Purpose – Corporate governance is an area of interest to researchers, stakeholders and the general public. In recent times, there has been an increased concern about the effectiveness of the board within corporate organizations due to corporate scandals and accounting irregularities of some...

Purpose – To investigate and portray the nature and use of formal strategic planning in the Greek ocean shipping industry. Design/methodology/approach – Studies carried out in well‐developed industrialised countries, predominantly in the manufacturing sector, have contributed significantly...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the external factors that influence the profitability of a typical Greek systemic bank over the period 2001-2014. Design/Methodology/Approach: A conceptual framework incorporating two fundamental groups of constructs, namely, macroeconomic...

Numerous articles in academic publications as well as practitioner-oriented journals have emphasized the importance of strategic planning, not only for large firms but for small businesses as well. However, research findings regarding planning come principally from industrialized countries...

Purpose: This paper investigates the nature and extent of use of strategic planning in the Greek hospitality industry and outcomes of planning based on Greek managers' views.Design/Methodology/Approach: Although the concept of strategic planning and its dimensions have been widely discussed in...

Corporate governance has emerged in the last decade mainly due to a number of corporate failures and scandals that have drawn the global attention. Furthermore, the current financial crisis has highlighted issues of CG in a widest sense and the corporate governance codes and recommendations are...

Purpose: This study examines how organisational demography (organizational age, organisational size and number of years listed in the Athens Stock Exchange, ATHEX), may impact the board structure (board size, CEO duality and CEO dependence/independence). Design/Methodology/approach: The...