Working Paper May 2008 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND THE TIMELINESS OF FINANCIAL REPORTING: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA Robert W. McGee‚ Florida International University Xiaoli Yuan‚ California State University‚ East Bay ABSTRACT Timeliness of financial reporting is one of the attributes of good corporate governance identified by the OECD and World Bank. Shareholders and other stakeholders need information while it is still fresh and the more time that passes between year-end
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FOR BRAZIL‚ Russia‚ India and China‚ the acronym is BRIC. Out of these four counties the last two ‘IC’- India and China - are in limelight in the eyes of worldwide investors. Chinese dailies are full of the news of huge market capitalisation of top five Chinese companies‚ one of which (Petro China) has created a world record by being first company of the world to have market capitalisation of over one trillion dollars. This article compares the two hot countries of Asia. Comparison of economies
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Discuss the evolution of Corporate Governance in Malaysia before the year 2000(Not more than 500 words) B. Challenges and changes in Corporate Governance since 2000(Not more than 700 words) C. Give an overview of Malaysian Corporate Governance Code 2012(CG Code 2012) (Not more than 300 words) D. Discuss in detail‚ the salient features of Principle 1‚2‚ 6 and 7 of the Malaysian CG Code 2012(Not more than 1‚000 words) 1. Discuss the evolution of Corporate Governance in Malaysia before the year
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TOPIC: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND ETHICS Table of contents Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………3 Framework for understanding ethical decision making……………………………………………………………..5 Understanding the views of corporate governance…………………………………………………………….…...15 Corporate governance as a dimension of ethical decision making……………………………………….………...23 Corporate governance issues…………………………………………………………………………………
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What are the key characteristics of the U.S. model of corporate governance? How does the U.K. model compare with the diverse models in continental Europe and differ to the US model? There are many characteristics of the U.S. model of corporate governance that contribute to its effectiveness. We describe governance in regards to the board of directors‚ external auditors‚ the SEC‚ state laws‚ and stock exchanges. We then compare the U.S. governance model to that of U.K. and other models in continental
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Julie Dash; Home Is Where the Imagination Took Root". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-01-17. ^ Hevesi‚ Dennis (February 20‚ 2011). "Roy Gussow‚ Abstract Sculptor‚ Dies at 92". New York Times. Retrieved 2011-03-06. IRDA raises concerns over Corporate Governance in LIC March 6‚ 2012 by sknlakshmi
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QANTAS AUSTRALIA – CORPORATE GOVERANCE AND CARBON FOOTPRINT RESPONSE * What is Corporate Governance? To ensure the benefit of everyone concerned in an organisation‚ corporate governance must be enforced. Corporate governance is a term that refers broadly to the rules‚ processes‚ or laws by which businesses are operated‚ regulated and controlled (Search Financial Security‚ 2008). It involves internal factors defined by the officers‚ stockholders or constitution of a corporation‚ but also involves
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“Good corporate governance‚ ethics and social responsibility is essential for increasing and maintaining shareholders value” Corporate governance Corporate governance of controlling and directing the companies would impact the corporate performance‚ which would also affect the shareholders’ value. Example 1: John Felderhof‚ being the vice chairman of Bre-X‚ stating that he did not aware of the scandal. He is not qualified to be the board of director of the company as he did not aware of the Scandal
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Corporate Governance: Corporate governance involves regulatory and market mechanisms‚ and the roles and relationships between a company’s management‚ its board‚ its shareholders and other stakeholders‚ and the goals for which the corporation is governed.[1][2] Lately‚ corporate governance has been comprehensively defined as "a system of law and sound approaches by which corporations are directed and controlled focusing on the internal and external corporate structures with the intention of monitoring
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The benefits to a company of practising good corporate governance are now well known. It can raise capital more cheaply in a world where capital is a scarce resource; when it has a downturn it will have support from its stakeholders in its turnaround attempt; its business will be more sustainable; when the board makes a wrong business judgment call – and dealing with uncertain future events it will do so – it will not be seen as a scandal but as a consequence of the risk/reward ratio involved in
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