Dissertations / Theses: 'Corporate governance Corporations, Government'

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Pieterse, Cornelius Louwrens. "A public sector integrated financial governance framework /." Link to the online version, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1223.

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Shao, Li. "Corporate governance in China's listed companies ownership structure and market disciplines /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2008. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B40687533.

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Shao, Li, and 邵丽. "Corporate governance in China's listed companies: ownership structure and market disciplines." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2008. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B40687533.

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Yeung, Yiu-wing, and 楊耀永. "Corporate governance of public services and quasi-governmental organisations in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1990. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31264840.

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Pieterse, C. L. "A public sector integrated financial governance framework." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1223.

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Thesis (PhD (School of Public Management and Planning ))—University of Stellenbosch, 2006.
Using an investigative approach the study starts by outlining the governance quandary that exists within the public sector, with observations made over the past decade by scholars and active role players in the governance arena both in the private sector and in the public sector. It continues to show a growing need for good governance in the public sector, especially in the developing economies of emerging democracies. It uses South Africa as an example in this regard, although the discussion can just as well be applied to other countries finding themselves in a similar situation. It places the governance debate in perspective and provides the background for the development of the Public Sector Integrated Financial Governance Framework (IFGF). A brief look is taken at the reasons for the growing focus on governance in general, governance in the private and public sector, the need for governance, the basic dynamics of governance, stakeholder relationships, the regulatory framework and the role of the judiciary. It then places this understanding of governance – from a financial perspective – within the South African context. Using the South African context the study discusses the need for an IFGF, the basic requirements for such an IFGF and then as a response proceeds to discuss the role of values and principles, functional application areas and governance-related activities in an IFGF. It develops a financial governance universe, which provides an overview of the various subsections within these aspects. From this basis the study proceeds to develop the IFGF by identifying specific principles and values applicable to South Africa, followed by a description of functional application areas consisting of leadership, management and control practices required as a minimum to ensure healthy public sector financial governance. It continues to develop governance-related activities based on existing frameworks recognised by public sector agencies globally and in some instance, designed for the private sector. The study proceeds to develop these areas to enable employees in the public sector to discharge their duties in a manner that can form the cornerstone in governance excellence. Having used a deductive approach during the first few chapters to develop the IFGF, the study then proceed using an inductive process to construct the conditions and the related activities required by the IFGF. It develops detailed information on specific activities that must be in place for the IFGF to be functional. These activities provide the “how” and are grouped together based on a recognised framework. Governance effectiveness depends on a situation where all areas are considered. Lastly the study focuses on the conclusions regarding the IFGF outcomes and therefore discusses the implementation of the IFGF and the impact on the accounting system, measuring governance and keeping the IFGF updated with developments internally and externally. The study shows the growing importance for developing countries and emerging economies to demonstrate healthy governance processes and practices. However, no consensus yet exists on the approach or methodology, particularly with regard to building national ownership of and political commitment to governance (Landell-Mills, 2003:369). Fortunately similar initiatives have been forthcoming from a number of countries and, although they are each focussed differently, they provide a base for developing a public sector IFGF for South Africa in particular, but can also be used as a guideline for other emerging democracies. Developing the governance universe facilitates the process of keeping track of a multitude of possibilities that are relevant in day-to-day management. The study determined the applicable criteria that an IFGF must satisfy to attract attention when funding is required from the donor community and to provide assurance to stakeholders with limited skills and knowledge that objectives are achieved effectively and efficiently in an ethical environment. The benefit of this framework is that it has passed the first scrutiny in South Africa namely that of the Provincial Treasury of the Provincial Government Western Cape (PGWC) public sector audit committees in the public sector (PGWC) and is currently being subjected to a four-year implementation process, starting with an awareness phase in all Departments of the PGWC. During this process the senior management of all the departments are being exposed to the principles contained in the IFGF and their practical observations and suggestions will be applied towards formulating an updated version of the Governance Framework of PGWC (Draft version 2.20e). This is significant, because it represents a healthy interaction between academic research and practical application, a process that is more often than not balanced, but appears to be in favour of either the one or the other.

