Corporate Governance: Volume 18 Issue 4

A framework for incorporating implementation indicators of corporate governance for municipalities in South Africa

Peter Masegare, Mpho Ngoepe

This paper aims to develop a framework for incorporating implementation indicators of corporate governance for municipalities in South Africa. In South Africa, there is a…

Impacts for implementing SDGs: sustainable collaborative communities after disasters. The city of Macerata at the aftermath of the earthquake

Alessandra Ricciardelli, Francesco Manfredi, Margaret Antonicelli

The aim of this paper is to understand how resilience builds to achieve a management model for sustainable resilience, as advocated by sustainable development goals (SDGs), in…

Governance implications of the UN higher education sustainability initiative

Christopher J. Moon, Andreas Walmsley, Nikolaos Apostolopoulos

This paper aims to review the progress of a sample of (n = 307) signatories in the Higher Education Sustainability Initiative which commits higher education institutions (HEIs) to…

Corporate risk-taking and performance in Malaysia: the effect of board composition, political connections and sustainability practices

Lee-Lee Chong, Hway-Boon Ong, Siow-Hooi Tan

This paper aims to examine how board composition, political connections and sustainability practices affect risk-taking and performance of firms.

Ownership structure, board gender diversity and charitable donation

Ting-Ling Lin, Heng-Yih Liu, Chi-Jui Huang, Yu-Chiung Chen

This paper aims to examine the effect of ownership structure and board gender diversity on charitable donations for a group of listed electronics companies in Taiwan.

Governance structures, cash holdings and firm value on the Ghana Stock Exchange

Disraeli Asante-Darko, Bright Adu Bonsu, Samuel Famiyeh, Amoako Kwarteng, Yayra Goka

There is an existing relationship among shareholders, boards of directors and management of companies. Corporate governance practices of companies are expected to ensure that this…

CEO inside debt and firm debt

Randy Beavers

This paper aims to examine jointly the CEO inside debt and firm debt to further investigate the compensation incentives on risky decision-making and the resulting financial policy…

Sustainability in the Pakistani hotel industry: an empirical study

Aymen Sajjad, Aleena Jillani, Muhammad Mustafa Raziq

This paper aims to look at the sustainability practices adopted by the Pakistani hotel industry. Sustainability is a relatively under-researched notion from the perspective of the…

The role of institutional investors in enacting stewardship by corporate boards

Danielle A.M. Melis, André Nijhof

This paper aims to clarify the relationship between the voting and engagement behaviour of institutional investors, i.e. institutional investor stewardship behaviour, and the…

The mediating effect of dividend payout on the relationship between internal governance and free cash flow

Moncef Guizani

This paper aims to examine the mediating effect of dividend payout on the relationship between internal governance mechanisms (board of directors and ownership structure) and the…