This study attempts to re-examine several hypotheses suggested by the literature concerning the relationship between corporate governance and corporate performance using the data from China. The findings of the paper suggest that corporate performance in China is mostly influenced by other economic variables, not by corporate governance and the hypotheses that corporate governance will have pos...

Clear property right is the core of modern enterprise system, but it can’t become all-powerful medicine to an enterprise because many enterprises with clear property rights in some countries can’t avoid bankruptcy in market competition yet. Good corporate governance as a system arrangement will be good to the organization management operation. The research to the corporate governance of enterpr...

As the REIT regime has been expanding globally, corporate governance practices in emerging REIT markets have become a major concern for domestic and international investors alike. Idiosyncrasies stemming from the ownership models applied in Asian economies and the fact Asian REITs are often externally managed “captive entities” make issues pertaining to corporate governance of the listed real e...

The aim of the current study is to investigate the effectiveness of the Turkish corporate governance system. To reach this aim, the paper first discusses the corporate governance system of Turkey briefly. The measures of effectiveness of a corporate governance system are formulated and CEO turnover is used as a measure. The effectiveness of the Turkish corporate governance system is analyzed by...

The purpose of the study is to determine the structural relationship between corporate governance and financial performance. The study develops a model linking corporate governance and financial performance then verifies it through structural equation modeling based on partial least square. The study is based on random sample of all Karachi Stock Exchange listed companies. Data related to corpo...

The global pursuit of a more sustainable future cannot be achieved without the active engagement of the business community. The challenge for business has been to strategically engage with and embed environmental responsibility within their wider corporate governance; to create effective corporate governance of the environment. The assumption would appear to be, that we have already witnessed t...

This paper explores whether investor sentiment has an adverse impact on corporate investment decisions and whether such impact, if present, can be effectively mitigated by sound corporate governance mechanisms. The sample comprises listed firms in Taiwan between 2003 and 2010. Empirical results indicate that investor sentiment is significantly and positively related to amount of new investment ...

The vast majority of research on the relationship between corporate governance and strategic management focuses on the impact of corporate governance on strategic management. In this article we propose a cyclical model, highlighting that strategic decisions can also affect corporate governance through shaping firm ownership structure. We discuss the impacts of strategic decisions on firm owners...