Corporate Governance: Volume 15 Issue 4

Institutional framework, concentration of ownership and results of large family corporations in Latin America and Spain

Carmen Galve-Górriz, Alejandro Hernández-Trasobares

– This paper aims to clarify the relationship between institutional framework, concentration of ownership in family firms and results.

A triple bottom line construct and reasons for implementing sustainable business practices in companies and their business networks

Nils M. Høgevold, Göran Svensson, H.B. Klopper, Beverly Wagner, Juan Carlos Sosa Valera, Carmen Padin, Carlos Ferro, Daniel Petzer

The purpose of this study is to test a Triple Bottom Line (TBL)-construct as well as to describe the TBL-reasons for implementing sustainable business practices in companies and…

Corporate governance and its reform in Hong Kong: a study in comparative corporate governance

Bryane Michael, S.H. Goo

The purpose of this paper was to determine to what extent Hong Kong’s experience proves (or disproves) theories from corporate governance in the areas of family ownership…

CEO social capital and contingency pay: a test of two perspectives

Russell Fralich, Hong Fan

This paper aims to provide greater understanding of how the composition of pay reduces agency cost to the shareholders by examining how firms pay their chief executive officers…

The linkages among intellectual capital, corporate governance and corporate social responsibility

Dogan Altuner, Saban Çelik, Tuna Can Güleç

The purpose of present study is to explore the linkages among Intellectual Capital (IC), Corporate Governance (CG) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) through direct and…

Directors’ role in inter-organizational networks

Rosa Caiazza, Michele Simoni

This paper aims to investigate if existing theories really explain interlocking directorates in several countries. Literature on interlocking directorates is huge and fragmented…

Investor protection and market liquidity revisited

Xiaofeng Shi, Michael Dempsey, Huu Nhan Duong, Petko S. Kalev

– This paper aims to establish the relation between corporate governance – as represented by investor protection at both the legal and firm levels – and stock market liquidity.

How organisation theory supports corporate governance scholarship

Jon Aarum Andersen

This paper aims to show how organisation theory can be used to understand the controversy between the shareholder and the stakeholder perspectives. Rationalistic and open system…

An analysis of withdrawn shareholder proposals

Maggie Foley, Richard Cebula, Chulhee Jun, Robert Boylan

– This study aims to analyze withdrawn shareholder proposals to gain insight into the role of shareholder proposals in the governance of public corporations.

The relationship between corporate social responsibility and corporate reputation in a turbulent environment: Spanish evidence of the Ibex35 firms

José Luis Fernández Sánchez, Ladislao Luna Sotorrío, Elisa Baraibar Diez

The purpose of this study is to provide more knowledge about the model to generate reputation and its relationship in the long term with companies’ strategy of social…

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