Fiduciary Responsibility of Board Trustees and Officers in Universities and CollegesCorporate Governance (Bingley) - Tập 1 Số 4 - Trang 12-19 - 2001
Dennis L.Payette
Examines the use and misuse of the term fiduciary responsibility as it applies
to trustees and officers of the corporation in universities and colleges.
Through research on published applications of the term, reveals that the term is
rarely defined yet frequently used as a justification for action or inaction by
trustees and officers. Antagonists of decisions sometimes use the term as a
rationaliz... hiện toàn bộ
Maximizing social return in the banking sectorCorporate Governance (Bingley) - Tập 11 Số 3 - Trang 274-284 - 2011
FrancescRelaño
PurposeThe aim of this paper is to show that there are other options for a firm
(or a bank) than just following the mainstream logic of maximizing financial
profits. This is the case of the so‐called “social banks”, which appeared in the
mid‐1980s. Unlike the “financial green‐washing” of traditional banks, social
banks have shown in their everyday practice that a bank can still be a
competitive in... hiện toàn bộ
Wheeling and dealingCorporate Governance (Bingley) - - 2004
P. ScottScherrer
This article addresses strategies used by creditors to take control of
businesses in bankruptcy. The creditors are able to convert their debt to equity
ownership by acquiring a significant amount of the companies’ outstanding debt
and then controlling the bankruptcy process. The article provides an example of
this process. Further, the risks concomitant with the debt acquisition strategy
are discu... hiện toàn bộ
UK, Russia, Kazakhstan and Cyprus governance comparedCorporate Governance (Bingley) - - 2012
JokullJohannesson, IrynaPalona, Jose FranciscoSalazar Guillen, MichaelFock
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to compare and contrast the corporate
governance standards of Cyprus, Russia, and Kazakhstan to those of the UK to
facilitate investment decisions. The paper aims to discover governance gaps
creating a potential for alignment to UK
standards.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is a qualitative case study of
four countries based on the OECD criteria of 118 corpo... hiện toàn bộ
Evaluating corporate board cultures and decision makingCorporate Governance (Bingley) - - 2002
BruceCutting, AlexanderKouzmin
This paper relies on a “trinity of menetypes” of group knowing which captures
the essential decision‐making dynamics of board membership. Formal, corporate
decision‐making processes require higher commitments of time and cognitive
energy of directors – certainly, the requirement is of non‐executive directors
to make more formal contributions to the “political” process that determines
corporate com... hiện toàn bộ
CEO turnover and firm performance, evidence from ThailandCorporate Governance (Bingley) - - 2012
ParichartRachpradit, John C.S.Tang, DoBa Khang
PurposeThis paper seeks to examine the relationship between chief executive
officer (CEO) turnover and firm performance and the moderating effects of
ownership structure and board structure with respect to listed non‐financial
companies in Thailand.Design/methodology/approachLogit model is employed to
analyze the relationship between CEO turnover and firm performance.FindingsThe
paper finds that b... hiện toàn bộ
Joint management‐stakeholder committees – a new path to stakeholder governance?Corporate Governance (Bingley) - Tập 11 Số 5 - Trang 560-568 - 2011
HeikoSpitzeck, Erik G.Hansen, DavidGrayson
PurposeThis paper aims to describe the emerging practice of joint
management‐stakeholder‐committees (JMSCs) in which corporate executives take
decisions in collaboration with stakeholders.Design/methodology/approachTo
identify firms involving stakeholders in their governance arrangements, the
authors analysed 51 companies regularly participating in Business in the
Community's Corporate Responsibil... hiện toàn bộ
Creating a living culture: the challenges for business leadersCorporate Governance (Bingley) - - 2003
JanThornbury
One of the leadership responsibilities of the board of directors is to establish
a statement of values and to ensure that these guiding principles become a basis
for action throughout the organization. Where companies do not have a statement
of values, or where the values are not accepted, there is a real danger that
company staff will act in their own interests, not in the interests of the
stakeh... hiện toàn bộ