Editorial: Corporate governance through a prism of multi-disciplinary research

The Rise of Corporate Governance in Corporate Control Research !

This article has two related tasks. First, we review the articles published in this Special Issue on Corporate Control, Mergers, and Acquisitions. These articles provide new evidence on several aspects of corporate control and governance including the value and performance effects of various ownership groups, the impact of internal governance structures, the effects of regulatory changes on spe...

Regulating Organizations through Codes of Corporate Governance

Although codes of corporate governance have come to be widely used as a mode of regulating corporations, our understanding of how they function is still rather limited. In this paper we describe the design of such code regimes and propose a theoretical framework for studying their effects. On the basis of an observation-theoretical approach, codes are conceptualized as schemas of observation th...

Making Capital Markets Work through Corporate Governance

Achieving Social Responsibility through Corporate Strategy: a Matter of Governance

A heightened interest in the concept of corporate social responsibility has arisen in Australia. This has occurred within the context of tax incentives for companies to form partnerships with communities and the leaders of Australian companies acknowledging their firms must take a responsible approach in their business activities. There is public dissatisfaction with corporate Australia over in...

Multi-Disciplinary Research Issues in Cloud Computing

Cloud computing, characterized by on demand availability of resources is gaining a lot of popularity in the present day business scenario. This new computing paradigm is predicted to revolutionize the Information Technology industry with its dynamic and scalable capabilities. Cloud computing is catering to the needs of a wide variety of users, across the different parts of the world with its hu...