This paper conducts a systematic analysis of the determinants of the relative price difference between voting and non-voting shares (“dual-class premium”) within the context of a mandatory bid rule. This rule implies that the acquirer of a control block is also obliged to offer minority shareholders the same (or partially the same) price for their shares. In the presence of the rule, the dual-c...

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...

corporate social responsibility is a concept whereby companies integrate social and environmental concerns in their business activities and interactions  with their stakeholders on a voluntary basis. in this global context, voluntary social and environmental practices of business which go beyond companies’ existing legal obligations play a major role in filling the governance gap in an innovati...

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...

In today’s uncertain and unpredictable environment, business organisations are facing increasing risks, some even threatening their continual existence (Meulbroek, 2002). Numerous changes, such as, rapidly changing technology, climate change, globalisation and shorter product life cycles, have created an increasing degree of risk exposure for business organisations. Moreover, recent corporate s...

This paper develops a Walrasian general equilibrium model based on transaction cost and specialization to investigate the emergence and evolution of the role of management services in a competitive market with the general concern of corporate governance. It explains the reason why along the commercialization and modernization of human society, there is substantial increment of professional mana...