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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Governance Practice"”.
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An evaluation of corporate governance practice in Libya: stakeholders’ perspectives
… to 1997 the research carried out on corporate governance around the world was minimal. However, after the crisis that swept the financial markets and economics of the major Asian countries in 1997, and the notorious collapse of Enron in 2001, the interest in corporate governance has increased. …
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Ethical Dimensions of Corporate Governance Practice in Ghana: Building a Theoretical Perspective
… economies for well over three decades, corporate governance is now getting to the top of the policy agenda in developing countries (Abor and Adjasi, 2007). However, the issues of corporate governance have focused on the major shareholders and institutional shareholders of the organization while …
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An empirical investigation of the regulatory governance practice of Nigeria's downstream petroleum sector.
… investigation that explores whether regulatory governance practices in Nigerias downstream petroleum sector are fit for purpose. The rationale for the study originated from issues relating to the management of Nigerias downstream petroleum sector that were identified in the extant literature. …
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Pathways to governance: The role of education and training in enhancing governance practice and removing barriers to governance roles
This project investigates the pathways into governance and the role that education and training play in shaping director capability, broadening access and strengthening governance practice in New Zealand. Governance has long relied on experience, reputation and networks as the primary route into …
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Governance Practice Between Monarchies and Republics: A Case Study of the Political Reform in the United Arab Emirates and the Republic of Tunisia from 1990 to 2021
… Reform is one of the indicators of the governance process, which can be correctly used to build the state and to support its role at all political, economic, and social levels to achieve good governance. From this, it can be said that political reform is positively linked to governance. …
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Corporate Governance and Ubuntu: a South African and Namibian perspective
… the past two decades the emphasis on corporate governance practice has increased globally. The corporate governance models which guide corporate ethics, currently employed in African countries, are extensively driven by Western elements. Corporate governance practice in relation to the African …
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The governance schema of regional and rural public hospital nurses: how relevant are the dimensions of stewardship governance and trust in management?
… pertained to the issue of public health sector governance. The field of healthcare governance had been characterised as having challenges of greater intricacy and sensitivity than those found in any other sector (Philippon & Braithwaite, 2008). While increasingly regarded as important to health …
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Corporate Governance and Water Crisis: A Study of Water Boards in South Africa
The concept ‘Corporate Governance’ has been investigated intensively by academics and policy makers in the past two to three decades. This is mainly because of number of reasons, namely, global corporate governance outrages, global financial crisis in 2007 to 2008 and introduction of best code of …
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Living in Algorithmic Governance: A Study in the Digital Governance of Social Assistance in Ontario
… is to examine the impact of the digital governance of social assistance in Ontario via a new software program, Social Assistance Management System (SAMS). SAMS represents a hybrid of traditional methods of regimenting welfare assistance and a newer high-tech version. I reveal a critical …
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Corporate governance in the Australian Football League: a critical evaluation
Corporate governance has received considerable attention from academics, regulators and the wider business community for several years. This attention intensified following significant corporate failures such as Enron and HIH Insurance. These failures, as well as general perceptions of lack of …
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Investigating the Effects of Corporate Governance of Banks in Nigeria: A Grounded Theory Approach
… the phenomena that underlie corporate governance practices in the Nigerian banking sector (NBS); the purpose is to understand the nature of corporate governance and the factors influencing it. It offers a response to a number of concerns raised about the effectiveness of banks’ …
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An Examination and Analysis of Bank Corporate Governance Regulation in The Gambia: A Grounded Theory Approach
An Examination and Analysis of Bank Corporate Governance Regulation in The Gambia: A Grounded Theory Approach Abstract The purpose of this research is to carry out an empirical investigation of bank corporate governance regulation in The Gambia. The aim is to determine what contributions, if any, …
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Studies on independent directors and corporate governance reforms in Taiwan
… in order to deal with the ill-designed internal governance system in its Company Act. Although such an institution has long been advocated as a good governance practice by the U.S corporate conventional wisdom, how it would work and how it has been working in Taiwan is very debatable. Generally, …
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An investigation of the roles and responsibilities of the board of directors in the Libyan banking sector
Since the financial crisis of 2008, corporate governance (CG) has been the focus of much attention in the developed countries. One of the main priorities of governments in these countries has been to implement CG mechanisms that will improve the practice and effectiveness of boards of directors. …
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Public sector corporate governance revisited: the ROI's non-commercial semi-state sector
… 2009, the Republic of Ireland’s (ROI) Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies came into effect. In addition to imposing further compliance and reporting obligations on the boards of the ROI’s statutory agencies, the Code more ciearly defined the role and responsibilities of board …
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Corporate Governance and Performance of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs): A Comparative Study in Sri Lanka and India
This thesis investigates the impact of corporate governance practices on financial performance and outreach of microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Sri Lanka and India. Guidance and principles developed from prior research which has predominantly focussed on corporate governance relating to …