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Mutiro, Newton Sly. "The perception of corporate services in a Metropolitan Municipality on King III good governance compliance." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1000.

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Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Master of Technology: Business Administration in Project Management in the Faculty of Business at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology 2013
Good governance has been and is a growing phenomenon for almost all business organisations regardless of size, profit margins and purpose for existence. Government, quasi-government, non-governmental organisations and even civic organisations have adopted a project-based approach to business. The City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality is one such organisation that had adopted a project-based approach to business. The challenge was how to effectively and efficiently implement governance issues around projects and business organisations. Most organisations can easily be misled if issues of governance are not clearly defined and followed. A project-based approach helps in defining the resources needed at specific times, the time required for a specific task and the cost of a specific operation. In a multi-project environment (programme) resources are shared in a well-defined manner. The City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality has a huge responsibility in terms of successfully initiating, planning and implementing projects successfully. The magnitude and the dynamic complexities of their operation call for proper governance structures to be established within any municipality if service delivery is the main objective. Managing complex and mega projects calls for certain leadership traits. A fusion of these traits at different management levels will be critical for effective delivery of services to the electorate. Models and plans need to be in place as guidance to successful implementation of projects. A number of people, committees and institutions have developed different governance frameworks that can be adopted by organisations as a guide to good governance. This research is based on King III guide to good governance. Challenges experienced by other Municipalities and business organisations e.g. Nelson Mandela Municipality, Eastern Cape Education Department, Transnet, LeisureNet, Limpopo Provincial government and many others, directly relate to poor governance. This therefore calls for the investigation of the Corporate Services directorate in the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality to establish the level of compliance with what King III had recommended as a framework for good governance. The City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality has different general governance frameworks in place. However they do not use them effectively because of different issues identified by the researcher. The major challenges facing the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality are effective governance communication and lack of training in the practice of good governance. There were serious discrepancies when it comes to understanding and interpreting governance issues within the different levels of management. It is expected that an organisation like the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality should have proper communication channels and effective training programmes. The researcher also found that information is not readily available to people who need it most yet the expectation is that information be readily available.

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Li, Jian. "Corporate governance in China's listed corporations." online access from Digital Dissertation Consortium access full-text, 2006. http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/er/db/ddcdiss.pl?MR16358.

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Andersson, Maria, and Manal Daoud. "Corporate governance disclosure : by Swedish listed corporations." Thesis, Jönköping University, Jönköping International Business School, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-67.

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The Enron collapse in 2001 has resulted in an increasing attention to corporate governance. Even in Sweden, some scandals have occurred, for example Skandia, ABB, Trustor; a parallel could be drawn, implying that these scandals have resulted in increased attention to corporate governance. Corporate governance concerns the relationship between a corporation’s management, board of directors, shareholders and other stakeholders. The problems with the relationship between managers and share-holders are referred to as the principle-agent problem. The increase in corporate governance disclosure can be seen as a way by the corporations to regain the trust from the shareholders. Can agency theory be used to explain why some corporation disclose more corporate governance information than others?

The purpose with this master thesis is, with starting point in agency theory, to contribute to the understanding of which factors that influence corporations to disclose corporate governance information in the annual reports.

For this thesis, a quantitative research has been performed. Annual reports from corporations listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange have been examined, to be able to develop a corporate governance disclosure index and to measure 15 characteristics, derived from the agency theory and two control variables. The data was analysed in SPSS , using both linear and multiple regressions.

The analysis showed that role duality actually measured if a corporation had a foreign parent company and corporations listed on the O-list other on Stockholm Stock Exchange served as proxies for smaller corporations. Therefore, it was possible to con-clude that corporations were influenced by the origin of the parent company and the size of the corporation to disclose corporate governance information. Another conclusion was that corporate governance characteristics derived from agency theory is not appropriate when trying to find factors that influence corporations to disclose corporate governance information. Nevertheless, this does not mean that it is inappropriate to take the starting point in the agency theory.

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Haniffa, Roszaini Mohamad. "Culture, corporate governance and disclosure in Malaysian corporations." Thesis, University of Exeter, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.267212.

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Jiang, Yi. "Corporate governance across institutional contexts." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1150918766.

