Corporate Governance: Volume 15 Issue 1

Is your sustainability strategy sustainable? Creating a culture of sustainability

Timothy Galpin, J. Lee Whitttington, Greg Bell

The purpose of this article is to present a multidisciplinary model that can be used as both a road map for practicing managers to create a sustainability focused culture within…

A critical review of relationship between corporate governance and firm performance: GCC banking sector perspective

Tamanna Abdul Rahman Dalwai, Rohaida Basiruddin, Siti Zaleha Abdul Rasid

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate existing studies on the relationship of corporate governance with firm performance in different regions and address the need for similar…

A social norm perspective on corporate governance soft law

Anne Galander, Peter Walgenbach, Katja Rost

– The aim of this study is to apply the concept of social norm dynamics to explain how corporate governance soft law is enforced.

Corporate governance in an emergent economy: a case of Ghana

Otuo Serebour Agyemang, Monia Castellini

The purpose of this study is to examine corporate governance practices in an emerging economy. It focusses on how ownership control and board control systems operate in corporate…

Compliance with corporate governance codes in emerging economies. How do Romanian listed companies “comply-or-explain”?

Cătălin Nicolae Albu, Maria Madalina Girbina

The aim of this study is to examine the attitude of Romanian companies listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange towards the “comply-or-explain” principle, under which they fulfill…

Boards, retained ownership and failure risk of French IPO firms

Chiraz Djerbi, Jarboui Anis

This paper aims to investigate the relationship between corporate governance structures of French initial public offering (IPO) firms and the likelihood of failure and involuntary…

Top executive compensation in less developed capital markets

Ivo Nuno Pereira, José Paulo Esperança

– This paper aims to study the determinants of variable compensation for top Portuguese executives (chief executive officers, chief financial officers and commercial directors).

Understanding control in nonprofit organisations: moving governance research forward?

Terri Byers, Christos Anagnostopoulos, Georgina Brooke-Holmes

– The purpose of this paper is to introduce the concept of organisational control and both its importance and utility for understanding nonprofit organisations.

Microinsurance performance – a systematic narrative literature review

George Apostolakis, Gert van Dijk, Periklis Drakos

This study aims to offer a literature review on microinsurance, focusing on its financial performance and social impact. The aim is to review current research in microinsurance…