Corporate Governance: Volume 12 Issue 2

Corporate governance and environmental reporting: an Australian study

Kathyayini Kathy Rao, Carol A. Tilt, Laurence H. Lester

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between environmental reporting and corporate governance attributes of companies in Australia.

CEO turnover and firm performance, evidence from Thailand

Parichart Rachpradit, John C.S. Tang, Do Ba Khang

This paper seeks to examine the relationship between chief executive officer (CEO) turnover and firm performance and the moderating effects of ownership structure and board…

Internal capital markets and investment decisions

Hamadi Fakhfakh, Ghazi Zouari, Rim Zouari‐Hadiji

This research attempts to explain the decentralization of investment decision. To do so, it highlights the role of the internal capital market in the allocation of decision rights…

Performance, valuation and capital structure: survey of family firms

Ana Paula Matias Gama, Jorge Manuel Mendes Galvão

Most countries often have public companies with large controlling owners, typically a family. This empirical evidence aims to contrast with the classical view of the largest…

A review of the influence of corporate governance on the banking crises in the United Kingdom and Germany

Andrew Ross, Kenny Crossan

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of corporate governance structures in the UK and Germany addressing the extent to which corporate governance structures may…

UK, Russia, Kazakhstan and Cyprus governance compared

Jokull Johannesson, Iryna Palona, Jose Francisco Salazar Guillen, Michael Fock

The purpose of this paper is to compare and contrast the corporate governance standards of Cyprus, Russia, and Kazakhstan to those of the UK to facilitate investment decisions…

Convergence of corporate governance practices in the post‐Enron period: behavioral transformation or box‐checking exercise?

Richard Bozec, Mohamed Dia

The objective of the study is to analyze corporate governance practices of Canadian companies in the post‐Enron period. The attempt is to investigate whether the convergence…

Corporate governance regulation in Nigeria

Emmanuel Adegbite

Whilst taking Nigeria's peculiar institutional configurations into consideration, this paper aims to critically evaluate the Nigerian corporate governance regulatory system, which…