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Al, Dabbous Nagham. "Corporate governance transformation : the case of Kuwait." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2012. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=189762.

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Kim, Kon Sik. "Chaebol and corporate governance in Korea /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/9615.

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Yao, Kun. "Preventing a crime? exploring the impact of corporate governance on corporate illegal behavior in China /." View abstract or full-text, 2006. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?MGTO%202006%20YAO.

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He, Ting. "Three essays in corporate finance and corporate governance." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2011. http://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/1230.

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Forjan, James M. (James Martin). "Three Essays in Corporate Governance." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1993. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc279351/.

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Corporate governance issues have become increasingly important to financial managers and shareholders. Firms that are plagued by poor performance, incompetent managers, or excess agency costs have become the subject of a dramatic increase in shareholder activism. Dissident shareholders, who are unable to launch costly takeover bids or proxy contests, have initiated a process of governance reform through the use of shareholder sponsored proposals. Shareholder proposals are a direct attempt to reverse operating or voting policies, such as a proposal to repeal a classified board. Managers announce shareholder proposals in a proxy statement and typically include a vote recommendation against the proposal. In the first essay, I find an unfavorable stock price reaction to the announcement of a shareholder proposal. In some cases, however, management supports the proposal and negotiates an agreement with the proposing shareholder. Stock prices react favorably to a settlement announcement. If managers are willing to negotiate with shareholders, they are perceived to be acting in the best interest of shareholders. If managers are unwilling, shareholders believe a severe agency problem exists. In the second essay, the effect that ownership structure has on voting outcomes of shareholder proposals is examined. I find a direct relationship between the percentage of votes cast in favor of the proposal and levels of institutional ownership. There is an inverse relationship between the percentage of votes and managerial ownership and firm size. Large firms with powerful owner-managers present the greatest obstacle to the success of shareholder proposals. The repeal of shareholder rights plans is one of the most frequently used shareholder proposals. By adopting the rights plan, managers increase the probability of defeating a takeover, but increase their power in negotiating with a potential acquiring firm. In the third essay, I find that firms who combine a rights plan with high debt levels construct a powerful defense against a hostile takeover. Shareholders target these high debt firms and design proposals to repeal the rights plan.

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Lei, C. H. Adrian. "Corporate governance, connected transactions and firm valuation." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2005. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B36863944.

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Davis, Robert Elliot. "Relationship between Corporate Governance and Information Security Governance Effectiveness in United States Corporations." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3873.

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Cyber attackers targeting large corporations achieved a high perimeter penetration success rate during 2013, resulting in many corporations incurring financial losses. Corporate information technology leaders have a fiduciary responsibility to implement information security domain processes that effectually address the challenges for preventing and deterring information security breaches. Grounded in corporate governance theory, the purpose of this correlational study was to examine the relationship between strategic alignment, resource management, risk management, value delivery, performance measurement implementations, and information security governance (ISG) effectiveness in United States-based corporations. Surveys were used to collect data from 95 strategic and tactical leaders of the 500 largest for-profit United States headquartered corporations. The results of the multiple linear regression indicated the model was able to significantly predict ISG effectiveness, F(5, 89) = 3.08, p = 0.01, R-² = 0.15. Strategic alignment was the only statistically significant (t = 2.401, p <= 0.018) predictor. The implications for positive social change include the potential to constructively understand the correlates of ISG effectiveness, thus increasing the propensity for consumer trust and reducing consumers' costs.

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Aboagye, Enoch Larbi. "Debt financing : an emerging influence on corporate governance." Thesis, McGill University, 2001. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=33049.

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The business corporation is an important engine for the creation of wealth and it plays a vital role in promoting economic development and social progress in both domestic and international economies. Hence companies must operate within a governance framework that keeps them focused on their objectives and accountable for their actions. There is the need to establish adequate and credible governance arrangements. The degree of observance to the basic principles of good corporate governance is an important factor for investment decisions.
Traditional corporate doctrine has taken the separation of ownership from control as the core problem of corporate governance. On this view, the principal function of corporate law is to devise strategies and mechanisms to ensure that corporate decision-making is based only on shareholders' interests. However, corporate managers are subject to influence from many other sources. Thus, the study of corporate governance must take account of all factors that affect managerial decision-making.
In this thesis, I examine the influence that debt financing brings to bear on corporate governance and examine whether debt-holders should be beneficiaries of corporate fiduciary duties. I conclude that any such duty should be narrowly cast.

