Corporate Governance: Volume 8 Issue 5

Strapline:

The international journal of business in society
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Table of contents

The challenge of effective governance: the case of Swiss Air

Uche Nwabueze, Joan Mileski

The purpose of this paper is to address corporate governance structures. Effective corporate governance can lead to managerial excellence but managerial ethical excellence does

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Quasi‐privatisation and corporate governance: a process perspective

Martha Mador, Kent Springdal, Sarah Dixon

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the usefulness and relevance of a four stage model of privatisation, based in institutional theory, to quasi‐privatised organisations.

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Corporate governance and national culture: a multi‐country study

Jiatao Li, J. Richard Harrison

The purpose of this paper is to show that corporate governance structures differ significantly across countries. Using agency theory and institutional theory, it examines how

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Ownership, independent directors, agency costs and financial distress: evidence from Chinese listed companies

Hong‐xia Li, Zong‐jun Wang, Xiao‐lan Deng

The purpose of this research is to examine the influence of ownership structure, independent directors, managerial agency costs and audit's opinion on the firm's financially

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Cooperation patterns between capital owners and managers in the strategic management process: Case Estonia

Tiit Elenurm, Erik Terk, Jan Andresoo

The purpose of this research is to empirically describe the division of strategic roles between owners and managers and its change when moving from the post‐privatisation

Defining the strategic role of boards and measuring boards' effectiveness in strategy implementation

Matthias Brauer, Sascha L. Schmidt

The purpose of this research is to explore the potential role and the measurement of the effectiveness of boards of directors in strategy formulation and implementation – two

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Understanding the main motives for foreign direct investment, an East‐West country contrast: is the host country legislation an important factor?

David Floyd, Sandhla Summan

The purpose of this paper is to show that foreign investment continues to play an important role in business activity across the globe. Understanding the main trends and reasons

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The inability of compliance strategies to prevent collusive conduct

Michelle Berzins, Francesco Sofo

The purpose of this paper is to show that cartel conduct is a common example of non‐compliance with competition laws and, in order to generate insight and lessons regarding

Cover of Corporate Governance

ISSN:

1472-0701

Online date, start – end:

2001

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Professor Gabriel Eweje