After company failures as with Enron, Worldcom or Comroad, Corporate Governance discussions have significantly … increased all over the world. Numerous committees concern themselves with the optimal arrangement and the quality of corporate … the systematic relationship between company performance and turnover in the management boards of the DAX100 companies over …

the relationships between shareholders, creditors and company management. Economic conditions and control mechanisms … company). In this situation, the potential for harm appears to be greater. …

domestically. The main findings corroborate the notion that a company can voluntarily strengthen protection of outside investors by … negative impact of managerial ownership on the information content of earnings when the company has low unrelated block … most effective in the world and can be borrowed by foreign companies through cross-listing in the United States. In Germany …

explore relevant policy implications to improve firm performance.Based on the company ownership data across a sample of 1291 … largest three shareholders own more than 60% ownership of company. Industrial companies hold direct controls of European non … who owns more than 10% of the shares in a European company.A further sample of 655 European companies is used to …

boards. In detail, it analyzes how company size influences the heterogeneity of supervisory boards with respect to … performance and company performance are the focus of chapter 4. In a first step, the relation between board heterogeneity and … board performance as well as company performance is examined in general; subsequently, the influence of moderating variables …

information and publicity - for themselves or other stakeholders - they can influence a company?s relations to the financial or …

The first part of this thesis analyzes and quantifies the magnitude of executive remuneration disclosure of the world … Banken der Welt analysiert und quantifiziert. Als Grundlage hierfür dienen hauptsächlich die Jahresberichte der Banken und …

demutualization of stock exchanges. Using panel data on 132 major stock exchanges in 114 countries from 1990 to 2003, we examine the … effect of demutualization on an exchange’s performance in its primary product markets: trading and listings. We document some … evidence that demutualization is associated with improved competitiveness in attracting trading volume. Results on listings …