Corporate Governance: Volume 9 Issue 3

Corporate governance structure and firm performance in developing economies: evidence from Nigeria

Benjamin I. Ehikioya

The purpose of this paper is to examine the link between corporate governance structure and firm performance in Nigeria.

Agrícola Ebro's tender offer for Campos Chilenos to control Iansa

Franco Parisi, Lance Nail, Vito Sciaraffia

The purpose of this paper is to describe the wealth expropriation from minority to majority shareholders due to the lack of legislation protecting the interests of minority…

The effect of CEO ownership and shareholder rights on cost of equity capital

Henry Huang, Quanxi Wang, Xiaonong Zhang

The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether managerial ownership affects the association between shareholder rights and the cost of equity capital.

Governance implications of the effects of stakeholder management on financial reporting

James E. Mattingly, Steven A. Harrast, Lori Olsen

The purpose of this paper is to test whether effective stakeholder management results in transparent financial reporting.

Cross‐sector organizational engagement with ethics: a comparison between private sector companies and public sector entities of Sweden

Göran Svensson, Greg Wood, Michael Callaghan

The purpose of the paper is to describe and compare similarities as well as differences in the organizational engagement with ethics between private sector companies and public…

CEO compensation as a process and a product of negotiation

Yongheng Yao, Steven H. Appelbaum

The purpose of this paper is to extend our understanding of CEO compensation by looking into the CEO pay‐setting process. Particularly, a process model is proposed to specify the…

On the management success of regulative failure: standardised CSR instruments and the oil industry's climate performance

Elin Lerum Boasson

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) may serve as a regulatory framework for corporate practices or as a management trend that helps to improve the legitimacy of corporations…

View from the top: what directors say about board process

Rookmin Maharaj

This paper aims to use the argument that formal regulations alone may not be the defining factor in improving corporate governance and the decision making process of the BOD.