We provide a survey of the empirical archival literature on the effect of different facets of corporate governance on financial reporting and audit quality in China. Our survey is motivated by the burgeoning literature on the effects of some unique Chinese governance factors on the properties of accounting information. Although surveys of Chinese governance abound, we observe a lack of any comp...

OBJECTIVES To describe the engagement of health service boards with quality-of-care issues and to identify factors that influence boards' activities in this area. METHODS We conducted semistructured interviews with 35 board members and executives from 13 public health services in Victoria, Australia. Interviews focused on the role currently played by boards in overseeing quality of care. We a...

information technology as a new and very efficient tool in human communications has multiple functions that effect on public affair management is one of them. along with growth & spread of such technologies in contemporary world, this function simultaneously has spread & is changing to be an important paradigm in management & regional administration all over the world. in the other hand, good g...

We investigate the relationship of pension fund governance and investment performance. For this purpose, we develop the Swiss Pensoin Fund Governance Index (SPGI) which is a standard metric for the governance quality of Swiss pension funds. The empirical analysis is based on a sample of 96 pension funds with total assets of more than CHF 190 billion. We …nd evidence for governance issues in the...

In this paper we address two topical questions: How do the quality of governance and agricultural intensification impact on spatial expansion of agriculture? Which aspects of governance are more likely to ensure that agricultural intensification allows sparing land for nature? Using data from the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Bank, the World Database on Protected Areas, and the Y...

Clinical governance is a concept used to improve management, accountability and the provision of quality healthcare. An approach to strengthen clinical governance as a means to improve the quality of maternal and newborn care in Indonesia was developed by the Expanding Maternal and Neonatal Survival (EMAS) Program. This case study presents findings and lessons learned from EMAS program experien...

The purpose of this research is to develop a comprehensive model for identifying the nature of relationship between information technology governance, IT-business relationship quality and performance outcomes. The questionnaire survey method was used to collect data from the Jordan Customs Department. The results indicated that IT governance has a direct positive effect on ITbusiness relationsh...

This article looks at clinical governance and pathology. Clinical governance should be an important tool in seeking quality improvement within the National Health Service. But how as pathologists should we go about it?