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Showing 1 to 20 of 129 for “"Governance mechanisms"”.
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Governance mechanisms and firm characteristics
… sought to apply uniform standards for corporate governance following a series of high profile corporate collapses between 2000 and 2002. The various regulatory responses raised questions in the governance literature on the appropriateness of a “one size fits all” approach. However, empirical …
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Innovation and governance mechanisms of restaurant franchise systems
… dissertation explores how the design of these governance mechanisms enables franchise system to achieve another strategic objective, innovations. After finding that the design of governance mechanisms is critical to franchise systems’ pursuit of innovation, the next natural question is how …
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The effectiveness of corporate governance mechanisms: ownership and media
… dissertation investigates how multiple corporate governance mechanisms act not only for shareholders’ interests, but also protects the interests of divergent constituents across different institutional environments and times. The extant literature has typically viewed corporate governance as …
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Governance mechanisms for infrastructure public-private partnerships : focus on India
… over their long lifetimes. They require governance frameworks that enable them to continue to deliver services efficiently and effectively when faced with such uncertainties. This thesis compares and contrasts alternative governance mechanisms that have been tried and tested over time and …
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Managing Global Product Development Teams: a mixed-methods study of (Knowledge) Governance Mechanisms
… of managing such teams by exploring the governance mechanisms applied to manage global teams. More specifically, this dissertation (1) enquires about the governance mechanisms applied to govern global product development teams, (2) explores the impact these governance mechanisms have on …
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Investigating the Relationship between Governance Mechanisms and the Disclosure of IT Control Weaknesses
… examines the association between organizational governance mechanisms and the occurrence and subsequent disclosure of IT control weaknesses. Despite the adverse impact of IT control weaknesses on internal control quality and financial reporting reliability, research on IT controls in general and …
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Impact of King III: The relationship between corporate governance mechanisms and listing suspensions
… between listing suspensions and corporate governance mechanisms which are related to the board of directors. The study also examined the effectiveness of King III in improving corporate governance on companies listed on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange of South Africa (JSE). The matched …
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The effectiveness of audit committees : an analysis of governance mechanisms as surrogates for effectiveness
… as a key component of effective corporate governance. These recommendations emphasise the importance of structure and processes in an effective audit committee. It is therefore important to consider if these structures and processes are effective in promoting corporate accountability and …
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Governance Mechanisms as a Means of Increasing Consumer Trust in Online Exchanges: A Signaling Perspective
… focuses on consumer perceptions of regulatory governance in online exchanges and how signals of governance might act to increase consumer trust in online transac-tions. An experimental methodology was used to examine the effects of different types of structures on consumer perceptions and to …
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The Role of Corporate Governance Mechanisms, Executive Compensation and Regulatory Regimes in Global Incidence of Corporate Financial Fraud
… the explanatory dimensions of corporate governance mechanisms, quality of audit and regulatory regimes, and executive compensation. I find that large-sized firms with bigger boards invariably indulge in tax fraud. Conversely, older firms, firms paying higher executive compensation, …
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The Role of Corporate Governance Mechanisms, Executive Compensation and Regulatory Regimes in Global Incidence of Corporate Financial Fraud
… the explanatory dimensions of corporate governance mechanisms, quality of audit and regulatory regimes, and executive compensation. I find that large-sized firms with bigger boards invariably indulge in tax fraud. Conversely, older firms, firms paying higher executive compensation, …
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Investigating the impact of various Corporate Governance Mechanisms on the Accounting Performance of NonFinancial Firms Listed on the Amman Stock Exchange
… around the globe as a result of weak government mechanisms overseeing companies due to the absence of clear government laws and legislation governing the relationship between shareholders (owners, investors) and executive managers (internal management) in a firm. Weak government mechanisms …
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Comparative Study of the Impact of Compliance with Corporate Governance Regulations & Internal Governance Mechanisms on Financial Performance of Listed Firms in Africa
… of internally generated alternative corporate governance structures and compliance with country-level corporate governance regulations on financial performance of listed firms in South Africa and Nigeria. Firm-level data for the study was collected manually and triangulated with Datastream …
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Adoptive governance in distributed agile development projects
… is concerned with the institution of effective governance frameworks to address distributed development project challenges, an area of research that is currently lacking empirical studies. In particular, the current study is seeking to understand how social governance mechanisms affect the …
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Corporate Governance in Multinational Corporations: Aligning the Interests of Subsidiaries and Headquarters
This thesis investigates the corporate governance relationships that exist between multinational corporations' subsidiaries and their headquarters. Parent-subsidiary corporate governance relationships align the interests of the subsidiaries with the interests of the headquarters, and they are …
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Earnings management, agency costs and corporate governance : evidence from Egypt
… influence of a number of internal and external governance mechanisms in constraining earnings management and determining the agency costs level. In addition, this study attempts to enhance the understanding of a number of issues relating to ownership structure and corporate governance in an …
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Corporate governance mechanism and family influence impact on tax avoidance behaviours of UK family firms
… the complex relationships between corporate governance mechanisms, family influence, and tax avoidance behaviours in UK family firms. Drawing on agency theory and socio-emotional wealth perspectives, the study addresses critical gaps in understanding how corporate governance mechanisms’ …
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Towards the development of a COBIT 5-driven IT audit framework
… and researchers to focus on Enterprise Governance of IT (EGIT). EGIT involves implementing mechanisms that ensure that IT risks are duly mitigated, and that the IT investments are yielding the expected returns for enterprise owners. For the mechanisms to work as intended, there is the …
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