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Lei, C. H. Adrian, and 李卓雄. "Corporate governance, connected transactions and firm valuation." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2005. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B36863944.

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Liu, Zheng, and 刘峥. "Two essays on corporate activities and the market for corporate control." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/195986.

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This dissertation addresses concerns regarding corporate activities in relation to agency costs and studies the effect of the market for corporate control. In the first essay, we use the mid-1990s Delaware takeover regime shift as an exogenous shock to examine how the removal of takeover threats affects managerial decisions on corporate financing and investment and how it affects firm value. Based on a differences-in-differences-in-differences (DDD) approach, we find that managers reduce debt financing and increase capital investment when they are protected against hostile takeovers, which is consistent with managerial agency models of capital structure and the free cash flow hypothesis proposed by Jensen (1986). We demonstrate that engaging in these entrenched behaviors consequently destroys firm value. Moreover, our evidence indicates that the effect of the takeover regime shift is more pronounced in firms with fewer institutional holdings or lower managerial ownership, supporting the argument of Jensen (1993) that effective internal control systems can alleviate the negative outcomes of a weakened market for corporate control. The substitution effect of internal controls is more substantial than that of the external product market competition. Finally, we determine that empire building, rather than quiet life, is the main consequence of a weakened market for corporate control. In the second essay, we directly examine the causal relationship between managerial entrenchment and diversification. We demonstrate that more entrenched managers adopt higher levels of diversification than do less entrenched managers. We verify the result by using two-stage least squares (2SLS) regression and treating entrenchment as endogenous. In addition, based on an exogenous change in takeover legislation in Delaware in the mid-1990s, we adopt the differences-in-differences-in-differences (DDD) approach and demonstrate that managers increase diversification activities when they are protected against hostile takeovers. Given that diversification destroys value, these results are consistent with the agency costs explanation of diversification. We then explore the motivations that drive managers to diversify. We document that entrenched managers diversify to gain private benefits and to reduce firm risk. Finally, we demonstrate that CEO equity-based incentives increase when takeover-protected firms diversify, suggesting that firms proactively respond to counterbalance the increased costs associated with discretional diversification, which is consistent with theories of optimal contract.
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Kusnadi, Yuanto Kusnadi Yuanto. "Two essays on corporate finance." online access from Digital Dissertation Consortium, 2007. http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/er/db/ddcdiss.pl?3285724.

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Gűney, Yilmaz. "Financing mix of non-financial corporations : evidence from European countries." Thesis, Durham University, 2002. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/3940/.

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This study analyses the financing decisions of listed non-financial corporations in France, Germany and the UK over the period 1969 to 2000. These countries represent satisfactorily different financial structures of their classes, Le., Latinic, Germanic and Anglo-Saxon traditions, respectively. Thus, this thesis attempts to shed light on the impact of institutional differences (accounting and taxation systems, bankruptcy laws, corporate governance structure) on corporate financing mix policies. The empirical investigation comprises three main themes; capital structure (debt versus equity), debt maturity structure (short-term versus long-term debt), and debt ownership structure public versus private debt). It is obvious that factors influencing financial strategies of firms change overtime and firms are expected to adjust themselves to their target financing structure according to random events. For these reasons we use dynamic panel data and choose Generalised Methods of Moments (GMM) as an appropriate estimation procedure for our autoregressive-distributed lag model GMM methodology overcomes the problems of endogeneity, heteroscedasticity, normality, simultaneity and measurement errors, which are common for studies using firm-level data. The empirical evidence shows that corporate financing decisions are determined by both firm-specific (profitability, tangibility and maturity of assets, growth, quality, size, liquidity, payout policy, corporate tax rates, and earnings volatility), and market-related factors (term structure of interest rates, market equity premium, interest rate volatility, stock return volatility, stock price performance). However, the strength and nature of the effect of these factors are dependent on the financial environment and tradition of the countries of interest. Therefore, our research argues that financing mix decisions of firms are not only the product of their own characteristics, but also the outcome of environment and traditions in which they operate.

