Zwischen 2006 und 2019 haben die ausgewählten börsennotierten Unternehmen aus dem Mitbestimmungsindex-Datensatz (MB-ix-Datensatz) mehr als 400 Milliarden Euro für Unternehmensaufkäufe ausgegeben und damit fast ein Viertel ihrer erwirtschafteten finanziellen Mittel (Ergebnis der betrieblichen...

The effectiveness and efficiency of the internal corporate governance structure depends on different governance bodies within the organization. As crucial parts of good governance they provide constituting, monitoring and controlling tasks concerning the risk management and internal control...

This study examines how using the internal audit function as a management training ground (MTG) impacts manager's reliance on internal auditor recommendations. While prior research suggests that using internal audit as a MTG can adversely affect financial reporting quality, external audit fees,...

Internal audit (IA) is theoretically considered a key element of modern corporate governance. Surprisingly, the existing knowledge on IA and its relation to the internal corporate governance structure is miscellaneous and rare. Consequently, empirical findings on the internal audit function...

For the last two decades, board diversity is increasingly considered as a significant mechanism of good corporate governance. Thus, the question arises whether a heterogeneously or rather a homogenously composed board contributes to the efficiency of a company's management and monitoring....

Board remuneration in German listed companies becomes more and more subject of public and political discussion, concerning the presumed lack of transparency and too short-term orientation. Besides the increasing regulatory activity, the arrangement of board compensation constitutes a focal...

The European audit reform contains the implementation of an external mandatory auditor rotation (audit firm rotation) and a separation of audit and non audit duties to increase auditor independence. The central question is, whether these regulation measures are connected with an increased...

The efficient and effective organization and coordination of corporate governance activities is still one of the major challenges of modern corporate management. For many years, it was precisely the so-called Three Lines of Defense model that was used to structure governance functions. However,...

The decision to realign a company through diversification is highly relevant not only for the board and corporate development functions but also for shareholders and other stakeholders. In research and practice, the diversification of risk and return is always considered against the background...

Addressing the heavily increased attention on internal auditing in the post-SOX era, this paper aims to unravel the scientific metamorphosis of the topic within current accounting research, including the different scientific subareas that define it. In an attempt to extent the scant body of...