Corporate Governance: Volume 15 Issue 5

Unexplored aspects of the social licence for SMEs

Gary Lynch-Wood, David Williamson

This paper aims to examine social licence in the context of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Social and economic actors can assist in protecting the environment by…

Multiple directorships, industry relatedness, and corporate governance effectiveness

Curtis Clements, John D. Neill, Paul Wertheim

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between the industry relatedness of directors’ multiple directorships and corporate governance effectiveness. The…

Untangling the antecedents of code of ethics quality: does corporate governance matter?

Giovanni Maria Garegnani, Emilia Piera Merlotti, Angeloantonio Russo

This study aims to investigate the antecedents of code of ethics’ quality with specific regard to the peculiarities of corporate governance, which include the role of the primary…

Remuneration committee and corporate failure

Kingsley Opoku Appiah, Amon Chizema

This study aims to examine the role the structure of corporate boards plays in the failure of the firm. Specifically, it examines whether the remuneration committee is related to…

The effects of corporate governance on financial performance and financial distress: evidence from Egypt

Tamer Mohamed Shahwan

This paper aims to empirically examine the quality of corporate governance (CG) practices in Egyptian-listed companies and their impact on firm performance and financial distress…

Ownership concentration of three large Belgian banks during the crisis

Jean-Charles Deudon, Ana C. Marques, Gerrit Sarens

In this paper, two different ownership structures in Belgian banks are studied to see whether this had an impact on how these banks went through the financial crisis of 2007-2008…

Whistleblowing policy disclosure: evidence from an Indian emerging market

Arpita Agnihotri, Saurabh Bhattacharya

– This paper aims to investigate factors which drive firms to disclose whistleblowing policies in one of the emerging markets, i.e. India.

Divergence or convergence: paradoxes in corporate governance?

Palka Chhillar, Ramana Venkata Lellapalli

This review paper aims to compare the various dimensions in the finance literature pertaining to the Anglo-Saxon Model (Stockholder Model) prevalent in the USA and the UK with the…

The impact of CEO duality attributes on earnings management in the East

Qaiser Rafique Yasser, Abdullah Al Mamun

This study aims to examine an important, yet understudied, relationship between board leadership structure and earning management. With conflicting theoretical and empirical…

Corporate governance and performance of UK listed small and medium enterprises

Godfred Adjappong Afrifa, Venancio Tauringana

This paper aims to report the results of an investigation into the effect of corporate governance factors on the performance of listed small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)…

Gender diversity in the governance of the Nigerian securities market

Olusegun Felix Ayadi, Ade Thompson Ojo, Mary Femi Ayadi, Dorcas Titilayo Adetula

The purpose of the paper is to identify the key determinants of stock market performance in Nigeria. More specifically, it is an attempt to determine the effect of gender…

Boardroom’s independence and corporate performance: the ever-elusive conundrum

Karim S. Rebeiz

The purpose of this paper is to unravel the root causes as to why the boardroom independence–corporate performance linkage remains an elusive conundrum in the academic literature…

Mission statements and performance in non-profit organisations

Bhavesh S. Patel, Lorne D. Booker, Hazel Melanie Ramos, Chris Bart

This study aims to explore the relationship between mission statements and organisational performance in non-profit organisations. It also examines the role of organisational…