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Yu, Minna. "Analyst activity and corporate governance a global perspective /." [Kent, Ohio] : Kent State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=kent1184946221.

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Ahmed, Hameed, and Ali Najam. "How Corporate Governance Affects Strategy of Corporations : - Lessons from Enron Corporation -." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Management and Economics, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-5891.

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Corporate governance is a subject of academic and professional debate. It has and it will continue to be a topic under scrutiny for subsequent deliberations since there are many different research dimensions and contexts associated with it. However, it has been observed that the linkage between corporate governance and strategy of a corporation remains as an untapped area with considerable avenues of research. This paper tends to explore this linkage, using Enron scandal as backdrop.

In the aftermath of the debacle of US energy giant Enron in 2001, the significance of corporate governance has come under heavy scrutiny of different researchers. Whereas different explanations have been attributed to its downfall, it has been widely accepted that this was a case of failed corporate governance.

This paper tends to explore Enron downfall from the perspective of failed corporate governance. By defining and exploring corporate governance and its underlying issues, the authors have used Agency theory as a theoretical framework in unison with internationally renowned auditing company - Ernst & Young Model - to understand the role of different actors and forces responsible for Enron collapse.

By using qualitative research method, the authors have used secondary literature as well as combination of questionnaires and telephonic interviews to obtain viewpoint of renowned international academic / professional researchers. They have been identified through convenience sampling methodology. A few internationally renowned auditing companies have also been used as part of this survey to explore diversity of perspectives in this context. Efforts have been made; to explore the main causes rather then to write just another case on Enron.

After drawing lessons from Enron, the paper concludes with the understanding that there is direct link between corporate governance and strategy of corporations. However there is diversity of perspectives in this context and hence it requires further exploration and debate.

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Tobin, Damian. "Corporate restructuring, governance reform and international listing in China's leading corporations." Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.433227.

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This thesis seeks to examme how the mechanism of international listing facilitates the adoption of better corporate governance practices in China's large state enterprises (SOEs). It argues that the causes of poor corporate governance in China's large SOEs are rooted in the discretion of policy makers to re-optimise policy decisions and the consequent opportunistic behaviour of management. Distinguishing itself from the popular view in recent literature, which suggests that in order to facilitate capital market development emerging economies should adopt governance systems that offer strong legal protection for investors, this thesis presents a historical review of the emergence of the joint stock company in the US and UK, which indicates that the absence of formal legal protection did not overly hinder the development of capital markets, or prevent large firms from raising significant sums of external equity. To better understand how international listing works in China, this thesis suggests an analytical paradigm which integrates the property rights perspective in economics and the resource-dependence perspective in management. An application of this integrated paradigm to the Chinese context shows that the ability of firms to overcome institutional constraints are to be sought, not just in the firm's ability to adapt to changes in its property rights configuration, but the interplay between changes in property rights and the firm-specific resources that enable it to respond innovatively to changes in its environment. The studies of the banking, telecommunication, and oil industries indicates that international listing can provide an effective mechanism to mitigate weak governance practices, provided enterprises are prepared to bond themselves, install more credible monitoring controls, and meet higher standards of corporate governance. Listing imposes a set of consistent rules on state enterprises, induces corporate restructuring and subjects enterprise management to external monitoring by international capital markets. By changing the institutional rules and incentives for management, it also provided management with the incentives to identify areas where they can legitimately pursue commercial activities. The findings suggest that a more immediate constraint for management in these industries is a lack of familiarity with the market mechanism.

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Chen, Chung-Wen. "Corporate control and corporate wrongdoing a cross-national analysis of the relationship /." Online access for everyone, 2007. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Dissertations/Fall2007/c_chung-wen_121407.pdf.

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Luo, Deming. "Topics in corporate governance : legal protection, government and liquidity." Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.407830.

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Wang, Jiwei. "Governance role of different types of state-share holders : evidence from China's listed companies /." View Abstract or Full-Text, 2003. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?ACCT%202003%20WANGJ.

