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Neoliberalism, deregulation and Sarbanes-Oxley: The legitimation of a failed corporate governance model

Merino, Barbara D.; Mayper, Alan G.; Tolleson, Thomas D. - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 23 (2010) August, pp. 774-792

Purpose – The paper aims to use a neoliberal ideology to frame an analysis of how the power of ideas can be used to maintain a failed corporate governance model based on stockholder primacy. Design/methodology/approach – The paper employs the concept of corporate hegemony to provide an...

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The shareholder wealth effects of an executive joining another company's Board

Byrd, John; Martin, L. Ann; Rath, Subhrendu - In: International Journal of Managerial Finance 6 (2010) February, pp. 48-57

shareholders a disservice by being spread too thin. It supports the hypothesis that investors interpret a CEO joining the Board of …

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Shareholders Should Welcome Knowledge Workers as Directors

Osterloh, Margit; Frey, Bruno S. - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2006

The most influential approach of corporate governance, the view of shareholders supremacy does not take into … aligned to shareholder interests by making the board more responsible to shareholders, and monitoring of top management by … exploitation by shareholders. Employees therefore refuse to make firmspecific investments. To gain a sustainable competitive …

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'A doe in the city': Women shareholders in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Britain

Freeman, Mark; Pearson, Robin; Taylor, James - In: Accounting History Review 16 (2006) 2, pp. 265-291

This paper investigates the role of women as shareholders in joint stock companies, and how far they can be … which female shareholders could participate fully in the governance of joint stock companies. …

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Bank stock repurchase extent and measures of corporate governance

Webb, Elizabeth - In: International Journal of Managerial Finance 4 (2008) July, pp. 180-199

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between the extent of stock repurchase and measures of corporate governance. Design/methodology/approach – Using a sample of stock repurchase announcements by banks after the 2002 tax reform, the paper uses an event study...

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Corporate Consciousness

Dash, Amarendra Kumar; Padhi, Harapriya - In: Global Business Review 12 (2011) 2, pp. 247-256

The aim of this article is to analyze the scope and limits of media impact on corporate governance (CG) in India and how the mass media can be upgraded and incorporated in the ensuing CG reform agenda. Extant and premier literature on the impact of media on corporate governance is reviewed. The...

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The Managerial Labor Market and the Governance Role of Shareholder Control Structures in the UK

Renneboog, Luc; Trojanowski, G. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2002

mitigating agency problems between managers and shareholders.We find that both the CEO's industry-adjusted monetary compensation …

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The managerial labor market and the governance role of shareholder control structures in the UK

Renneboog, Luc; Trojanowski, G. - Tilburg University, Tilburg Law and Economic Center - 2003

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РАСКРЫТИЕ ИНФОРМАЦИИ ПО ВОПРОСАМ КОРПОРАТИВНОГО УПРАВЛЕНИЯ В ОТЧЕТНОСТИ КОМПАНИЙ

АСЛАНОВНА, БАГОВА САИДА - In: Вестник Адыгейского … (2013) 3, pp. 164-173

В статье представлено исследование путей совершенствования российской практики корпоративного управления с учетом передового зарубежного и отечественного...

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Effects of Culture on Firm Risk-Taking; A Cross-Country and Cross-Industry Analysis

Mihet, Roxana - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012

This paper investigates the effects of national culture on firm risk-taking, using a comprehensive dataset covering 50,000 firms in 400 industries in 51 countries. Risk-taking is found to be higher for domestic firms in countries with low uncertainty aversion, low tolerance for hierarchical...

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