Ontario K1N 6N5‚ and 1 HEC Montreal‚ 3000 Côte-Sainte-Catherine Road‚ Montreal‚ Quebec H3T 2A7‚ Canada Email: benamar@telfer.uottawa.ca‚ claude.francoeur@hec.ca‚ taieb.2.hafsi@hec.ca‚ real.labelle@hec.ca This study investigates the joint effect of corporate ownership and board of directors’ diversity configurations on the success of strategic merger and acquisition (M&A) decisions. Board diversity is defined as the extent to which its demographic diversity as measured by the culture‚ nationality‚ gender
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201 Corporate Governance: An International Review‚ 2013‚ 21(3): 201–224 Does “Good” Corporate Governance Help in a Crisis? The Impact of Country- and Firm-Level Governance Mechanisms in the European Financial Crisis Marc van Essen*‚ Peter-Jan Engelen‚ and Michael Carney ABSTRACT Manuscript Type: Empirical Research Question/Issue: We examine the effects of firm- and country-level “good” corporate governance prescriptions on firm performance before and during the recent financial crisis
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: Corporate Governance is essentially all about how corporations are directed‚ managed‚ controlled and held accountable to their shareholders. In India‚ the question of Corporate Governance has come up mainly in the wake of economic liberalization and de-regularization of industry and business. The objective of any corporate governance system is to simultaneously improve corporate performance and accountability as a means of attracting financial and human resources on the best
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TABLE OF CONTENTS GOOD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 2 • OBSERVANCE OF GOOD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 3 • FAILURES OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 5 CORRUPTION 5 • BENEFITS OF AVOIDING CORRUPT PRACTICES 6 CONCLUSION 8 REFERENCES 9 GOOD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Governance in the Oxford dictionary is defined as “control or influence”‚ while corporate is defined as “shared by all members of the group”. Therefore corporate governance refers to the structures and processes for the direction and control of members
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1) What is corporate governance? Contemporary corporate governance started in 1992 with the Cadbury report in the UK Cadbury was the result of several high profile company collapses is concerned primarily with protecting weak and widely dispersed shareholders. Corporate Governance is a mechanism through which boards and directors are able to direct‚ monitor and supervise the conduct and operation of the corporation and its management in a manner that ensures appropriate levels
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African situation‚ South Africa is known as a developing post-colonised country. Corporate governance is “a particularly salient issue in emerging markets attempting to compete for investors and capital with established markets where investors are less concerned about the quality of corporate governance practices” (Andreasson‚ 2002: 2).This statement rules out the possibility of a “comply or else” approach to corporate governance‚ and as a result “comply or explain” approach is the most suitable approach
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Corporate governance refers to the system by which corporations are directed and controlled. The governance structure specifies the distribution of rights and responsibilities among different participants in the corporation (such as the board of directors‚ managers‚ shareholders‚ creditors‚ auditors‚ regulators‚ and other stakeholders) and specifies the rules and procedures for making decisions in corporate affairs. Governance provides the structure through which corporations
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Does the Corporate Governance Maximise Shareholders’ Wealth? | ITV PLC | | | | | Introduction/Key Objectives The main purpose of this report is to find out whether Corporate Governance (CG) does maximise shareholders’ wealth within a selected company. ITV PLC is the selected company for this report; their Annual Report (AR) 2011 will be used for statistical evidence. Also‚ existing theories will be applied to ITV PLC for qualitative evidence. Recommendations and advice will be given
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A discussion on company’s corporate governance statement. This statement sets out the key corporate governance principles adopted by the Directors in governing David Jones and reflects the corporate governance policies and procedures which applied during the year ended 28 July 2012. The corporate governance statement of David Jones is very specific and coherent. It provides the information very clearly and shows the detail that how their behaviors applies the Australian Securities Exchange requirement
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Legal framework of corporate governance (Laws and regulations affecting corporations) Companies Act 1965 All types of incorporated companies‚ whether private or public‚ foreign or otherwise‚ unless formed in pursuance of some other written laws are governed under CA 1965. The Act governs matters regarding powers of the Registrar of Companies‚ filing of documents with the Registrar of Companies‚ incorporation of companies‚ constitution of companies‚ powers of companies‚ shares and membership
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