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Frye, Melissa B. "Essays on the effectiveness of corporate governance mechanisms in initial public offerings." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/29155.

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Paul, Donna. "Internal governance and the correction of managerial error : evidence from corporate restructuring following bad acquisition bids /." view abstract or download file of text, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p3018386.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2001.
Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 73-75). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

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Jubb, Christine A. "Choosing an auditor : corporate governance, interpersonal associations and investor confidence /." Connect to thesis, 2000. http://eprints.unimelb.edu.au/archive/00000383.

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Kang, Hojong. "What's the big deal? the effect of corporate reforms on manufacturing productivity in Korea /." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4166.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2005.
The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file viewed on (November 15, 2006) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

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Shan, Liwei. "Board independence, excess cash and corporate payout policy /." view abstract or download file of text, 2006. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=1196409441&SrchMode=1&sid=1&Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1176828116&clientId=11238.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2006.
Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 104-109). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

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Cammack, Susan E. "An examination of firms charged with medicare and medicaid fraud : does corporate governance matter? /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p3060090.

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Lam, Wai-nang Robin, and 林偉能. "Corporate governance of public companies in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1992. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B3126539X.

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Jodwana, Thembinkosi Anthony Vincent. "Corporate governance for sustainable development : implications for non-executive directors and the management accounting function." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/807.

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This paper will discuss the role that corporate governance can play in promoting sustainable development. Sustainable development is discussed in relation to three things: • Current development which does not result in the damage and destruction of the environment to the detriment of future inhabitants of this planet. This paper will discuss the role that corporate governance can play in promoting sustainable development. Sustainable development is discussed in relation to three things: • Current development which does not result in the damage and destruction of the environment to the detriment of future inhabitants of this planet.

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Siladi, Biserka. "The role of non-executive directors in corporate governance an evaluation /." Swinburne Research Bank, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/25900.

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Thesis (MBus) - Faculty of Business and Enterprise, Swinburne University of Technology, 2006.
This thesis is submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business in the Faculty of Business and Enterprise, Swinburne University of Technology - 2006. Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-125).

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Zhang, Haiyan. "Corporate governance and dividend policy : a comparison of Chinese firms listed in Hong Kong and in the mainland /." View abstract or full-text, 2005. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?ACCT%202005%20ZHANG.

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Saulgrain, Julien. "Minimizing the expectation gap through an independent board of directors." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/MQ50963.pdf.

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Delport, Petrus Marthinus Jacobus. "A framework for the corporate governance of ICT in local government." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/7015.

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Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has become critical and pervasive in any well-run modern enterprise across all sectors, which include local government. As a result, ICT demands to be managed and governed in a sustainable manner. Therefore, local government should accept the responsibility of implementing good Corporate Governance of ICT (CGICT). Without sound CGICT, ICT is unable to support local government in the achievement of their strategic objectives. This will most likely result in local government not being able to serve the interests of the community. Even though local government is aware of their responsibility regarding CGICT, the Auditor-General reports that their attempts are unsatisfactory, in this regard. This is most probably due to the fact that ample information exists on guiding local government with `what' they should do towards good CGICT, but unfortunately a lack of guidance on `how' to achieve it. Thus, it is imperative for local government to adopt a CGICT framework which provides guidance not only on what they must do towards implementing good CGICT but also on how they should achieve it. In doing so, local government would most likely be able to properly manage and govern ICT and support the needs of the community. Therefore, the aim of this study is to report on research undertaken, in order to assist local government with a CGICT framework that is relevant to their unique environment. Accordingly, this CGICT framework aims to be usable and scallable to the needs of any sized local government entity. As a result, the CGICT framework aims to be simplistic in nature to promote self-implementation of sound CGICT in local government.

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Zhang, Lin, and 张琳. "Venture capital and the corporate governance of Chinese listed companies." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2010. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45150965.

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Lipman, Trevor. "The role of the independent non-executive director in Australia." Doctoral thesis, Australia : Macquarie University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/28880.

