Corporate Governance: Volume 11 Issue 1

An Aristotelian approach to sustainable business

Patricia Grant

This paper seeks to provide an Aristotelian alternative to the neo‐classical paradigm for the development of sustainable business research and a preliminary explanation of how to…

Micro‐businesses need support: survival precedes sustainability

R. Helen Samujh

The purpose of this paper is to establish the role of micro‐businesses in providing a sustainable business and community environment, and to share the perceptions of…

Business‐community partnerships: understanding the nature of partnership

Louise Lee

This paper aims to offer a New Zealand perspective on how business and community organisations engage to develop mutually beneficial partnerships to tackle pressing social issues…

Firm value and ownership structure in the Spanish capital market

Emma García‐Meca, Juan Pedro Sánchez‐Ballesta

This study aims to examine the effects on Tobin's Q of various dimensions of the Spanish ownership structure likely to represent conflicting interests: ownership concentration…

Corporate governance, restricted stock awards, and IRC Section 83(b) election

Nina Dorata, Steven Petra

This study sets out to examine whether CEOs who hold the dual position of chairperson of the board exert increased influence over the board, resulting in compensation contracts…

The good company

Edward J. O'Boyle, Stefano Solari, Gian Demetrio Marangoni

The purpose of this paper is to present the argument that in principle any company can become a good company by adopting certain characteristics which define the good in…

New perspective for the management of M&A process: a merger case of a Japanese pharmaceutical company

Sotaro Shibayama, Kunihiro Tanikawa, Hiromichi Kimura

The purpose of this study is to provide a new perspective for effective management of the merger and acquisition (M&A) process by making use of a case study of a merger in the…

The Equator Principles: a promise in progress?

Donald H. Schepers

The purpose of this paper is to examine the legitimacy of the Equator Principles as a form of private governance of the investment banking industry.

Universal standards in CSR: are we prepared?

Adefolake Adeyeye

The purpose of this paper is to examine in detail the positive and negative aspects of selected soft law initiatives and the relevance of hard laws in the pursuit of corporate…

A new company descriptor takes us into a new era

Rebecca Marsh