320 Corporate Governance: An International Review‚ 2009‚ 17(3): 320–337 Women Directors on Corporate Boards: A Review and Research Agenda Siri Terjesen*‚ Ruth Sealy and Val Singh ABSTRACT Manuscript Type: Review Research Question/Issue: This review examines how gender diversity on corporate boards influences corporate governance outcomes that in turn impact performance. We describe extant research on theoretical perspectives‚ characteristics‚ and impact of women on corporate boards (WOCB) at
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CHAPTER ONE 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The original need for corporate governance stems from the separation of ownership and control in publicly held companies in the 19th century‚ it is pertinent at this point to note that this separation has brought about overzealous managers and passive owners. Investors seek to invest their capital in profit-making firms so that they can enjoy these profits in the future. Yet many investors lack the time and expertise necessary to operate a firm and ensure
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Lecture 1 – Corporate Financial Reporting and Revision LECTURE OUTLINE Outline the nature and characteristics of companies Describe the sources of corporate financial reporting in Australia Identify which entities need to prepare financial reports that comply with accounting standards Account for share issues and dividends Account for asset revaluations and asset impairment Nature of Companies Type of organization established under the cooperation’s act 2001 Legal capacity and powers
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question 2. Definition of Corporate Governance 3. Literature Review 4. Reports and Reviews 5. Challenges 6. Director’s Responsibilities 7. Conclusion 8. References 1. ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS Question 1 Define‚ and state the importance of Corporate Governance Question 2 Provide a Literature Review Question 3 Provide a report and review of the debate on Corporate Governance. Question 4 Discuss the challenges that face Corporate Governance Question 5 Discuss the Director’s
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1.1 Introduction Corporate governance has been the subject of numerous theoretical and empirical studies especially after the fraudulent reporting scandals such as Enron‚ World.com‚ Adelphia‚ and Parmalat.it has come to mean many things. Traditionally and at fundamental level the concept refers to corporate decision making and control‚ particularly the structure of the board and its working procedures‚ Hermes (1994). Jenifer (2002) defines corporate governance as a set of interlocking riles by which
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE INTRODUCTION This corporate governance statement describes our corporate governance framework‚ policies and practices as at 4 November 2013. Framework and approach Our approach to corporate governance is based on a set of values and behaviours that underpin day-to-day activities‚ provide transparency and fair dealing‚ and seek to protect stakeholder interests. This approach includes a commitment to excellence in governance standards‚ which Westpac sees as fundamental
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE – AN ANALYSIS OF HOW PUBLISHED REPORTS HAVE IMPROVED ITS SIGNIFICANCE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE – AN ANALYSIS OF HOW PUBLISHED REPORTS HAVE IMPROVED ITS SIGNIFICANCE This report is submitted as a partial compliment for the Risk and Control Strategy module of the BBA degree’s 4th Semester Prepared by THILANKA HEWAGE Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. What is Corporate Governance? 3. Corporate Governance Today 4. Reports on Corporate Governance
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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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ISSN: 1577-8517 A Conceptual Framework for Investigating the Impact of the Internet on Corporate Financial Reporting 1 Jason Zezhong Xiao. Cardiff University. UK xiao@cardiff.ac.uk Michael John Jones. Cardiff University. UK jonesm12@cardiff.ac.uk Andy Lymer. University of Birmingham. UK a.lymer@bham.ac.uk Abstract. This paper develops a conceptual framework of the impact of the Internet on corporate financial reporting on the basis of the issues and concerns elicited through an open-ended
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Interests in corporate governance‚ specifically in business accountability‚ emerged in 2001-2002 in response to the financial collapses that large companies faced such as Enron in the United States‚ Parmalat in Italy‚ Ahold in Netherlands etc... . Governments and agencies‚ tried to prevent these scandals by issuing laws and regulations such as the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002‚ United States federal law‚ however‚ shortly the interests in good corporate governance was renewed and emphasized after the
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