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Thesis (DBA)--Macquarie University, Graduate School of Management, 2008.
Bibliography: p. 275-289.
Company directors have been in existence for more than four hundred years. In the past, they were considered to be a necessary part of corporate existence, and were usually appointed to a board by the CEO or chairman. However, they were usually mates from the 'boys club' and gained their position from whom they knew, and not from what they were capable of contributing. The appointment of independent directors became more normal, as shareholders looked for a way to wrest control back from management. But what independent directors really do and why they are there is not widely understood. A review of the literature relative to independent directors has identified a gap in the knowledge. This gap is the role of the independent director when considered from a commercial aspect; that is, those who observe or write about independent directors. --This thesis has attempted to generate a theory of the role of the independent director through a review of the literature and a subsequent series of interviews. Grounded theory was the chosen methodology for analysing the data and formulating a theory of the role because it allows the researcher to ground the theory in the data instead of establishing a hypothesis and testing it. --The resulting theory is more complex than it first appears. It was found that the primary role of the independent director is to improve the performance of the board and the company. This role is impacted by a number of factors, the two most influential being the information that is available to the independent directors, and the position of the company. This second factor is defined as the size of the company, where it is in its life cycle, and whether it is experiencing any significant change. --These findings enable a number of recommendations to be made to improve policy and practice, recognising the impact of information and company position on the ability of independent directors to contribute positively. It also raises several areas of further study to continue to refine the understanding of the role of the independent nonexecutive director in Australia. These include, among others, investigating the role from other viewpoints such as the board chair or company secretary, or researching the link between company position and information available to independent directors.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Heitz, Matthias [Verfasser], and Jennifer [Akademischer Betreuer] Kunz. "Corporate Governance Management in Automotive Group Corporations: Development of an Intragroup Corporate Governance Management Model for Financial Services Subsidiaries / Matthias Heitz ; Betreuer: Jennifer Kunz." Augsburg : Universität Augsburg, 2020. http://d-nb.info/1206878584/34.

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Ma, Shuang. "Corporate governance implications of foreign stock exchange listing (or cross-listing) for China's corporations." Thesis, Durham University, 2013. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/9397/.

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The first company from the People’s Republic of China listed outside Mainland China was an H-share enterprise listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on July 15, 1993. In the twenty years since then, the rapid development of the Mainland’s economy has created a climate in which China’s companies can internationalise, and some of China’s heavyweight State-owned Enterprises (SOEs) even tried to accelerate their overseas investment by means of transnational acquisitions and mergers. This thesis undertakes a detailed theoretical and empirical study exploring the corporate governance practices of Chinese companies that have listed on foreign stock exchanges; of particular interest has been the influence that foreign listing has exerted on the corporate governance practices of these Chinese companies. Several experts and scholars have provided valuable criticisms and remarks as part of the fieldwork for this thesis. A number of major propositions concerning the corporate governance of overseas listed Chinese companies are discussed and fieldwork data has been collected to test these propositions.

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Anis, Radwa Magdy Mohamed. "Disclosure quality, corporate governance mechanisms and firm value." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/24454.

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One of the main aims of the underlying research is to respond to continuous calls for introducing and measuring a sound economic definition for best practice disclosure quality (e.g. Beyer et al., 2010) that is derived from a reliable guidance framework (Botosan, 2004) using an innovative natural language processing technique (Berger, 2011). It also aims to examine the impact of corporate governance on best practice disclosure quality. Finally, it aims to examine the joint effect of both best practice disclosure quality and corporate governance on firm value. The thesis contributes to disclosure studies in three principal ways. First, it introduces a new measure for best practice disclosure quality. Further tests show that the proposed measure is reliable and valid. A novel feature of this measure is that it captures all qualitative dimensions of information issued by the Accounting Standards Board, 2006 (ASB) Operating and Financial Review (OFR) Reporting Statement. Second, it uses machine-readable OFR statements for financial years ending in 2006-2009, and develops a language processing technique through constructing five keyword lists. Third, it examines the extent to which disclosure quantity provides a proper proxy for disclosure quality. The analysis shows that disclosure quantity is not a good proxy for disclosure quality. Accordingly, results derived, using quantity as a proxy for quality, are questionable. Results of the association between disclosure quality and corporate governance mechanisms suggest that the most effective governance mechanisms in improving disclosure quality are leadership structure, audit committee meeting frequency, and audit firm size. Using a wide set of corporate governance mechanisms, the study also contributes to three research strands and explains the inconclusive results in relation to the association between disclosure quality, corporate governance mechanisms and firm value. It provides empirical evidence as to which governance mechanisms promote the quality of voluntarily disclosed information in large UK firms. Additionally, it provides empirical evidence as to the joint effect of best practice disclosure quality, corporate governance mechanisms on firm value in the UK. Results also show that best practice disclosure quality enjoys a substitutive relationship with two corporate governance mechanisms (audit committee independence and audit committee size) and a complementary association with board independence in relation to firm value. The study has various research and policy implications. It suggests new research avenues for re-examining disclosure relationships, especially research areas that do not have persuasive conclusions such as the economic consequences of disclosure quality. Such research may inform both regulators and managers as to the costs and benefits of disclosure quality to both firms and stakeholders. It also provides feedback on the current disclosure practices by firms so that policy-makers can modify reporting frameworks/guidance accordingly.

