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Formulation of a Corporate Governance Index for Banking Sector
The objective of this paper is to define a novel international corporate governance index for banks (GIBX62) based on sixty-two criteria and seven...
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Global corporate structure of Chinese state-owned financial institutions through Hong Kong
This article applies a new investigative technique called ‘equity map**’ to the corporate structure of two big Chinese state-owned banks, Bank of...
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Legitimacy of crown corporations in Canada: the case of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
As well-functioning welfare systems have continued to be vital in many countries, governments have needed to reform their national pension schemes...
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Corporate connections: how centrality, structural dependence, and transnationalization relate to lobbying activity
Corporate network connections create a nexus of interests and competence that impacts individual corporate behavior. In this article, I argue that...
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Resignation of Board of Directors Secretaries in Their Tenures and Business Violations
The revised Company Law in 2006 stipulates that Secretary of the board is a senior executive of the company and responsible for information...
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Determinants of Board Composition
The corporate board is at the centre of corporate governance. Especially during economic transition, the corporate boardCorporate board has played an...
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The Unconformity of California’s Gender Quota Law with the Contractual Theory of Corporate Law
Entrepreneurs prefer freedom in choosing the rules that will govern their businesses. However, the recently enacted California law requiring every...
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UK Corporate Interests and Neo-colonialism in Africa
This chapter examines the implications of the Brexit referendum in terms of UK corporate activities in Africa, and whether ‘pro-poor’ outcomes are...
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The Emergent Corporate Climate Consensus
This chapter analyzes the extent to which 34 corporations, representing four industry groups and three headquarter countries, altered their climate...
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Compliance Implementation Challenges in the Shadow of Corporate Cime: A Case Study of Odebrecht S.A
When it comes to corporate crime, recent studies show that bribe givers are usually high-ranking, well-educated, and well-paid managers, which...
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Lawyers’ Disciplinary, Corporate, and Professional Liability in the EU: Applicability to the Russian Legal System
This article is devoted to lawyers' liability for violation of deontological ethics in law enforcement. Using the comparative legal method, the study...
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Corporate Governance Mechanisms and Firm Risk-Taking
TheRisk-taking corporate board is theGovernance mechanism key decision-makingDecision-making organ in an enterprise. In China, the extent to which it...
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Corporate Governance Mechanisms and Firm Performance
Ownership structureOwnership structure, board structureBoard structure andGovernance mechanism CEO characteristics areFirm performance important...
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Private Equity, Financial Development, and Corporate Governance Reform
This chapter presents the book’s main theoretical contributions. First, it frames the question about the origins of private equity markets within the...
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Corporatised Public Service Provision of Local Governments in Germany: A Key Topic for UN-SDGs and Promising Public Corporate Governance Developments
In Germany, municipally owned corporations (MOCs) are crucial to the state, society and achievement of sustainable public service provision, digital...
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Corporate reconstructions of federal macroeconomic government institutions compared: USA then, Europe Now
This paper is a contribution to the comparative historical literature on the development of American and European federal macroeconomic government...
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When Companies Do Good: The Relationship Between Firm Size and Corporate Social Responsibility—An Empirical Study in Chinese Market
This research examines the firm size impact corporate social responsibility (CSR) rating by using Chinese market. The results of the experimental...
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United populisms of America: exploring anti-corporate sentiment in populist social movements
Inspired by the literature on populist social movements and Ralph Nader’s convergence thesis, this paper aims to understand the potential for a...