TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– The purpose of this editorial is to discuss the problems inherent in examining the effectiveness of corporate governance without explicit consideration of the environment faced by firms. It advocates a contingency approach to the research area, illustrating its ideas by reference to the research papers contained in this issue.Design/methodology/approach– The paper discusses several papers in the literature, placing the papers in this special issue in context, and making recommendations for future research.Findings– It is apparent that the mixed results from the vast body of research in corporate governance are potentially due to failure to adequately consider all factors affecting optimal governance practice.Research implications– Researchers should beware of assuming research findings from one environment will be replicated in another environment.Policy implications– Policy makers should not assume that transferring “best practice” from one regime to another will lead to the same outcomes
VL  - 4
IS  - 4
SN  - 1743-9132
DO  - 10.1108/17439130810902778
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/17439130810902778
AU  - Dedman Elisabeth
AU  - Filatotchev Igor
ED  - Elisabeth Dedman
ED  - Igor Filatotchev
PY  - 2008
Y1  - 2008/01/01
TI  - Corporate governance research: a contingency framework
T2  - International Journal of Managerial Finance
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 248
EP  - 258
Y2  - 2024/09/23
ER  -