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Pavasant, Nopnuanparn. "Director's responsibilities : a study of Thai corporate governance and ethics." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/197107.

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Corporate governance of Thailand has been developed and reformed, particularly after 1997 Asian financial crisis. However, problems regarding director’s responsibilities are still entrenched in company law and corporate practices. The challenges of Thai corporate governance on director’s responsibilities are found in the areas of director’s accountability and minority shareholders protection. Legal provisions on director’s fiduciary duties and director’s duty of care and skill are unable to regulate director’s misbehaviors. Directors are not fully aware of their proper responsibilities to the company. They tend to act for their own interest or interest of their group, the controlling shareholders. In addition, legal enforcement on director’s responsibilities is not effective in practice. Shareholders litigation or other actions against directors who are in breach of their duties is rare, though there is derivative action provided as remedy for minority shareholders. In finding solutions for those problems, all relevant aspects should be brought into consideration. Corporate governance on director’s responsibilities is related to law, business and ethics. Director’s responsibilities are matters concerning human conducts, actions, behaviors as well as practices. They are related to ethics of each company director and ethics of the board members as a whole. In addition to legal and business aspects, ethical aspect should also be considered in the reform of corporate governance on director’s responsibilities of Thailand. This thesis is the study of Thai corporate governance on director’s responsibilities and ethics in order to find appropriate ethical theory where good corporate governance principles will be built on. Among relevant ethical theories i.e. utilitarianism, Kantian ethics, virtue ethics and contractualism, virtue ethics of Aristotle is the most appropriate ethical theory to be applied to corporate governance on director’s responsibilities of Thailand. It is suitable for the nature of corporate governance on director’s responsibilities, the conditions underlying its problems, and the understanding and practices of people in Thai society. Virtues and means of virtue ethics should be applied as complements to fiduciary principles for enhancing director’s accountability. The doctrine of mean of virtue ethics should be applied as complement to derivative action for enforceability and effectiveness of minority shareholders protection. In this regard, some related regulations and codes of best practices will be prescribed by adopting appropriate virtues or means, and the relevant regulators i.e. the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) and the Stock Exchange of Thailand (the SET) will be given authority to interpret and apply such regulations and codes of best practices on a case by case basis.
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Hui, Kai Wai. "Management forecast strategy and CEO disclosure credibility /." view abstract or download file of text, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p3136421.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2004.
Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 89-93). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

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Chan, Tak-ching Catherine. "Corporate governance of some statutory boards in Hong Kong /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1995. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B14723074.

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Klasa, Sandy J. "The evolution of ownership structures in publicly traded firms : evidence from controlling family ownership exits /." view abstract or download file of text, 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p3055696.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2002.
Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 96-101). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

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Wang, Yi. "Board independence and firm performance evidence from ASX-listed companies /." Swinburne Research Bank, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/66774.

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Thesis (PhD) - Faculty of Business and Enterprise, Swinburne University of Technology, 2009.
A thesis is submitted for the degree Doctor of Philosophy, Faculty of Business and Enterprise, Swinburne University of Technology - 2009. Typescript. "August 2009". Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-189)

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