The European Commission (EC) discusses in her regulation draft of 2011 the external mandatory auditor rotation (audit firm rotation) principally after six years as a reform measure to increase auditor independence, which could complement the internal mandatory rotation (auditor rotation) by the...

Erklärungsansätze für Koalitionsbildungen im Rahmen der Corporate Governance bieten die traditionellen agencytheoretischen Modelle und Quasi-Renten-Ansätze einerseits und die Organisations- und Stewardship-Theorie andererseits. Während sich die beiden erstgenannten Ansätze ausschließlich...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse women on management board and their impact on environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance in two European two-tier countries. Design/methodology/approach The empirical quantitative paper covers a sample of German and Austrian companies...

Purpose This paper aims to review 68 archival studies on the impact of audit committees (ACs) on firms’ consequences [(non)financial reporting, performance and audit quality] in European firms. Design/methodology/approach Applying a stakeholder agency-theoretical framework, the author...