers regarding greater involvement and investment autonomy and the attitudes toward diverse responsible…

A balance model of theoretical sustainability – framework and propositions

David Eriksson, Göran Svensson

This paper aims to describe and discuss a balance model of theoretical business sustainability, to leverage the inferior side, so as to enhance performance.

Board composition and corporate social responsibility in an emerging market

Sheela Devi D. Sundarasen, Tan Je-Yen, Nakiran Rajangam

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of board composition on corporate social responsibility (CSR) for selected Malaysian companies in Bursa Malaysia.

Ownership structure and analysts’ forecast properties: a study of Chinese listed firms

Sun Liu

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the association between ownership structure and the properties of analysts’ forecasts in China’s unique corporate setting.

Internal control information disclosure and corporate governance: evidence from an emerging market

Ben Kwame Agyei-Mensah

The purpose of this study is to increase our understanding of the impact of corporate governance factors on the disclosure of internal control information by firms in Ghana.

Does CEO duality give more influence over executive pay to the majority or minority shareholder? (A survey of Brazil)

Enoima Abraham, Gurcharan Singh

The purpose of this paper is to focus on comparing the influence of majority and minority shareholders on executive compensation under conditions of CEO duality, examining…

Owners’ preferences for CEOs characteristics: did the world change after the global financial crisis?

Chiara Mio, Marco Fasan, Antonio Ros

The purpose of this paper is to study whether and how owners’ preferences for CEO characteristics changed due to the 2008-2009 global financial crisis. The authors identify three…

The effect of ownership structure on dividend policy: evidence from Turkey

Basil Al-Najjar, Erhan Kilincarslan

This paper aims to investigate the impact of ownership structure on dividend policy of listed firms in Turkey. Particularly, it attempts to uncover the effects of family…

Strategic interpretation on sustainability issues – eliciting cognitive maps of boards of directors

Jukka-Pekka Bergman, Antti Knutas, Pasi Luukka, Ari Jantunen, Anssi Tarkiainen, Aleksander Karlik, Vladimir Platonov

The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of cognitive diversity on strategic issue interpretation among the boards of directors making sense of sustainability management…

Suboptimal financial policies and executive ownership in the UK: evidence from a pre-crisis

Alfonsina Iona, Leone Leonida

The purpose of this paper is to identify firms in the UK adopting a policy of high cash and low leverage and investigate how executive ownership contributes to this decision.

CSR governance and departmental organization: a typology of best practices

Irina Lock, Peter Seele

This paper aims to study the state of the art of corporate social responsibility (CSR) governance and operational structure within the most sustainable companies to arrive at a…