We examine the relationship between globalization, corporate governance and firm productivity. The results, using longitudinal data from Korea, indicate that the positive effect of liberalising equity ownership on firms’ total factor productivity (TFP) was reinforced by indirect managerial effects when a firm improved its corporate governance. Our findings also confirm that the interaction of t...

corporate governance (cg) is an important effort to ensure accountability and responsibility and is a set of principles, which should be incorporated into every part of the organization. this study focused on the state of corporate governance (cg) in two categories of the banking industries: conventional banks and islamic banks. as conventional banks and islamic banks differ a great deal in the...

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Corporate Governance Based on Self-Interest as an Axiom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 The Financial Crisis and Corporate Governance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Corporate Governance Based on Psychological Economics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Team Production Theory of Corporate Governan...

The module will examine the ongoing convergence of the corporate and market laws in relation to the universal issues in doing international business ethically. We will review the corporate governance mechanisms, the methods of expropriating investors and the current reforms of ensuring corporate control and diminishing of the level of corporate abuse. Topics covered include comparative corporat...

 The voting universe is dominated by corporate governance specialists, many of whom actively sponsor seemingly never-ending corporate governance reforms. These in-house corporate governance activists share their enthusiasm for continuous corporate governance reform with a number of academics who focus on corporate governance and with the major proxy advisory firms, which provide outsourcing of...

The relevance of corporate governance principles in the management of corporate organisations cannot be underestimated. The increasing influence of principles of corporate governance across the globe has been greatly linked to the recent corporate frauds and scandals. These frauds and scandals largely resulted from the failure of authorities of countries to effectively implement the legal and r...

This study explores corporate governance practices within the context of the Nigerian banking industry using instances of corporate governance lapses that resulted in part to the Nigerian banking crises. We present multiple case analysis of publicly available documents and court papers (in the United Kingdom and Nigeria) to document instances of breach and areas of weakness in the existing Nige...

the asian financial crisis in 1997 has awakened the regulators and corporates on the importance of corporate governance. according to agency theory, a good corporate governance system is necessary for more transparent information disclosure about the corporation. accordingly, the objective of this study is evaluating the level of disclosure in banks and examine the relationship between some fea...

Corporate governance (CG) is an important effort to ensure accountability and responsibility and is a set of principles, which should be incorporated into every part of the organization. This study focused on the state of Corporate Governance (CG) in two categories of the banking industries: Conventional Banks and Islamic Banks. As Conventional Banks and Islamic Banks differ a great deal in the...

The growing importance of information technology (IT) as a strategic factor for organisations in achieving their objectives, have raised the concern of organisations in establishing and implementing effective IT governance. The phenomenon is not only happened in private sectors but also in public sectors. This study attempts to examine empirically the individual IT governance mechanisms that in...